Program
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St., Level 1, Room H123, Ottawa
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18:00 |
Welcoming Reception |
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18:40 |
Presentation of Commemorative Plaque for Supporters of National Cardiac PET Centre |
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19:00 |
Tours of National Cardiac PET Centre |
Thursday, March 27, 2003
The Norman Patterson Amphitheatre, The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave., Ottawa
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8:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 |
Opening Remarks - Dr. Graham Wright, PI, Ontario Consortium for Cardiac Imaging, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto |
Session 1: Cardiac metabolism
Chair: Gary Lopaschuk/Jean DaSilva
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8:40 |
Myocyte Metabolic Pathways - Dr. Gary Lopaschuk, University of Alberta, Edmonton |
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9:00 |
Mass Spectroscopy and Metabolism - Dr. Christine DesRosiers, University of Montreal, Montreal |
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9:20 |
Imaging of Cellular Metabolism of Fatty Acids and Glucose - Dr. Tim DeGrado, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiannapolis |
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9:40 |
Small Animal PET Imaging - Dr. Roger Lecomte, Univeristy of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke |
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10:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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10:15 |
Coffee Break |
Session 2: Advanced imaging techniques evaluating metabolism and cellular function
Chair: Graham Wright/Rob deKemp
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10:30 |
What is the Role of PET? - Dr. Gunter Firnau, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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10:50 |
PET/CT: Trials and Tribulations of a Novel Integrated Technology - Dr. Glenn Wells, Lawson Health Research Institute, London |
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11:10 |
MRI and MR Spectroscopy: Cardiac applications for tissue for energy storage, viability and injury - Dr. Frank Prato, St. Joseph's Health Care, London |
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11:30 |
Towards Image-Guidance for Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Procedures - Dr. Terry Peters, Robarts Research Institute, London |
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11:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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12:10 |
Lunch |
Session 3: Derangement in cardiac metabolism
Chair: Mike Freeman/Rob Beanlands
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13:30 |
What's going on in the Cell - Dr. Gary Lopaschuk, University of Alberta, Edmonton |
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13:50 |
Pathophysiology of Stunning and Hibernation: What's going on with the patient - Dr. Ben Chow, University of Ottawa Heart Institute |
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14:10 |
Imaging of Stunned and Hibernating Myocardium - Dr. Khartik Annath, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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14:30 |
Coffee Break |
Session 4: Derangement in cardiac metabolism
Chair: Mike Freeman/Rob Beanlands
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14:50 |
New Frontiers in Cardiac Metabolism Imaging - Dr. Heikki Ukkonen, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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15:10 |
Animal Models of Hibernating Myocardium - Dr. Gerald Wisenberg, Lawson Health Research Institute, London |
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15:30 |
Panel Discussion |
Friday, March 28, 2003
The Norman Patterson Amphitheatre, The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave., Ottawa
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8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
Session 5: Neurohormonal imaging
Chair: Marcus Schwaiger/Gunter Firnau
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8:30 |
Neurohormal Regulation Alterations in Cardiac Disease - Dr. Gary Newton, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto |
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8:50 |
Autonomic Nervous System Imaging - Dr. David Raffel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
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9:10 |
Cardiac Receptors and the Second Messenger System - Dr. Jean DaSilva, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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9:30 |
Clinical Applications of Receptor and ANS Imaging - Dr. Markus Schwaiger, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich |
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9:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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10:10 |
Coffee Break |
Session 6: Novel revascularization approaches, gene and stem delivery and expression, and new therapies
Chair: Ed O'Brien
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10:40 |
Angiogenesis and Cell Therapy: Are they effective? - Dr. Marc Ruel, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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11:00 |
Cardiac Cell Therapy - Dr. Bruce M. Wentworth, Genzyme Corporation, Framington |
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11:20 |
MRI Guided Stem Cell Delivery - Dr. Alexander (Sandy) Dick, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda |
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11:40 |
Panel Discussion |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
Session 7: Clinical applications - How can imaging of cellular function and metabolism be applied?
Chair: Lyall Higginson
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13:30 |
Congestive Heart Failure - Dr. Ross Davies, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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13:50 |
Arrhythmias - Dr. Tony Tang, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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14:10 |
Revascularization and Mechanical Assist Devices - Dr. Paul Hendry, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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14:30 |
New Concepts in Revascularization - Dr. Thierry Mesana, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
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14:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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15:10 |
Coffee Break |
Special lecture
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15:30 |
Cardiac Metabolism and Cellular Function Imaging; Application for Therapeutics Development: 2020 Vision - Dr. Markus Schwaiger, Director, Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich |
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16:15 |
Closing Remarks - Dr. Rob Beanlands, Chief of Cardiac Imaging, Director of Cardiac PET, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa |
