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Date	Speaker	Title
November 4, 2013	Alexandre F. R. Stewart	From GWAS to Gee-Whiz: A novel modulatorof innate immunity affects lipid metabolismand cholesterol homeostasis
October 28, 2013	Robert D. Reid, Ph.D., MBA	Helping patients look after themselves: New insights about behavioural interventions for cardiovascular health
October 7, 2013	Martin Green	New Insights into Bundle Branch Block and Conduction Abnormalities
September 30, 2013	Erik J. Suuronen, BSc, PhD	Directing Tissue Regeneration
September 23, 2013	David Birnie, BSc (Hons), MB, ChB, MRCP, MD	Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation without Interruption of Oral Anticoagulation
June 17, 2013	Pasan Fernando	Multimodality imaging strategies for tracking cell therapy
June 10, 2013	Ross Milne, BSc, MSc, PhD	The role of methylglyoxal in the development of microvascular andmacrovascular diabetic complications
April 22, 2013	Haissam Haddad, BSc, MD, FRCPC, FACC	The Role of Vitamin D in Chronic Heart Failure
April 8, 2013	ThomasA.. Lagace, BSc, PhD	Regulation of cirrcullatiing LDL - cholesterol levels by PCSK9
February 25 2013	Marino Labinaz	Transcatheter Valvular Interventions
January 28, 2013	Eva Mathieu, PhD	Tissue regenerated blood vessels for peripheral vascular disease
January 14, 2013	Dr. George Wells	Cardiac Re-synchronization Therapy for Mild to Moderate Heart Failure: Cost-Effectiveness and Conclusiveness of the Evidence
January 7, 2013	Robert Roberts, M.D., FRCPC, MACC	Town Hall Meeting
December 10, 2012	Alexandre Stewart, BScH, MSc, PhD	PCSK9 and the risk of myocardial infarction
December 3, 2012	Patrick Burgon	Muscle Enriched A–Type Lamin Interacting Protein (MLIP), A novel Regulator of Cardiac Metabolism, Growth and Function
October 22, 2012	Glenn Wells, BSc, MSc, PhD, MCCPM	Reducing Patient Exposure in Nuclear Cardiology
October 1, 2012	Jean-Yves Dupuis, MD, FRCPC	CARE score: A clinically useful model for risk-adjusted outcome analysis in cardiac anesthesia and surgery
September 24, 2012	Dr. Pablo Nery	Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis
June 18, 2012	Calum Redpath, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD	Mitochondria and arrhythmia: what’s past is prologue
June 11, 2012	David Birnie, BSc (Hons), MB, ChB, MRCP, MD	Additional insights from RAFT
June 4, 2012	Robert, Lemery, MD, FRCPC	Human Cardiac Ganglia and Autonomic Interventions for Atrial Fibrillation
May 28, 2012	Michael Froeschl, MDCM, FRCPC	Renal sympathetic denervation: Where are we, and where are we going?
May 14, 2012	Derek So, MD, FRCPC, MSc	Personalized Therapy after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - A ‘RAPID’ly Changing Field
April 30 2012	Darryl Davis	Progress in Resident Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy for Myocardial Repair
April 23 2012	Buu-Khanh Lam	Atrial Fibrillation: What We Know We Don’t Know
March 16, 2012	Robert Roberts, M.D., FRCPC, MACC	Town Hall Meeting
March 5, 2012	Balwant Tuana	Targeting Protein Kinase Activity in Heart Failure
Feb 27 2012	Andrew Pipe	Smokers, Salt and Schools CVD Prevention in the Real World
January 30, 2012	Frans Leenen, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAHA	The Brain and Heart Failure: Role of Aldosterone
January 23, 2012	Thomas Lagace, PhD, BSc	Targeting PCSK9 for the Treatment and Prevention of Atherosclerosis
January 16, 2012	Daniel Sparks, PhD, BSc	HDL Secretion is Regulated by Autophagic Degradation Pathways: Importance of Purinergic Signaling in the Liver
December 5, 2011	Rob S. B. Beanlands	Cardiac Imaging - Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going: Emerging Clinical Trials
October 31, 2011	Yves Marcel, BSc, PhD	Autophagy, A Protective Pathway from Early Unicellular Organisms to Atheroma Foam Cells
June 20, 2011	Terrence Ruddy, MD, FRCPC	A New Iodinated Radiotracer for SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
June 13, 2011	Ross Milne, BSc, MSc, PhD	The Role of Dicarbonyl Stress in the Development of Macrovascular and Microvascular Diabetic Complications
March 7, 2011	Marino Labinaz	Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions in 2011
February 7, 2011	Dr. Haissam Haddad	The Major Advances in Management of Heart Failure in the First Decade of the 21st Century
January 17, 2011	Rosalind Labow, MS, PhD	The Holy Grail: Tissue Engineering a Small Vascular Graft
January 10, 2011	Dr. Ross Davies	Recent Advances in Cardiac Medications
December 13, 2010	Dr. David Birnie	Improving Arrhythmia Device Therapy
November 29, 2010	Dr. Luc Beauchesne	Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Born to be Bad?
