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Cardiac Update Agenda
The Westin Prince Toronto Hotel | Saturday, November 15th, 2008

07:30 Registration and Delegate Breakfast  
08:20
Welcome
Anatoly Langer, MD


08:30
Management of Cardiovascular Risk in Your Office

Managing Risk Factors to Prevent CHF, CVA and Mortality

Subodh Verma, MD

08:50
RAAS as a Target for CV Protection: ACE vs ARB
Milan Gupta, MD
09:10
AF, CVA, CHF, Post MI: Coumadin, ASA, clopidogrel or combination?
Anatoly Langer, MD
09:30    
Multiple Organs, Multiple Risks: Understanding microvascular disease in diabetes
Sheldon Tobe, MD
09:50
Panel Discussion and Q & A
All Faculty
10:20
Break  
10:40

Global Risk Management
Navigating Through the Evidence Base Minefield:
The challenges of knowledge translation in a world of rapid scientific discovery!

Peter Lin, MD
11:05
Smoking Cessation in the 21st Century
Andrew McIvor, MD
11:25 The Optimal Duration of Treatment for Antiplatelet Therapy: One year or indefinitely?
Milan Gupta, MD
11:45
Q & A and Panel Discussion
ALL FACULTY
12:25 LUNCH  
13:20 New Targets in Outpatient Practice
The Need for Combination Therapy in High-Risk Dyslipidemia Management
David Fitchett, MD
13:40 Innovations in Hypertension Management
Anil Gupta, MD
14:00 The Future of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Disease Management
Subodh Verma, MD
14:20 Optimizing Cardio Protection in High Risk Patients
Milan Gupta, MD
14:40 Hypertension and Diabetes: The dangerous duo
David Fitchett, MD
14:55 Panel Discussion and Q & A
ALL FACULTY
15:00 Close





This program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for up to 5.5 Mainpro-M1 credits. This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the University of Toronto (5.5 Section 1 credits).

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