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Program - Women's Heart Health Symposium 2023

Heart disease in women: A focus on special populations

Overall Learning Objective: To understand presentation of the heart disease risks in special populations of women

Thursday, November 2, 2023

8:30 - 13:00

RI MUHC - 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1
Drs. Sylvia & Richard Cruess Amphitheatre (ES1.1129)
Hybrid presentations (A ZOOM link will be sent to all registrants)

8:00Ìý- 8:25

Coffee / Registration

8:25 - 8:30

Welcome - Wendy Wray, RN MScN BScN

8:30 - 9:00

Moderator - Dr.ÌýGemma Cheng

Dr. Michael Tsoukas, MD, FRCPC
Endocrinologist
AssistantÌýProfessor, Department of Medicine, MUHC

Obesity in women: a sex-based approach to management

Learning Objectives

  1. To review existing and novel pharmaceutical agents for obesity
  2. Discuss effectiveness of obesity therapies in men and women
  3. Distinguish behavioral approaches for obesity and variability be sex

9:00 - 10:00

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Panel: Obesity over the lifespan. A case-based holistic approach

Moderators:

Dr. Gemma Cheng, Cardiometabolic Clinic Director, Jewish General Hospital - Herzl Family Practice Unit

Dr. Natalie Dayan, Postpartum Maternal Cardiovascular Health Clinic Director, MUHC

Panelists: Nutrition, Exercise, Psychology

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss major factors associated with obesity over the lifespan
  2. Discuss how to address obesity in the clinical setting
  3. Discuss how to address obesity in peri pregnancy and perimenopause

10:00 - 10:30

Moderator: Dr. Natalie Dayan

Dr. Natalie Bottega, MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MUHC
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Cardio-Obstetrics leader

Counselling and caring for women with congenital and acquired heart disease throughout reproductive years

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss pre-conception/family planning recommendations for women with pre-existing congenital and acquired heart disease
  2. Review risk scores for stratifying women at risk for peripartum cardiac complications
  3. Review implications women with congenital heart disease around the perimenopausal period

10:30 - 10:45

Wellness Break

10:45 - 11:15

Moderator: Dr. Louise Pilote

Dr. Patrick Lawler, MD
AssociateÌýProfessor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MUHC

Sex specific adaptive clinical trials

Learning Objectives

  1. Review what adaptive trials are
  2. Discuss representation of women in trials
  3. Discuss interventions to increase representation of women in trials

11:15 - 11:30

Woman with lived experience

11:30Ìý- 12:00

Moderator: Dr. Tamara Ibrahim

Dr. Judy Luu, MD PhD FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MUHC
Specialist in women’s heart health

Addressing women’s heart health in immigrant women - a family affair

Learning Objectives

  1. Review gaps in cardiovascular care for immigrant women
  2. Discuss a culturally sensitive approach to primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention in immigrant populations
  3. Appreciate the social determinants of cardiovascular outcomes in men and women

12:00Ìý- 12:45

Moderator: Dr. Louise Pilote

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Sonia Anand, MD
Professor of Medicine, Associate Vice-President Global Health, McMaster University

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Albertha Darlene Davis, RN
Research Nurse, Six Nations Health Services

Heart disease and risk factors among Indigenous women in Canada- an eco-social perspective

Learning Objectives

  1. Review the determinants of CV risk factors and CVD among Indigenous women
  2. Review care gaps and programs to address CV risk among Indigenous women
  3. Explore how to incorporate priorities of indigenous women in the conduct of research
12:55 - 13:00 Closing Remarks - Wendy Wray, RN MScN BScN


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