Please join us for a Distinguished Visiting Professor Series Lecture by Dr. Darren McGuire, Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of the Cardiology Clinical Trials unit, and Director of the Parkland Hospital and Health System Outpatient Cardiology clinics, UT Southwestern. His talk will be held on Monday, October 19th 4:30pm in the Health Sciences Building Auditorium 6th floor, 155 College Street.

Date: Monday October 19, 2015

Time: 4:30-5:30 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
Darren McGuire, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of the Cardiology Clinical Trials unit, and Director of the Parkland Hospital and Health System Outpatient Cardiology clinics, UT Southwestern

 Talk Title:
“To be determined”

Location:
Health Sciences Building Auditorium 6th floor, 155 College Street.

Please join us for a Distinguished Visiting Professor Series Lecture by Dr. Robin Choudhury, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Director Oxford Acute Vascular Imaging Centre Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. His talk will be held on Monday, September 21, 2-15 4:30pm in the Health Sciences Building Auditorium 6th floor, 155 College Street.

Date: Monday September 21, 2015

Time: 4:30-5:30 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
Robin Choudhury FRCP
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Director Oxford Acute Vascular Imaging Centre Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

 Talk Title:
“Characterisation of the monocyte response in acute myocardial infarction – insights from transcriptomic studies in mice and men”

Location:
Health Sciences Building Auditorium 6th floor, 155 College Street.

9th Annual

LANDMARK

LECTURE SERIES

Featuring:

Douglas Zipes, MD

Distinguished Professor, Professor Emeritus of Medicine,
Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Emeritus Director of the Division of Cardiology and Krannert Institute of Cardiology,
Indiana University School of Medicine

Topic:
BIRTH AND MATURATION OF CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AS A SPECIALITY

Monday, October 5, 2015

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

The Allan Waters Family Auditorium
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
209 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Registration and Dinner Reception
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Landmark Lecture

Register at:

https://www.eply.com/landmarklecture

Landmark 2015 Invitation

Please join us for a Distinguished Visiting Professor Series Lecture by Dr. André La Gerche, Head of Sports Cardiology at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne. His talk, will be held on Tuesday, May 19th 5pm in the Li Ka Shing Auditorium, 209 Victoria Street.

Date: Tuesday May 19th, 2015

Time: 4:30-5:30 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
André La Gerche, MBBS, PhD
Head of Sports Cardiology at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne

 Talk Title:
“Identifying (the few) endurance athletes at risk of arrythmias”

Location:
Li Ka Shing Auditorium, 209 Victoria Street (auditorium is one floor up from the main street level doors)

Please join us for a Distinguished Visiting Professor Series Lecture by Dr. Eduardo Marbán, Director, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. His talk, will be held on Monday, May 11th 5pm in the Li Ka Shing Auditorium, 209 Victoria Street.

Date: Monday May 11th, 2015

Time: 5:00-6:00 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
Eduardo Marbán, M.D., PhD.
Director, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

 Talk Title:
“Therapeutic regeneration of the “irreversibly” injured human heart”

Location:
Li Ka Shing Auditorium, 209 Victoria Street (auditorium is one floor up from the main street level doors)

The 2015 HSRLCE Michael J. Sole Annual Cardiovascular Scientific Day will beheld on Thursday April 16, 2015 at the Toronto Reference Library. The theme is VASCULAR MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS. See the attached draft program. 

2015 ACvSD Draft Program

Deadline for Online registration is Monday April 13th

Deadline for Abstract Submission is Monday April 6th 2015 ACvSD Poster Abstract Form

Please join us for a Distinguished Visiting Professor Series Lecture by Dr. Garret FitzGerald, McNeil Professor in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics. His talk, will be held on Thursday, March 26th from 5pm at the Li Ka Shing Auditorium, 209 Victoria Street.

Date: Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Time: 5:00-6:00 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
Garret FitzGerald, M.D.
McNeil Professor in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics

 Talk Title:
“Adventures with Peripheral Clocks”

Location:
Li Ka Shing Auditorium, 209 Victoria Street

Please join us for our next Distinguished Visiting Professor Series Lecture by Dr. Jacques Genest of McGill University. His talk, “Systems and Molecular Approaches to Severe Hyperlipidemias (SMASH)” will be held on Monday, March 2nd from 5-6 pm at the Tanz Neuroscience Building, Imperial Oil Lecture Theatre, 6 Queens Park West. See HSRLCE DVP- Jacques Genest for more details or see below.

