2000 Meeting

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 toolHOWARD 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 millenniumPIERRE 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 cancersTIMOTHY 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 medicineROGER 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 plansMICHAEL 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 claimsPAUL B. TEPPERMAN, MDVice-President,
King’s Health Centre
Disability management comes of ageDAVID BROWN, MDDirector, Health Centre,
CIBC and CIBC InsuranceToronto, Ontario
An effective management strategy in dealing with mental and nervous disordersMICHEL 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 studyPAUL 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 conditionTHOMAS 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