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Nov
23-26, 2010 | Vancouver Convention Centre (West)
Tuesday,
November 23 > Wednesday, November
24 > Thursday, November
25 > Friday, November 26
Tuesday,
November
23
07:30 Conference Registration
Vancouver Convention Centre (West)
1055 Canada Place, Vancouver
Registration will be located in the
West Ballrooms
07:30 Continental Breakfast available until
08:15 in the West Ballrooms
08:15 Seating for Main Lecture Series in
the West Ballrooms
08:25 Opening Remarks
Dr. Joss De Wet, Course Chairman
Dr. Garey Mazowita, Chair, Dept. Family & Community Medicine, Providence
Healthcare
Gastroenterology
| Moderators: Dr. Daniel Ngui /
Dr. Dietmar Raudzus
08:30 Are we missing Celiac Disease? Dr. Brian Bressler
08:45 Case Yellow: Case based assessment of
the jaundiced adult
Dr. Brian Bressler
09:00 Advances in management of minimally
invasive Rectal Cancer
Dr. Carl Brown
09:10 Q & A
09:20 Management of Inflammatory
Bowel Disease
Dr. Jack Amar
09:45 Commonly prescribed drugs that may
cause GI Bleeding
Dr. Lawrence Halparin
10:00 When to suspect Pancreatic Cancer
Dr. Robert Enns
10:15 Q & A
10:25 Nutrition Break
10:45 Controversies in managing GERD
Dr. Robert Enns
10:55 Update in screening for Colon Cancer —
finger, paper, scope
Dr. Jennifer Telford
11:05 Constipation management and prevention
in elderly
Dr. Janet Kushner Kow
11:20 Q & A
11:30 Gassy and bloated: Management issues
Dr. Scott Whittaker
11:40 How to monitor Hepatitis B carriers
Dr. Valentina Montessori
11:50 Q & A
12:00 Adjourn — Participants on their own
for lunch

Sports Medicine
| Moderator: Dr. Yuriy Savchuk
13:30 Lessons learned from the
Olympic Games
Mr. Rick Celebrini
13:45 How to design an exercise prescription
Dr. Joseph Finkler
13:55 Post head injury: When to return to play
Dr. Brian Hunt
14:10 Ottawa Ankle Rules
Dr. Joseph Finkler
14:25 Q & A
14:40 Nutrition Break
15:00 Update on Plantar Fasciitis
Dr. Navin Prasad
15:15 What you need to know about
stress fractures
Dr. Carl Shearer
15:30 Spinal Decompression — is it effective?
Dr. Ramesh Sahjpaul
15:45 Q & A
16:00 The Shoulder Exam
Dr. William Regan
16:15 Diagnosis and management of rotator
cuff injuries
Dr. William Regan
16:30 Long term follow-up of the replaced joint
Dr. Bas Masri
16:45 Q & A
17:00 Adjourn
17:30 Fitness Class — The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel,
Malaspina Room

Wednesday,
November 24
06:30 Morning Seawall Jog — Meet in the
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Lobby
07:45 Continental Breakfast available until
08:15 in the West Ballrooms of the
Vancouver Convention Centre (West)
Internal Medicine |
Moderator: Dr. Christopher Ryan
08:30 What’s new in CRP, Lp (a), Lipids
Dr. Graham Wong
08:45 A-Fib + CHAD2 — When to Rx Dr. James Nasmith
09:00 Hypertension + LVH—Now what?
Dr. Ken Gin
09:15 How to identify those at risk for
sudden cardiac death
Dr. Brad Munt
09:25 Q & A
09:40 HbA1C as a screening test?
Dr. Michelle Johnson
09:50 All about FRAX
Dr. Simon Huang
10:00 Sorting out the oral meds for
Diabetes treatment
Dr. Adam White
10:15 Q & A
10:35 Nutrition Break
10:55 Dietary requirements in Chronic
Kidney Disease
Dr. Mhairi Sigrist
11:10 What you need to know about living
kidney donation
Dr. David Landsberg
11:20 Proteinuria in DM, CRF, HTN what to do?
Dr. Adeera Levin
11:35 The very latest Influenza update
Dr. Danuta Skowronski
11:45 Q & A
12:00 Adjourn — Participants on their own
for lunch

Paediatrics |
Moderator: Dr. Lori McFarlane
13:30 3 articles that changed my practice
Dr. Keyvan Hadad
13:45 Constipation in kids
Dr. Mark Kovacs
14:00 Red flags of Paediatric Cancer that mimic
normal childhood illness
Dr. Keyvan Hadad
14:15 Decontaminating children poisoning
Dr. Ran Goldman
14:25 Q & A
14:40 Assessing and managing the
challenging child
Dr. David Riddell
15:00 Challenges in Paediatric Gynecology
Dr. Ellen Giesbrecht
15:15 Approach to the coughing kid
Dr. David Riddell
15:30 Q & A
15:45 Nutrition Break
16:05 Meningitis vaccination — which
vaccines to use? Dr. Jane Finlay
16:15 Maternal drugs: Effect on the newborn
Dr. Paul Thiessen
16:30 Paediatric Dermatology slide show
Dr. James Bergman
16:45 Q & A
17:00 Adjourn
17:30 Fitness Class — The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel,
Malaspina Room