Date:
Monday, March 2nd, 2015

Time:
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
Jacques Genest, M.D.
Professor, Faculty of Medicine; Novartis Chair in Medicine, McGill University

 Talk Title:
“Systems and Molecular Approaches to Severe Hyperlipidemias (SMASH)”

Location:
Tanz Neuroscience Building, Imperial Oil Lecture Theatre, 6 Queens Park West

(Located on the NW corner of College and University behind the Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building, please use the rear entrance at the west corner of the building, the room is located on the lower level)

Please join us for our next Distinguished Visiting Professor Series Lecture by Dr. Joseph Hill of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. His talk, “Cardioprotection: Tale of Two Mechanisms” will be held on Monday, January 26th from 5-6 pm at the Fitzgerald Building Lecture Theatre, 150 College Street, Room 103.  Click here for details or see below.

Date:
Monday, January 26, 2015

Time:
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
Joseph A. Hill, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology and Chief, Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

 Talk Title:
“Cardioprotection: Tale of Two Mechanisms”

Location:
Fitzgerald Building Lecture Theatre
150 College Street, Room 103
University of Toronto

Every December the HSRLCE showcases one of its own for its Distinguished Professor Lecture Series. This year we have the pleasure of highlighting Dr. Vivek Rao, Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, and Munk Professor in Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics at Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.

Please join us on Monday, December 1^st from 5-6 pm for Dr. Rao’s lecture: “Translational Concepts in Regenerative Medicine: Pitfalls with Innovation”. The talk will be held at the Imperial Oil Lecture Theatre located in the basement level of the Tanz Neuroscience Building, University of Toronto. Click here for details or see below.

Date:
Monday, December 1, 2014

Time:
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (followed by reception – refreshments will be served)

Speaker:
Dr. Vivek Rao, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), F.A.H.A
Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, Munk Professor in Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics at Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, and Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto

Talk Title:
“Translational Concepts in Regenerative Medicine: Pitfalls with Innovation”

Objectives:
1. To understand the role of the Extracellular Matrix (ECM) in myocardial regeneration
2. To understand the clinical application of ECM technology
3. To appreciate the shortcomings of ECM therapy in clinical practice

Location:
Tanz Neuroscience Building
Imperial Oil Lecture Theatre (Room 6&7)
6 Queen’s Park Crescent West, University of Toronto

Dr. Stefan Anker, an international heart failure expert, will be in Toronto on November 12 (on his way to AHA) and has offered to give a special rounds on his research.
Dr. Anker is Professor of Innovative Clinical Trials (Cardiology & Cachexia Research) at University Medical Center Göttingen (Germany). He has authored more than 500 original papers, reviews, and editorials that are well cited. He is a member of multiple international clinical trial steering committees.

Date: Wednesday, November 12
Time: 4 to 5 pm
Talk Title: Co-morbidities in Heart Failure: Update on Cachexia & Iron Deficiency
Venue:
Toronto General Hospital
Bayer Conference Room (12EC-315)
Eaton Wing, 12th Floor, Room 315
200 Elizabeth Street

HSRLCE DVP – Stefan Anker – PDF Info

Welcome to the HSRLCE’s newly re-launched website.

Please peruse at your leisure. We welcome researchers to our membership.

– Michael E. Farkouh, MD
Director, Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centres of Excellence

The Canadian Critical Care Forum (http://www.criticalcarecanada.com) is a 3 day international conference that happens in Toronto every year. This year the meeting will be from Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2014. This is the largest Critical Care related meeting in Canada. The CCCF is a forum to showcase cutting edge research and share new ideas with researchers and clinicians interested in the care of critically ill patients. This year we are celebrating our 10th anniversary and we are looking to expand our scientific session by reaching out to scientists and their trainees all over Canada and abroad with a research interest in Critical Care or critical care related topics (e.g. pediatric ICU, acute myocardial failure, shock, sepsis, transplant, respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, acute liver failure, traumatic brain injury, resuscitation, bioimaging, etc.).

Link for Call For Abstracts page: http://www.criticalcarecanada.com/call-abstracts/

Early Submission deadline: August 15, 2014
Early Acceptance/ rejection Notices: September 1, 2014
Late Breaking Submission: September 12, 2014
Acceptance/ rejection Notices: September 30, 2014

Link for online submission site: http://precis2.preciscentral.com/Link.aspx?ID=3061F2C98DA0A936412D534299D1E1E3
– See more at: http://www.hsrlce.com/newsannouncements/14-07-02/Canadian_Critical_Care_Forum-_Oct_29_%e2%80%93_Nov_1_2014.aspx#sthash.EoqvXmuR.dpuf