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| Issue: 7 |
September 26, 2008 |
On-line, pre-registration will be available until October 10, 2008. After this date, new registrations will only be available on-site at the Congress in Toronto.
The registration process is now fully on-line, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week!
Register online at: www.cardiocongress.org |
| Need last minute hotel accommodations? |
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The Sheraton Centre Toronto has extended the Congress bedroom rate of $229 per night until October 3rd.
Please contact the hotel directly to book your accommodation by calling: (416) 361-1000.
You must indicate that you will be attending the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress to receive the discounted rate.
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| Toronto City Night |
Plan to Join Your Colleagues at Toronto City Night on Monday October 27th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (note change of venue)
The Local Arrangements Committee has planned an evening full of good food and lively entertainment for you to enjoy.
The evening will begin with classical music performed by The Three Young Tenors.
Your tastebuds will then be tantalized with a meal highlighting specialties from the various districts of Toronto ending with 'Toronto's Temptations'.
Following dinner, your funny bone will be tickled by Sean Cullen who was recently featured on the Last Comic Standing. There are many things that make him unique in the comedy world. Since 1988 Sean has combined stream of consciousness improv with uncanny mimicry and broad musical talents to create a style that is his and his alone. To find out more about Sean or to watch video clips of his performances visit his website at: http://www.seancullen.com/
The evening will then get rockin' with The Descendants. They offer a wide variety of classic rock music, all recognizable crowd pleasers such as tunes by the Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond, AC/DC, Tragically Hip etc. Our own Heather Ross will join the band for a few numbers.
Remember this is a Dress in Red event; get out your best red outfit and be ready to have some fun! |
| Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion Session |
| The Department of Cardiopulmonary Perfusion
At the Toronto General Hospital Presents:
"Beyond the Ordinary - Advanced Perfusion Techniques in Transplant Surgery"
Monday, October 27, 14:00 - 17:00
This educational session will feature 5 presentations from the Toronto General Hospital (TGH). TGH is a world renown transplant centre, and, as such, many patients are treated for advanced end-stage cardiac and/or pulmonary disease. These patients often become critically ill awaiting news of an available organ. The TGH has several unique and life saving initiatives which support these patients through their illnesses and into recovery. The Perfusion department will discuss these strategies as well as their role in the provision of these technologies to their patients. |
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Dr. Bruce McManus
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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Searching for "Omic" Biomarkers of Allograft Rejection and Heart Failure
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 12:00 - 14:00
Dr. Bruce McManus is Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He serves as Director of the James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and as Director of the Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital. Among previous appointments, Dr. McManus served as the inaugural Scientific Director of the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. McManus' investigative program is focused on inflammatory diseases of the heart and blood vessels, particularly as relates to enteroviral infections of the heart and transplantation. He leads a Genome Canada-Genome BC funded program to discover and develop molecular biomarkers of acute and chronic allograft rejection. He also serves as Director of a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) for the Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF).
Dr. McManus has co-authored 300 peer-reviewed original works and many chapters. He has edited four books. He has served as Councilor for the International Society for Heart Research and for the American Society for Investigative Pathology. He is committed to training and mentoring scientist trainees. He has convened many public-private partnerships.
Dr. McManus was co-recipient of the Max Planck Research Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. He has received the UBC Killam Research Prize, the BC Innovation Council's Lieutenant Governor's Technology Innovation Award, and the UBC Distinguished Medical Lecturer Award.
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