LECTURES

Hosting Spring and Fall lectures by cardiac specialists and other health care professionals is one of the means that the Alumni uses to achieve its goal of informing members about advancements within the Heart Institute and in the treatment of heart disease.

SPRING LECTURE

April 20, 2010
Refreshments at 7 pm, Lecture at 7:30

"Latest Technology Helps Save Lives at the Heart Institute"

Timothy J. Zakutney, MHSc, PEng, CCE

Mr. Zakutney is Manager of Biomedical Engineering at the world renowned University of Ottawa Heart Institute, providing leadership and guidance surrounding medical and biomedical technology issues for healthcare.

Mr. Zakutney will speak on the topic of the changing role of Biomedical Engineering and Technology at the Heart institute as well as the challenges his unit faces with regard to the Capital Equipment process.

Ms. Christine Struthers, RN, BScN, MSc

Ms. Christine Struthers is the Advanced Practice Nurse for the Cardiac Telehealth program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Ms. Struthers will speak about telehealth and its use at the Ottawa Heart Institute

Debbie Hubble

Ms. Hubble is the Manager Clinical Perfusion and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
UOHI and Cheo

Ms. Hubble will speak on Bridging to Decision-the role of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices

Fall 2008 Lecture
"The Heart of a Woman: What Every Woman Must Know to Stay Heart Healthy"
by Dr. Louise Laramée, MD, FRCP(C)
Spring 2008 Lecture (cancelled)
Fall 2007 Lecture
"Cardiac Surgery: Past, Present and Future"
by Dr. Thierry G. Mesana, M.D., PhD, FECTS, FRCS(C)
Spring 2007 Lecture
"Willie Sutton, Louis Pasteur and John Snow: The Three Stars of Prevention?"
by Dr. Andrew Pipe, CM, MD, LLD, DSc
Fall 2006 Lecture
"Making Sense of the Foods You Eat"
by Ms. Elizabeth Mansfield, M.Sc., RD
Spring 2006 Lecture
"Minimally Invasive Surgical Revascularization: First Canadian Series Takes Place at the UOHI"
by Dr. Marc Ruel, MPH, FRCSC, FCCP
Fall 2005 Lecture
"Genetic Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease"
by Dr. Ruth McPherson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Spring 2005 Lecture
"The Ottawa STEMI Program"
by Dr. Marino Labinaz, MD, FRCPC, FACC
Fall 2004 Lecture (cancelled)
Spring 2004 Lecture
"Why You Should Care About Your Blood Pressure"
by Dr. Frans H. H. Leenen, PhD, FRCPC
Fall 2003 Lecture
"Survival of the Fittest: A Guide to Exercise for People with Heart"
by Dr. Robert Reid, PhD, MBA
Spring 2003 Lecture (cancelled)
Fall 2002 Lecture
"What's Hot in Cardiac Research at the Heart Institute"
by Dr. Lyall A.H. Higginson, FRCPC
Spring 2002 Lecture
"Cardiac Surgery, from France to Canada: Is There a Difference?"
by Dr. Thierry Mesana, MD, PhD, FECTS, FRCSC
Fall 2001 Lecture
"Diet Fads: Super Health or Super Hype?"
by Ms. Elizabeth Mansfield, M.Sc., RD

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