Make plans now to attend this outstanding
multi-disciplinary educational event.
Objectives:
- To understand the impact of prolonged mechanical ventilation on the health system in Ontario
- To identify the key barriers to weaning from mechanical ventilation at the level of both patient and health system
- To review evidence-based and interdisciplinary strategies for prolonged weaning, focusing on both prevention and treatment
Who should attend:
Health care teams from hospital centers: intensivists, ICU nurses, respiratory therapists, physiotherapists, dieticians, psychologists, hospital managers and administrators.
Chair: Dr. Laurent Brochard, University Health Network
Dr. Brochard is a Professor of Medicine and the Interdepartmental Division Director for Critical Care in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. He is an international expert on weaning and mechanical ventilation, and is leading a European Research Network dedicated to clinical studies in mechanical ventilation and weaning, called REVA.
Featured Speaker: Dr. Amal Jubran, Loyola University, Chicago
Dr. Jubran is a Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Loyala Medicine, Chicago. She is an international expert on the care of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, and the Principal Investigator of the largest ever randomized controlled trial of protocolized weaning strategies.
Faculty: Dr. Karen Bosma, London Health Sciences Centre University Hospital; Lisa Burry, PharmD, Mount Sinai Hospital & University of Toronto; Vagia T. Campbell, RRT, Mount Sinai Hospital; Dr. Brian Cuthbertson, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Dr. Niall Ferguson, University Health Network; Dr. Ian Fraser, Provincial Weaning Centre of Excellence, Toronto East General Hospital; Dr. Shannon Goddard, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center; Dr. Ewan Goligher, Mount Sinai Hospital; Lesley Moisey, RD, University of Waterloo; Dr. Darlene Reid, University of Toronto; Dr. Louise Rose, Provincial Weaning Centre of Excellence, Toronto East General Hospital; Dr. Gordon Rubenfeld, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Dr. Damon Scales, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Dr. Jeff Singh, Toronto Western Hospital; Danny Veniott, RRT, St. Mary’s General Hospital; Dr. Hannah Wunsch, Sunnybrook, Health Sciences Centre.
Full bios are available here.