JGH Virtual Medical Grand Rounds - February 2022
JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
MONDAY VIRTUAL MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
12:30 - 1:30 PM
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February 7
I. TUGGING AT THE HEARTSTRINGS: A CASE OF CARDIAC METASTASES FROM PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
Charlotte Rosen, MD, C.M.
Internal Medicine Second Year Medical Resident
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. Familiarize the audience with epidemiology and poor prognosis associated with cardiac metastases from thyroid cancer
2. Describe the unique features of the case including hypotheses regarding pathogenesis of the tumour and the approach to surgical management
3. Illustrate the importance of the multidisciplinary team in the management of complex metastatic oncology cases
II. RUN-OF-THE-MILL ATRIAL FLUTTER? NOT SO FAST...
Jacob Abdaem, MD, C.M.
Internal Medicine Second Year Medical Resident
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. Recognize the underlying cardiac causes of atrial flutter
2. Identify the differential diagnosis of right-sided valvular heart disease
3. Describe the clinical manifestations, diagnostic workup, and basic management of carcinoid syndrome
Contact Person: Elise Levinoff, MD, Jewish General Hospital Site Program Director, Core Internal Medicine Residency at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Tel. 514-340-8222 poste 24974.
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February 14
NON-CANCER CHRONIC PAIN EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT: THE JGH EXPERIENCE
Roshanak Charghi, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, McGill Department of Anesthesia and Jewish General Hospital
Pain specialist at the Allan Edward Pain Management Unit at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre
Anesthetist at the Jewish General hospital
Jonathan Hudon, MDCM, PhD, CCFP
Faculty Lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Palliative Care Physician, Division of Palliative Care, Jewish General Hospital
Chronic Pain Physician, Alan Edward Pain Management Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre
Pediatric Chronic Pain Physician, Edwards Family Center for Complex Pain, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre
Family Physician, CLSC de Vaudreuil Dorion, CISSS Montérégie-Ouest
Jean Zigby, MD
Faculty Lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, University McGill
Interim Director of Palliative Care at the Jewish General Hospital and at CIUSSS West Central Montreal
Dr. Charghi's Educational Objectives:
1. How pain can be optimized at the primary care level
2. Briefly discuss Canadian guidelines for opioids for non cancer pain
3. Discuss pharmacological management of neuropathic pain
Dr. Hudon's Educational Objectives:
1. Learn to diagnose chronic pain, and discuss options to present the diagnosis to patients
2. Learn how to use form AH-741 to refer patients to a specialized chronic pain clinic, and how the triage works
3. Briefly discuss the patients’ trajectories, treatment options, and function-oriented goals at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Chronic Pain Clinic
Contact Person: Rubin Becker, MD, Chief, Division of Internal Medicine, Tel. 514-340-7596.
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February 21
CARING FOR TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY PATIENTS. WHAT AN INTERNIST NEEDS TO KNOW
Rachel Bond, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Center
Educational Objectives:
1. Terminology to use with transgender and non-binary patients
2. Guidelines for sex affirming hormone therapy
3. Health monitoring in transgender patients
Contact Person: Elizabeth MacNamara, MD, Chief, Division of Medical Biochemistry, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 25091
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February 28
INNOVATION IN PACING - PHYSIOLOGIC PACING THROUGH THE LEFT BUNDLE
Atul Verma, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Director, Heart Rhythm Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre
Newmarket, Ontario
Educational Objectives:
1. To describe the rationale of physiologic pacing
2. Contrast HIS pacing from Left Bundle pacing
3. Step-by-step walk through of left bundle pacing technique
Contact Person: Lawrence Rudski, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiology and Director, Azrieli Heart Center, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 22992.
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