Past Programs List
2001 Summary of the Presentations
| Future Mortality: An Actuarial Perspective | Robert Tiessen, FSA Senior Vice President, Risk Management, Swiss Re Life & Health (Toronto) |
| Ken Brown Memorial Lecture: Predicting Future Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease | Ross MacKenzie, MD, FACC, FRCP(C) Vice President & Chief Medical Director, Sun Life Financial (Toronto) Cardiologist, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Division |
| Therapeutic Vaccines for Cancer | Neil Berinstein, MD, FRCP(C) Director, Advanced Therapeutics Program, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook & Women’s College health sciences centre Assistant Vice President, Clinical Oncology Program Director, Cancer, Aventis Pasteur Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto |
| Impact of Infectious Disease on Future Mortality | Jan Von Overbeck, MD, FMH, MSc Head of Medical Services, Swiss Re Life & Health (Zurich) |
| Implications of Genetic Testing on Hemochromatosis | Paul Adams, MD, FRCP(C) Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterologist, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario |
| Breast Imaging | Terry Minuk, MD, FRCP(C) Radiologist, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation Associate Professor of Radiology, McMaster University |
| New Treatments to Alter Prognosis in Breast Cancer | Maureen E. Trudeau, MD, FRCP(C) Head, Systemic Therapy Program, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer CentreHead, Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto |
| Prostate Imaging | Ants Toi, MD, FRCP(C) Radiologist, University Health Network and Princess Margaret Hospital Associate Professor, Radiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto |
| Prevention of Prostate Cancer & Impact of PSA Testing on Future Mortality | Laurence Klotz, MD, FRCS(C) Chief, Division of Urology, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto |
| Tuesday, April 24th | |
| Type 2 Diabetes – What the Future Holds | Bernard Zinman, MD, FRCP(C), FACP Head, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Mount Sinai Hospital & University Health Network Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes MSH |
| Advances in the Treatment | Mark Cattral, MSc, MD, FRCS(C) Surgeon, The Toronto Hospital Assistant Professor, University of Toronto |
| Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk from Pulse Pressure | Richard Ogilvie, MD, FRCP(C), FACP The Toronto Western Hospital Professor, University of Toronto |
| New Advances in the Treatment and Understanding of Hepatitis B & C | Morris Sherman, MD, FCP(SA), PhD, FRCP(C) Gastroenterologist, The Toronto Hospital, General Division Assistant Professor, University of Toronto |
| Insurance Medicine: An Update | François Sestier, MD, PhD Medical Director, Blue Cross Quebec Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal |
| New Preventative and Treatment Strategies in Dementia | Peter St. George-Hyslop, MD, FRCP(C) Director, Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Professor, University of Toronto |
| Predicting Future Mortality in the Elderly | Kevin Somerville, DM, FRACP, FRCP Divisional Medical Consultant, Swiss Re Life & Health (London) |
| New Advances in Our Understanding and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease | Janis Miyasaki, MD, FRCPC Director, Clinical Services and Education, Division of Neurology, University Health Network & Mount Sinai Hospital and Associate Clinical Director |
| Cognitive Disorders in the Elderly | Ron Keren, MD, FRCP(C) Clinical Director, University Health Network & Whitby Mental Health Centre Memory Clinics |
| Wednesday, April 25th | |
| An Evidence Based Approach to Predicting Future Diabetes Mortality | Anthony F. Milano, MD, MPH Reinsurance Medical Director & Vice President Business Men’s Assurance Company of America |
| Morbidity and Mortality from Sleep Disorders | Jeffrey Lipsitz, MD Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Centre of Metropolitan Toronto and Sleep Disorders Centres in Barrie, Essex County, North Bay, Peel & York Regions, Ottawa, Owen Sound & Sault Ste. Marie |
| Ethical Trends in Genomics and Biotechnology | Abdallah S. Daar, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCS Director, Program in Applied Ethics and Biotechnology, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto Professor, Public Health Sciences and Surgery, University of Toronto |
| Exciting Developments in Rheumatic Therapy | Philip A. Baer, MDCM, FRCP(C), FACR Rheumatologist, Rouge Valley Health System, Toronto Medical Director, Transamerica Life Canada Medical Director, Canadian Premier Life Medical Consultant, Norwich Union Life |
| The Role of the Medical Director in the Changing Life Insurance Industry | Karen Orozco, FLMI Vice President, Underwriting, Swiss Re Life & Health (Toronto)Sheldon Elman, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Medisys Health Group Inc. |
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