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Respirology Presentations

Approach to Chronic Cough

Respirologist at MUHC. Site director for the core Internal Medicine residency program for the RVH site. Clinical interests include severe asthma, sarcoidosis, chronic cough and occupational lung diseases.

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Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the pathophysiology of cough
2. Develop a differential diagnosis for chronic cough
3. Apply recent guidelines on the investigation and management of refractory chronic cough

Approach to Dyspnea in a Post-COVID World

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Respirologist at MUHC. Site director for the core Internal Medicine residency program for the RVH site. Clinical interests include severe asthma, sarcoidosis, chronic cough and occupational lung diseases.

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Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the pathophysiology of dyspnea
2. Develop a differential diagnosis of dyspnea

Pulmonary Incidentalomas

Dr. Ezer is a respirologist at the MUHC and director of the MUHC lung cancer screening program. She has training in public health and epidemiology and her primary research and clinical interest is in early stage lung cancer and COPD. She is a clinician scientist at the centre for outcomes research and evaluation of the RI-MUHC where she leads clinical trials related to COPD and biomarkers for early stage lung cancer. She is also interested in the application of AI to radiology data to improve detection and rapid referral for patients with high risk lung nodules. She is a consultant for the MSSS on the provincial deployment of lung cancer screening in Quebec since 2021 and leads the McGill RUIS lung cancer screening program since 2018.

Learning Objectives:

1. Risk stratify patients presenting with lung nodules on CT chest
2. General approach to lymphadenopathy identified on CT chest
3. General approach to interstitial lung abnormalities on CT Chest
4. General approach to emphysema identified on CT Chest

The Wheezy Child

Christine McCusker has a BSc in microbiology/immunology from the University of Toronto and MSc and MD from McMaster University. She trained in pediatrics and clinical allergy and immunology at 香蕉视频. She is a practicing allergist immunologist and a clinician researcher and educator at the Children鈥檚 Hospital.

She is a Clinician Scientist and Associate Professor at 香蕉视频 and is Division Director for Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Dermatology at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital. Her fundamental research lab focuses on the role of early life environments in the education of the immune system and the prevention of asthma and food allergies in children. This work has been recognized as one of the top 10 scientific discoveries in Quebec in 2016.

Her clinical research in food allergy aims to develop and optimize treatment protocols for children with food allergies through a process known as oral immunotherapy.听

She is the one of the founders and director of the pediatric center for biotherapeutics at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital, 香蕉视频. The goal of this center is to optimize the management of children with complex diseases receiving while minimizing and anticipating/preventing adverse events. She is the recipient of the Prix d鈥橢xcellence for Research from the Montreal Children鈥檚 Foundation for 2020.

She is involved in curriculum development for the McGill Undergraduate Medical Education and is the director for the Defense course.听

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the differential diagnosis of wheezing in children
2. Define the phenotypes of wheezing
3. Discuss management of wheezing in children
4. Assess prognosis
5. Identify knowledge gaps

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   Indoor Air Pollution

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Professor of Chemistry, Director of the McGill Office of Science and Society, author, radio show host and Gazette columnist.听

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Learning Objectives:

1. Explore chemicals found in indoor air
2. Understand the controversy about gas stoves
3. Examine different air filters and their effectiveness

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