November 1, 2010	Dr. B. Tuana	Transcriptional Control and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
September 13, 2010	Alexandre Stewart	Discovery of a Novel Ischemia-Inducible Transcription Factor - Clinical Implications
June 28, 2010	Erik J. Suuronen	How a Matrix Scaffold Improves Stem Cell Therapy
June 21, 2010	Christopher Glover	Stem Cells and Cardiac Disease
May 17, 2010	Dr. Alexander Dick	Cardiac MRI
April 12, 2010	Glenn Wells	Imaging Myocardial Perfusion with a Novel Dedicated Cardiac SPECT Camera
March 29, 2010	Robert D. Reid	Five Recent Advances in Behavioural Science and Their Impact on How Cardiac Care Should Be Delivered
March 22, 2010	Dr. Dan M. Roden	Arrhythmia Genetics: From Rare to Common Disease
March 1, 2010	Dr. Darryl R. Davis	Resident Cardiac Stem Cells: New Findings & Potential for Clinical Translation
May 17, 2010	Dr. Alexander Dick	Cardiac MRI
November 2, 2009	Patrick Burgon	Molecular Determinants of Cardiogenomic (Re)-Programming
October 19, 2009	Dr. Rob Beanlands	Imaging in Heart Failure
September 27, 2009	Yves Marcel	HDL Genesis: Is More Always Good
April 27, 2009	Dr. Fraser Rubens	The Blind Leading the Blind. Conducting Randomized Trials in Surgery
April 20, 2009	Adolfo de Bold	Regulation of the Secretory Function of the Heart: A New Paradigm
March 9, 2009	Dr. Ruth McPherson	Is CETP a Viable Drug Target? Genetic and Laboratory Insights
March 2, 2009	Daniel Sparks	Hepatic HDL Production and Inflammatory Response are Co-Regulated
January 12, 2009	Alexandre Stewart	Identification by Genome-Wide Association of a Novel Locus that Protects Against Coronary Artery Disease: Known Gene, Unknown Function
January 5, 2009	Dr. Marc Ruel	Challenges in Cardiac Cell Therapy: The Effect or the Mechanism
December 15, 2008	Erik J. Suuronen	Improving the Ability to Repair and Regenerate
December 8, 2008	Dr. Edward R. O’Brien	Heat Shock Protein 27: Estrogen’s X Factor
December 1, 2008	Dr. Calum Redpath	Neurohormones and Atrial Arrhythmogenesis
November 24, 2008	George A. Wells	Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Research
October 20, 2008	Dr. David H. Birnie	Improving Arrhythmia Device Therapy
October 6, 2008	Dr. George Fodor	Lessons Learned from the ON TARGET and TRANSCEND Trials
September 8, 2008	Dr. Haissam A. Haddad	Management of Heart Failure Beyond Guidelines, Lessons From Clinical Care
June 23, 2008	Dr. James Van Huysse	Brain a2 Na, K-ATPase Isoform: A Potential Regulator of the Brain Renin-Angiotensin System and of Blood Pressure
June 9, 2008	Ross Milne	Advanced Glycation End Products and Diabetic Atherosclerosis
May 12, 2008	Dr. Robert Roberts	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Pathogenesis and Treatment
April 28, 2008	Dr. Darryl Davis	The Adult Heart as a Source for Stem Cells: Repair Strategies Using Adult and Embryonic-Like Progenitor Cells
April 21, 2008	Glenn Wells	Recent Advances in Cardiac SPECT Imaging
April 14, 2008	Dr. Richard F. Davies	Disease Management of Diabetes in a Setting of Heart Disease
April 7, 2008	Rosalind S. Labow	A Renaissance Cell: The Role of the Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophage in Tissue Regeneration - Wound Healing or Inflammatory?
February 25, 2008	Dr. Kwan-Leung Chan	Is There a Role for Aspirin in the Treatment of Infective Endocarditis?
