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Agenda
3rd Annual Diabetes Forum
Friday, May 8, 2009 | Hilton Garden Inn West Edmonton
Chair: Lawrence Leiter, MD

07:30
Registration and Delegate Breakfast

08:30
Introduction
Lawrence Leiter, MD

Challenges in Achieving Metabolic Targets

08:40
Vascular Protection in the Diabetic Patient
Lawrence Leiter, MD

09:00

Insulin Sensitizing vs Insulin Supplying Strategies to Treat T2D
- When and why?

Amir Hanna, MD

09:20
Lower A1C Targets: What have we learned?
Lawrence Leiter, MD

09:40 2008 CDA Guidelines in Practice:
Choosing a second agent
Amir Hanna, MD

10:00
Q & A and Panel Discussion
Faculty

10:30
Nutrition Break

Treatment Recommendations on Diabetes Management

10:50

Multiple Risk Factor Management in Patients with Diabetes

Lawrence Leiter, MD

11:10

CDA Guidelines: Importance of
Glycemic Control
- What is the role of DPP4 inhibitors?

Norman Wong, MD

11:30 Everything You Need to Know About
Starting Insulin
Jane Ballantine, MD

11:50 Type 2 Diabetes: Is hypoglycemia and weight gain the price of glycemic control?
Norman Wong, MD

12:10 Q & A and Panel Discussion
Faculty

12:40 Lunch

Managing Diabetes in Your Office

13:30 Case -Based Discussion

Case Presentations
Q & A and Panel Discussion
Jane Ballantine, MD

Anatoly Langer, MD
Lawrence Leiter, MD

14:30 Screening for CAD in Patients with Diabetes

Anatoly Langer, MD

14:50 Q & A
Anatoly Langer, MD

15:00
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3rd Annual Cardiac Update
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | Hilton Garden Inn West Edmonton
Chair: Anatoly Langer, MD

08:20	Welcome	Anatoly Langer, MD
Management of Cardiovascular Risk in Your Office
08:30	AF, CVA, CHF, Post MI: Coumadin, ASA, clopidogrel or combination?	Anatoly Langer, MD
08:50	Hypertension & LVH: The need to treat	Jonathan Howlett, MD
09:10	Risks and Benefits of Aspirin in Primary Prevention	Anatoly Langer, MD
09:30	Heart, Brain, Kidney or Leg Attack: The ischemic vasculature	Naeem Dean, MD
09:50	Panel Discussion and Q & A	All Faculty
10:20	Break
Cardiovascular Risk Stratification and Management
10:40	Paradigm Shift in CV Risk Stratification: New evidence	Tzu-Kuang Lee, MD
11:00	Paradigm Shift in CV Risk Stratification: A new patient approach	Jonathan Howlett, MD
11:20	Paradigm Shift in CV Risk Stratification: Clinical implications	Roy Gritter, MD
11:40	Lipid Management: New guidelines	Blair O'Neill, MD
12:00	Panel Discussion and Q & A	All Faculty
12:30	LUNCH
New Targets in Outpatient Practice
13:20	Closing the Care Gap in Cardiovascular Risk Reduction	Blair O'Neill, MD
13:40	High Blood Pressure: From clinical trials to practice - what's new in 2009!	Steven Caldwell, MD
14:00	Evidence-Based Interventions for Tobacco Addiction	Milan Khara, MD
14:20	Secondary Hypertension: Example and investigation	Steven Caldwell, MD
14:40	Panel Discussion and Q & A	All Faculty
15:00	Close

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The Division of Continuous Professional Learning at the University of Alberta has approved this as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of Continuing Professional Development options for the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.