Thursday,
November 25
06:30 Morning Seawall Jog — Meet in the
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Lobby
07:45 Continental Breakfast available until
08:15 in the West Ballrooms of the
Vancouver Convention Centre (West)
Neurology |
Moderator: Dr. Daniel Dodek
08:30 Screening for Cerebral Aneurysms in
primary care
Dr. Samuel Yip
08:45 Management of TIA
Dr. Samuel Yip
09:05 Acute Migraine treatment in the office
Dr. Gordon Mackie
09:15 Q & A
09:30 Alzheimer nutrition & biomarkers:
Are they helpful?
Dr. Dean Foti
09:50 Resident FPII Award Winning
Research Project
TBA
10:00 Q & A
10:10 Nutrition Break
10:30 The latest: Cerebrospinal Venous
Insufficiency & MS
Dr. Anthony Traboulsee
10:45 Current update on the management
of MS
Dr. Virginia Devonshire
10:55 Q & A
11:05 How to effectively manage restless legs
Dr. Kristine Chapman
11:15 Sorting out tremors in primary care
Dr. Martin McKeown
11:30 Non-surgical management of
Carpal Tunnel
Dr. Kristine Chapman
11:45 Q & A
12:00 Our traditional “Thursday buffet lunch”
for registrants included in your fee.
Topic and speaker will be confirmed
in syllabus.

Psychiatry |
Moderator: Dr. Michael Fitzmaurice
13:45 Understanding neurotransmitters to
guide treatment
Dr. Diane McIntosh
14:05 Treating Depression—how to select the
right drugs for the right patient
Dr. Ron Remick
14:20 Q & A
14:30 GAD — which drug to use when Dr. Kevin Kjernisted
14:45 Management of Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Clifford Kerr
15:00 Q & A
15:10 Nutrition Break
15:30 Effective treatment of Psychosis
Dr. Bill MacEwan
15:45 Management of Borderline Personality
Disorder in the GPs office
Dr. David Yaxley
16:05 Q & A
16:15 What the GP needs to know about
Dialectical Therapy
Dr. Lorne Korman
16:30 How to do a brief cognitive intervention
Dr. Dan Bilsker
16:50 Q & A
17:00 Adjourn
17:30 Fitness Class — The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel,
Malaspina Room

Friday,
November 26
06:30 Morning Seawall Jog — Meet in the
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Lobby
07:45 Continental Breakfast available until
08:15 in the West Ballrooms of the
Vancouver Convention Centre (West)
Therapeutics | Moderator:
Dr. Tinus Wasserfall
08:30 New treatment options for Osteoporosis
Dr. David Kendler
08:45 The latest on Zoster Immunization
Dr. Natasha Press
08:55 Internet and iPhone resources for the
busy physician
Dr. Steven Wong
09:05 3 articles that changed my practice
Dr. Steven Wong
09:15 Q & A
09:25 STD treatment in 2010
Dr. Mark Tyndall
09:40 New cardiovascular drugs:
What the GP should know
Dr. Iain Mackie
09:50 Travel medicine: What’s new in
treatments and prevention options
Dr. Suni Boraston
10:00 Q & A
10:10 Nutrition Break
10:30 Bladder Pharmacology for the GP
Dr. Ercole Leone
10:45 Community-Acquired Pneumonia:
An evidence based update
Dr. Pearce Wilcox
10:55 Migraine treatment:
Are all Triptans equal?
Dr. Gordon Robinson
11:05 Q & A
11:15 Prescriber beware: Drug interactions
not to be missed
Dr. James McCormack
11:30 Late Breaker
TBC
11:40 When Athlete’s Foot is not always
Athlete’s Foot
Dr. Gillian de Gannes
11:50 Q & A
12:00 Adjourn — Participants on their own
for lunch

Senses | Moderator: Dr. Niloofer Baria
13:30 Management of Otitis Media
Dr. Frederick K. Kozak
13:45 What’s new in Nasopharyngeal Cancers
Dr. Donald Mintz
13:55 New refractory eye surgeries & lenses
Dr. Jesse Chew
14:05 Q & A
14:15 How to manage Chronic Sinusitis
Dr. Amin Javer
14:30 Sensory Neuronal Hearing Loss in the
Newborn — what not to miss Dr. Frederick K. Kozak
14:40 “Hop” to “Trot” diagnosing the
“Froggie” “Hoarse” voice — when to
refer for “hoarseness”
Dr. Murray Morrison
14:55 Q & A
15:10 Nutrition Break
15:30 “Holes in the Head”: An ear, nose and
throat slide show
Dr. Robert Irvine
15:45 Floaters and Flashers
Dr. Duncan Anderson
15:55 From “Dizzy Gillespie to Hitchock”
the management of persistent “Dizziness
& Vertigo”
Dr. Brian Westerberg
16:10 Q & A
16:20 Bells Palsy — differential diagnosis and
new management Dr. Ana-Luiza Sayao
16:35 The office management of eye injuries:
Foreign bodies & abrasions
Dr. N. Kevin Wade
16:50 Q & A
17:00 Adjourn
Have a Safe Journey Home!

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