Individualized Management for Chronic Diseases of Civilization - Emerging and Future Treatments in Internal Medicine

Program

April 7, 2014 (day one)
13.00–13.20	Opening of the conference Wojciech Szczeklik, Tomasz Grodzicki, Piotr Laidler and Paul M. O'Byrne
Session I	Common clinical areas Chairpersons: Ewa Niżankowska–Mogilnicka and Paul M. O'Byrne
13.20–13.50	Adjusting management to the individual patient’s needs: emerging treatments for asthma Paul M. O'Byrne (Professor, Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Chair, Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre St. Joseph's Healthcare)
13.50–14.20	Dealing with the individual patient – emerging and future treatments in gastroenterology Paul Moayyedi (Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Director, Division of Gastroenterology)
14.20–14.50	Global epidemic of chronic non–communicable diseases: allergy as the canary in the mine Judah Denburg (MD FRCPC; Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University; Scientific Director, AllerGen NCE)
14.50–15.20	Meeting patients needs in the intensive care unit: merging evidence with values Deborah Cook (Professor, Departments of Medicine and of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Academic Chair, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University)
15.20–15.50	Precision cancer medicine: reality or a pipe dream Mark Levine (Professor, Department of Oncology, McMaster University Buffett Taylor Chair in Breast Cancer Research, McMaster University; Chair, Department of Oncology)
15.50–16.10	Discussion and coffee break
Session II	Around the blood and blood vessels Chairpersons: Mark Crowther and Jacek Musiał
16.10–16.40	Rationally designed therapy? The future of hematology Mark Crowther (Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Molecular Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Vice President, Research, St Joseph`s Healthcare System; Associate Chair, Department of Medicine, McMaster University)
16.40–17.10	Developing acute care system to meet patients’ needs Robert Sheppard (Chair, Department of Emergency Services at North Cypress Medical Center, Texas, USA)
17.10–17.30	Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: difficulties in diagnosis Wojciech Szczeklik (Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College)
17.30–18.00	Optimal risk estimation in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: the role of NT–proBNP and perspectives for future treatments Philip J. Devereaux (Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University)
18.00–18.15	Discussion
April 8, 2014 (day two)
Session III	Genetic aspects of diseases and more about blood vessels Chairpersons: Tomasz Guzik and Akbar Panju
9.00–9.20	Clotting and bleeding in renal transplant patients: challenge of individual choices Christine Ribic (Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University)
9.20–9.50	Individualizing anticoagulation management: challenges and opportunities James Douketis (Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University)
9.50–10.15	Pharmacogenetics of stroke treatment Agnieszka Słowik (Professor, Department of Neurology, Jagiellonian University Medical College)
10.15–10.45	The genetics of diabetes: what recent findings mean for patients and clinicians Maciej Małecki (Professor and Chair,Department of Metabolic Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College)
10.45–11.10	Discussion and coffee break
Session IV	Health care delivery: system challenges and opportunities Chairpersons: Roman Jaeschke, Rafał Niżankowski, Wojciech Szczeklik
11.10–11.40	The promise of individualized medicine: how pharmacogenomics may make drugs safer, cheaper, and more effective Dan Perri (Associate Professor, Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, McMaster University)
11.40–12.10	The future burden of neurological disease Wieslaw Oczkowski (Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Medical Director, Central South Regional Stroke Program)
12.10–12.40	Educating physicians in the management of chronic diseases Akbar Panju (Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Director, Division of General Internal Medicine)
12.40–13.10	Research which changes day to day clinical practice - something major this week! Philip J. Devereaux (Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University)
13.10–13.30	Discussion and closing remarks