Past Programs List
2000 Summary of the Presentations
| Breast Cancer: Genetic Testing and Insurance | ANGELA M.W. CHEUNG, MD, FRCP(C) Associate Director, Women’s Health Program, University Health NetworkAssistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario |
| Pitfalls in the Reading of Echocardiograms: An insurance medicine perspective | ZION S. SASSON, MD, FRCP(C) Medical Director, Gerling Global Life ReinsuranceMedical Consultant, Optimum Reinsurance Staff, Cardiology Division, Mount Sinai HospitalAssistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario |
| Prosthetic heart valves: New developments and improved mortality | J. GASTON DUMESNIL, MD, FRCP(C)Staff, Cardiology Division, Laval Hospital Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Laval UniversitySainte-Foy, Quebec |
| Liver Enzymes and alcohol markers: Fact and fantasy | SUZANNE MORIN, MD, FRCP(C) Medical Consultant, Standard LifeStaff, Department of Medicine, Montreal General Hospital Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill UniversityMontreal, Quebec |
| Be it resolved that the underwriting manual should be an expression of mortality rather than a marketing tool | HOWARD L. MINUK, MD, FRCP(C)?Chief Medical Director, Swiss Re Life & Health America, Inc. Medical Director, Prudential of America Life Insurance (Canada) Medical Director, Norwich Union Life Insurance (Canada)Toronto, OntarioJOHN KRINIK Publisher, Underwriter ALERT Executive Editor, On The RiskBinghamton, New York |
| Lymphoma: Prognosis in the new millennium | PIERRE F. LEBLOND, MDSenior Staff, Hematology Division, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Quebec Professor, Department of Medicine, Laval UniversitySainte-Foy, Quebec |
| RMD: Insuring the uninsurable cancers | TIMOTHY W. MEAGHER, MD, FRCP(C)Chief Medical Officer, Standard Life Insurance Company Assistant Medical Director, Munich Reinsurance CompanySenior Physician, Department of Medicine, Montreal General Hospital Associate Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Sciences Centre Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill UniversityMontreal, Quebec |
| The use of pulmonary function tests in insurance medicine | ROGER T. MICHAEL, MD, FCCP, FRCP(C)Medical Director, The Maritime Life Assurance CompanyMedical Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova Scotia |
| Renal transplantation: Changes in mortality | ISABELLE HOUDE, MDStaff, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital of Quebec,Quebec, Quebec |
| International underwriting: Similarities and differences | PHILLIP S. SMALLEY, MD, FRCP(C)Vice-President and Managing Director, RGA International Ltd. Managing Director, Longer Life FoundationToronto, Ontario |
| Senior moment or early dementia? Distinguishing the normal from the abnormal | REMI BOUCHARD, MD, FRCP(C)Associate Professor, Neurology Divison, Laval University Vice-Dean Postgraduate Medical Studies, McGill UniversityQuebec, Quebec |
| New guidelines in the treatment of hypertension: Impact on mortality | E. CARL ABBOTT, MD, FACP, FRCP(C)Consultant, The Maritime Life Assurance Company Active Staff, Internal Medicine Division, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova Scotia |
| Be it resolved that provincial formularies are a unseful reference for private health insurance drug plans | MICHAEL MORIARITY Publisher and Editorial Director, Employee Health and ProductivityToronto, OntarioKevin Skilton, Director of Health Policy, Merck Frosst Canada & Co |
| An approach to the valuation of pain syndromes in disablity claims | PAUL B. TEPPERMAN, MDVice-President, King’s Health Centre |
| Disability management comes of age | DAVID BROWN, MDDirector, Health Centre, CIBC and CIBC InsuranceToronto, Ontario |
| An effective management strategy in dealing with mental and nervous disorders | MICHEL BROCHU, MD, FRCP(C)Consulting Psychiatrist, Assurance-Vie Desjardins-Laurentienne Active Staff, Psychiatry Division, Hotel-Dieu de LevisLevis, Quebec |
| Mental Health: The Ultimate productivity weapon | BILL WILKERSONPresident, Canadian Business and Economic Roundtable on Mental HealthToronto, Ontario |
| A course in insurance medicine: University of Montreal | FRANÇOIS SESTIER, MD, PhDMedical Director,Blue Cross Quebec Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of MontrealMontreal, Quebec |
| Heart outcome prevention evaluation (HOPE) study motrality implications | J.L. GUY TREMBLAY, MD, FRCP(C)Physician, Optimum-Re MFQ Vie Corporation d’Assurance Affiliated Staff, Cardiology Division, Laval UniversityQuebec, Quebec |
| Micro-hope study | PAUL RENÉ DE COTRET, MD, FRCP(C)Staff, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Quebec,Sainte-Foy, Quebec |
| New risk faxtors in coronary artery disease: Central obesity and hyperinsulinism; Do they influence morbidity and mortality? | JEAN-PIERRE DESPRÉS, PhDScientific Director, Quebec Heart Institute Scientific Director, Lipid Research Centre, Laval Hospital Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Laval UniversitySainte-Foy, Quebec |
| Be it resolved that given our current knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus that insurance companies are liberal in their underwriting of this condition | THOMAS G. ELLIOTT, MDMedical Consultant, Seabord Insurance CompanyStaff, Department of Medicine, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British ColumbiaCLAUDE R. CATELLIER, MDMedical Consultant, Industrial-Alliance Life Insurance Company (Sillery)Associate Staff, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Quebec Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Laval UniversitySainte-Foy, Quebec |