January 28, 2008	Thomas Lagacé	PCSK9: A New Regulator of Plasma LDL Cholesterol
January 21, 2008	Tofy Mussivand	Medical Device Impact on Cardiovascular Disease
January 14, 2008	Dr. Robert Roberts	UOHI Townhall Meeting
January 7, 2008	Dr. Derek So	Impaired Platelet Reactivity - A Novel Risk Factor for Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
December 17, 2007	Dr. Ross A. Davies	Patient Database - Issues and Future Directions
December 10, 2007	Robert Reid	After the Fact: Functional and Emotional Recovery from Heart Disease
December 3, 2007	Alexandre Stewart	Transcription Regulation in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle: What Can a Fruit Fly Teach Us?
November 26, 2007	Yves Marcel	HDL Syndromes: Patients and Cellular Pathways
November 19, 2007	Dr. Andrew Pipe	Tobacco & Cardiac Disease: Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire!
October 29, 2007	Drs. Frans Leenen and Frédérique Tesson	Salt and Hypertension: from Genome to Physiome
October 15, 2007	Dr. Jean-Yves Dupuis	Airway Pressure Release Ventilation Versus Conventional Positive Pressure Ventilation in Cardiac Surgical Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
September 24, 2007	Dr. Howard J. Nathan	The Pump Head is Dead: Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Cognition
September 17, 2007	Dr. George Fodor	Controversies in Preventive Cardiology -Facts and Artifacts
June 18, 2007	Dr. Ruth McPherson	A Novel Genetic Variant Strongly Associated with Premature Coronary Heart Disease
June 4, 2007	Heidi McBride	New Insights into the Metabolic Center of the Cellular Universe
April 30, 2007	George Wells	Indirect Treatment Comparisons for Randomized Controlled Trials
April 23, 2007	Robert deKemp	Rubidium PET Perfusion Imaging
April 16, 2007	Dr. Frederique Tesson-Rulko	Dilated Cardiomyopathy and the Nuclear Protein Network
March 19, 2007	Dr. Michael Le May	Role of Glycoprotein 2b/3a in the Management of STelevation Myocardial Infarction: The ASSIST Trial
February 26, 2007	Dr. Lloyd Duchesne	Erectile Dysfunction at the Heart Institute
January 29, 2007	Dr. Christopher Glover	Stem Cells and Myocardial Repair
January 8, 2007	Dr. Buu-Khanh Lam	Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: A Therapeutic Conundrum
December 18, 2006	Alexandre Stewart	Ottawa Heart Genomics Study - the first Genome-wide Scan to Search for CAD Genes Utilizing 500,000 Markers
December 11, 2006	Dr. Benjamin Chow	Cardiac CT - Today and Tomorrow
October 16, 2006	Dr. Robert Lemery	Vagal Denervation during Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
October 2, 2006	Dr. Edward O’Brien	Heat Shock Protein 27: A New Biomarker for Atherosclerosis
September 25, 2006	Dr. Richard Davies	Syndromic Surveillance for Chronic Diseases
June 19, 2006	Tofy Mussivand	Bioengineering Input to Research and Clinical Services at UOHI
June 12, 2006	Mercedes Kuroski-deBold	Atria Natriuretic Factor Analogues: Improving on Mother Nature
June 5, 2006	Dr. David Birnie	Assessing Mechanical Dyssynchrony in Advanced Heart Failure Patients and Optimizing Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
May 29, 2006	Dr. Kwan-Leung Chan	Aortic Valve Disease: What the Patient Wants to Know
May 15, 2006	Dr. Frans Leenen	Heart Failure Post MI: All in your Brain?
April 10, 2006	Dr. James Van Huysse	Role of the Na Pump and Endogenous Ligands in Hypertension
March 27, 2006	Dr. Marc Ruel	Late Outcomes of Heart Valve Replacement: New Insights from the UOHI Valve Clinic
December 5, 2005	Dr. Howard J. Nathan	Cognitive Function and Quality-of-life 5 Years After Coronary Artery Surgery: Follow-up of a Trial of the Neuroprotective Effect of Mild Hypothermia
November 21, 2005	Patrick Burgon	Perinatal Heart Development: Identification of a Novel Heart-specific Gene
October 17, 2005	Dr. Robert Roberts	Detecting Genes for Coronary Artery Disease
September 15, 2005	Dr. Ruth McPherson	Safety and Efficacy of Combination Fibrate-Statin Therapy
April 25, 2005	Dr. Robert Roberts	The Principles of Molecular Genetics
April 18, 2005	Dr. Robert Roberts	The Language and Techniques of Molecular Biology
April 11, 2005	Dr. Robert Roberts	DNA - A Unique Molecule

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