The Canadian Geriatrics Society’s 29th Annual Scientific Meeting was held at the Park Hyatt hotel, in Toronto, from April 23–25, 2009.
The 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geriatrics Society offered health care professionals the opportunity to share information and resources, so that those caring for aging adults in Canada and around the world might speak in unison as they work within institutions and with governments to improve elder care.
Accreditation Information: This multi-media conference report is an accredited self-assessment program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Canadian Geriatrics Society (15 hours). Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada may claim Mainpro-M2 credits for this unaccredited educational program.
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Amgen Canada Inc., sanofi pasteur, and Solvay Pharma Inc.
This report was made possible by unrestricted educational grants from Amgen Canada
Inc., sanofi pasteur, and Solvay Pharma Inc.
Opening
Ceremonies
Speakers: Andrew D. Baker, MD, FRCPC, Consultant, Internal Medicine
and Geriatrics, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Queen Elizabeth II Campus; Consultant,
Geriatrics, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Campus; Active Staff, Internal
Medicine and Geriatrics. St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Chair, Section of Geriatric and
Long Term Care, O.M.A Toronto, ON;
Jennifer Ingram, MD, FRCPC, Founder, Kawartha Regional Memory Clinic,
Peterborough, ON; Consulting Geriatrician, Whitby Mental Health Centre Memory Clinic,
Whitby, ON;
Chris Frank, MD, FCFP, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine,
Queen's University; Clinical Director, Specialized Geriatrics, Providence Care,
Kingston, ON.
Video
Keynote Address
Speaker: Her Worship Hazel McCallion, Mayor of Mississauga
Video
Theories of Aging
Speaker: Neal S. Fedarko, PhD, Division of Geriatric Medicine &
Gerontology Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Video
Cellular Senescence
Speaker: Sharon Marr, BSc, MD, FRCP(C), MEd, McMaster University &
Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Division of Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine,
Hamilton, ON.
Video
Neurobiology of Aging
Speaker: David F. Tang-Wai, MDCM, FRCPC, Assistant Professor
(Neurology), University of Toronto; University Health Network Memory Clinic, Toronto,
ON.
Video
Normal Aging
Part 1: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal
Speaker: Karen Fruetel, MEd, MD, FRCPC, Division of Geriatric
Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Video
Normal Aging: Immunology &
Haematology
Speaker: Shabbir M.H. Alibhai, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), Division of Geriatric
Medicine, University of Toronto; Research Scientist, Canadian Cancer Society, Toronto,
ON.
Video
Learning from our
Mistakes: Using Errors to Improve Care
Speaker: Dr. Brian M. Wong, MD, FRCPC, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of
Medicine, University of Toronto; Clinical Associate, Division of General Internal Medicine,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Associate Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute;
Deputy Hospital (Sunnybrook Site) Program Director, University of Toronto, Toronto,
ON.
Video
Project Based
Quality Improvement Made Successful and Publishable
Speaker: Roger Wong, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, Department of Medicine,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Video
Improving the Lives of Your Aging Male Patients: Considering Whether Testosterone Plays
a Meaningful Role
Organized by the Canadian Society for the Study of the Aging Male
(CSSAM)
Chair: David Greenberg, BA, MD, Co-chair of Membership Committee,
Canadian Society for the Study of the Aging Male, Toronto, ON; Member Of Executive,
Department of Family & Community Medicine, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto,
ON.
The Prevalence of Hypogonadism among Men who Have Type 2 Diabetes and/or the Metabolic
Syndrome—Is it Clinically Relevant?
Speaker: Jeremy Gilbert, MD, FRCPC, Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON.
Discussing
the Association between Cardiovascular Risk and Hypogonadism
Speaker: Juan Carlos Monge, MD, FRCPC, FACC, Associate Professor of
Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital,
Toronto, ON.
Testosterone and the Prostate
Speaker: Gerald Brock, MD, FRCSC, Professor, Department of Surgery,
Division of Urology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
Sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Solvay Pharma Inc.
Video
The Role of RANK/RANKL/OPG Pathway in Bone Loss—New Insights
Introduction
Chair/Speaker: Angela Juby, MBChB, LRCP, LRCS, LRCPS, Associate
Professor, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
AB.
Bone Biology and the Role
of RANK/RANKL/OPG Pathway
Speaker: Robert G. Josse, MD, Division of Endocrinology &
Metabolism, St. Michael's Hospital; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto,
Toronto, ON.
Targeting RANK Ligand Increases Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women: Results from
Phase 3 Trials
Speaker: Alexandra Papaioannou, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Department
of Medicine Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster University, Geriatrician,
Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, ON.
Sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Amgen Canada Inc.
Video
Advances in Influenza Vaccination
Measurement of
Protection: How Do We Determine How Well the Vaccine Works?
Chair/Speaker: Allison McGeer, MSc, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Public
Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Director, Infection Control, Mount Sinai Hospital,
Toronto, ON.
The Need for an Improved Influenza
Vaccine
Speaker: Janet E. McElhaney, MD, FRCPC, FACP, Professor and Allan
McGavin Chair in Geriatrics Research, Department of Medicine, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC; and Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases,
Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT,
USA.
New Technology in Influenza
Vaccination
Speaker: David P. Greenberg, MD, Senior Director, Scientific and
Medical Affairs, US, Sanofi Pasteur; Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from sanofi pasteur
Video
House Calls with my Camera: Social Documentary Photography as a Tool for Advocating
for Frail House-Bound Seniors (Available Only as Video)
Speaker: Mark Nowaczynski, PhD, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Home-Based Geriatric
Primary Care; Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Video
Systems Approach
to Fracture Prevention: The Ontario Project
Speaker: Earl Bogoch, MD, FRCSC, University of Toronto; St.
Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON.
Video
Apathy in Dementia
Is a Significant Behavioural Challenge
Speaker: Tiffany Chow, MD, Clinician-Scientist, Rotman Research
Institute; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Neurology & Geriatric Psychiatry,
Toronto, ON.
Video
The Aging Mental Health Patient: An Update (Available Only as
Video)
Speaker: Benoit H. Mulsant, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Vice-Chair,
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Physician in Chief, Centre for Addiction
and Mental Health, Toronto, ON.
Video