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WHHS 2023 Program

 
Women’s Heart Health Symposium

November 2, 2023

Heart disease in women: A focus on special populations
8:00 – 8:25 Coffee / registration
8:25 – 8:30 Welcome
Wendy Wray, RN MScN BScN
8:30 – 9:00
Moderator: 
Dr. Gemma Cheng		 Dr. Michael Tsoukas, MD, FRCPC
Endocrinologist
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, MUHC

Obesity in women: a sex-based approach to management

Learning Objectives
  1. To review existing and novel pharmaceutical agents for obesity
  2. Discuss effectiveness of obesity therapies in men and women
  3. Distinguish behavioral approaches for obesity and variability be sex
9:00 – 10:00 
Co-Moderator: Dr. Gemma Cheng
Dr. Natalie Dayan		 Panel: Obesity over the lifespan. A case-based holistic approach

Moderators: Dr Gemma Cheng, cardiometabolic clinic director, Jewish General Hospital-Herzl Family Practice Unit
Dr. Natalie Dayan, Postpartum Maternal Cardiovascular health clinic director, MUHC

Panelists:
-nutrition
-exercise
-psychology

Learning Objectives
  1. Discuss major factors associated with obesity over the lifespan
  2. Discuss how to address obesity in the clinical setting
  3. Discuss how to address obesity in peri pregnancy and perimenopause
10:00 – 10:30 Moderator:
Dr. Natalie Dayan		 Dr. Natalie Bottega, MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MUHC
McGill Cardio-Obstetrics leader

Counselling and caring for women with congenital and acquired heart disease throughout reproductive years

Learning Objectives
  1. Discuss pre-conception/family planning recommendations for women with pre-existing congenital and acquired heart disease
  2. Review risk scores for stratifying women at risk for peripartum cardiac complications
  3. Review implications women with congenital heart disease around the perimenopausal period
10:30 – 10:45 Wellness break
10:45 – 11:15 Moderator:
Dr. Louise Pilote		 Dr. Patrick Lawler, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MUHC

Sex specific adaptive clinical trials

Learning Objectives
  1. Review what adaptive trials are
  2. Discuss representation of women in trials
  3. Discuss interventions to increase representation of women in trials
11:15 – 11:30 Woman with lived experience
11:30 – 12:00 Moderator:
Dr. Tamara Ibrahim
 		 Dr. Judy Luu, MD PhD FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MUHC
Specialist in women’s heart health

Addressing women’s heart health in immigrant women - a family affair

Learning Objectives
  1. Review gaps in cardiovascular care for immigrant women
  2. Discuss a culturally sensitive approach to primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention in immigrant populations
  3. Appreciate the social determinants of cardiovascular outcomes in men and women
12:00 – 12:45 Moderator:
Dr. Louise Pilote		 Dr. Sonia Anand, MD
Professor of Medicine, Associate Vice-President Global Health, McMaster University

Heart disease and risk factors among Indigenous women in Canada- an eco-social perspective

Learning Objectives
  1. Review the determinants of CV risk factors and CVD among Indigenous women 
  2. Review care gaps and programs to address CV risk among Indigenous women 
  3. Explore how to incorporate priorities of indigenous women in the conduct of research
12:50 – 12:55 Closing Remarks
Wendy Wray, RN MScN BScN
  Networking and lunch
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