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Plan your day at Congress with the online Itinerary Builder and Program Planner.
This year's Itinerary Builder and Program Planner provides an online view to the majority of CCC 2008 content including the CCS Program and Abstracts, CACR Program and Satellite Symposia content.
Search and view sessions at the high level, or drill down to the individual presentations. Your selections can be saved into a personalized Itinerary for printing or downloading to your PDA device - a customized program that is easy to use and handy to carry.
Note that while programming can be viewed only by session early on, the details of individual Abstracts will become accessible approximately one week prior to the start of the Congress. |
| Don't Delay! |
| Online, pre-registration will only be available until October 10, 2008.
After this date, new registrations will have to register on-site at the Congress in Toronto.
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| Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CACR) |
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Chronic Disease Management - A Model for Cardiac Rehab
Friday October 24, 2008 19:00 to 21:00
Hilton Hotel
Join us Friday evening for the special opening session to the 18th Canadian Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation Annual Meeting.
Chronic disease management (CDM) refers to a system of health care that supports individuals with chronic illness to remain as healthy and independent as possible. CDM coordinates components of the health care system that drive high quality care for the chronically ill - an organizational culture that promotes and supports change, strong linkages with community programs and resources, empowered patients, clinical care that is consistent with scientific evidence and patient preferences, proactive and planned care and a comprehensive clinical information system.
This symposium will highlight:
- literature supporting CDM as an effective cardiovascular management model
- a working structure for CDM in the cardiac rehab and prevention setting
- lessons learned from The Chronic Disease Management Initiative of the Calgary Health Region
- Practical session - how do you implement CDM in your program
This session will be facilitated by Dr. Heather Arthur, Professor, McMaster University and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Chair in Cardiovascular Nursing Research.
The presenter will be Louise Morrin BSc (PT), MBA, Manager for the Living Well with a Chronic Condition Program in Calgary.
The concepts featured in this program will have a profound influence on all of our cardiovascular practices in the years to come. |
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Dr. Stephen Daniels |
Integrated Approach to Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Childhood
JOHN KEITH LECTURE
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Dr. Stephen Daniels earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1977 and his masters in public health from Harvard University in 1979. He completed his residency in pediatrics and his fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1981 and 1984 respectively. In 1989, he received his doctorate in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina.
Dr. Daniels is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
His clinical and research focus is in preventive cardiology, particularly on modifying risk factors early in life to lower the risk of later cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Neil McKenzie
Cardiac Surgery - Retrospective and Prospective Views
WILFRED G BIGELOW LECTURE
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Dr. Neil McKenzie was raised in Scotland where he received his medical degree at the University of Aberdeen in 1968. After internship, he was a British Heart Foundation research fellow for two years and worked in Sweden on measurement of platelet behaviour in vivo for which he was granted a Ph.D. (M.D.degree). He subsequently completed general surgical training and obtained his FRCSC (Edin).
In 1974, he became the first senior resident in the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at University Hospital in London, Ontario and in 1976 was appointed consultant cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at University Hospital. He became an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Western Ontario in 1980. He was Chief of the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Division at University Hospital from 1984 until 1997 and Chairman of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Western Ontario from 1988 until June 1997.
In 1981 University Hospital became the first centre in Canada to use cyclosporine and Dr. McKenzie established an orthotopic thoracic organ transplant program and performed the first heart transplant in April 1981.
In 1986 Dr. McKenzie was appointed the James IV Surgical Traveller and spent three months lecturing in New Zealand, Australia and China.
He remains active in the field of adult heart surgery and thoracic organ transplantation.
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