8.00–8.20

Management of acute deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Prof. Jeffrey Weitz

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

8.20–8.40

Management tips for use of the new oral anticoagulants

Prof. James Douketis

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

8.40–9.00

Managing bleeding complications of anticoagulants

Prof. James Douketis

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

9.00–9.20

Approach to a patient with anemia

Prof. Mark Crowther

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

9.20–9.40

When to transfuse blood

Prof. Mark Crowther

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

9.40–10.00

Panel discussion

 

10.00–10.20

Refreshment break

 

10.20–10.40

Update on the diagnosis and management of shock

Prof. Roman Jaeschke

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

10.40–11.00

How to approach incidental thyroid laboratory and imaging findings

Prof. Wilmar Wiersinga

University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

11.00–11.20

How to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis early enough for a treatment to be successful and how to start therapy

Prof. Anthony Woolf

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK

 

11.20–11.40

How to prevent and treat osteoporosis

Prof. Anthony Woolf

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK

 

11.40–12.00

Panel discussion

 

12.00–13.20

Lunch break

 

13.20–13.40

Approach to a patient with dyspepsia

Prof. Paul Moayyedi

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

13.40–14.00

Diagnosis and management of focal liver lesions

Prof. Barry Lumb

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

14.00–14.20

Current management of irritable bowel

Prof. Paul Moayyedi

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

14.20–14.40

Which cancers should we screen for?

Prof. Mark Levine

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

14.40–15.00

Panel discussion

 

15.00–15.20

Refreshment break

 

15.20–15.40

Clinical controversies in stroke management

Prof. Robert Hart

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

15.40–16.00

How to manage patients with acute alcohol intoxication

Prof. Dan Perri

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

16.00–16.20

Is this dementia or delirium?

Prof. William Molloy

University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

 

16.20–16.40

Medical challenges in the care of the seriously mentally ill: what internists should know

Prof. Robert Zipursky

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

16.40–17.00

Panel discussion

 

17.00–17.10

Closing remarks