Cardiac Staff Matters is a regular publication of updates, information, points to ponder, and things that are significant to the Program. The aim is to pass these points on during huddles, in conversations, and by posting in clinical areas to ensure widest dissemination.
1. A number of SBH Cardiology Technologists have volunteered their time to assist the four students who are taking the Canadian Society of Cardiology Technologists Registration exam on April 24th, 2015 at SBH, by organizing workshops and review sessions. Way to pay it forward and invest in your profession’s future!
2. A big Winnipeg welcome to Ashley Winker, Cardiac Sonographer! Ashley, who is a recent grad of Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, joined the SBH Echo team on April 7th. Ashley is helping to boost our echo capacity while gaining valuable work experience here in Winnipeg before moving to Niagara in the summer.
3. Welcome also to Debbie Specht and Leslie Pare, who will be joining the Cardiac Surgery Access office staff shortly. Both have taken term positions as Access Coordinators: Debbie will be working 0.5 EFT and Leslie 0.7 EFT.
4. Farewell, thanks and good luck wishes are extended to Larissa Nimchonok, who will be leaving ICCS and taking a new position as the Manager of the SBH Staffing Office. Her last day with CSP will be May 12. You will be greatly missed, Larissa, and you’re wished nothing but the best!
5. The Dept. of Internal Medicine’s Resident Research Day will be held on April 21, 2015. Cardiology will have 13 presentations that day: 8 oral presentations and 5 poster presentations. See the attached listing for details!
6. Something to think about: • “Team effort goes vain when individual effort is in the wrong direction.” ― Ram Mohan • "The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime." –Babe Ruth
If you have any news or items of interest or information that you want to pass to the rest of the Program and/or if you have feedback, please contact Kelly Lukaszewski at klukaszewski@sbgh.mb.ca or 204.237.2743
CARDIOLOGY PRESENTATIONS
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
THE CARDIOPROECTIVE ROLE OF NACA IN THE PREVENTION OF DOXORUBICIN AND TRASTUZUMAB MEDIATED CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION PRESENTED BY: Dr. Rahul Bhindi, PGY2 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. Davinder Jassal
AMIODARONE MONITORING IN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS PRESENTED BY: Dr. Mahwash Saeed, PGY5 Cardiology SUPERVISOR: Dr. Colette Seifer
TWO PE OR NOT TWO PE: PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN TWO PATIENTS WITH PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONS AND CARDIAC TAMPONADE PRESENTED BY: Dr. Christopher Lee, PGY2 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. James Tam
EARLY DETECTION OF CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION IN COLORECTAL AND RENAL CELL CANCER: BEVACIZUMAB AND SUNITINIB MEDIATED CARDIOTOXICITY PRESENTED BY: Dr. Tamara Glavinovic, PGY2 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. Davinder Jassal
DELAYED EXTRAVASATION: DIAGNOSIS OF SUBACUTE MYOCARDIAL RUPTURE USING CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PRESENTED BY: Dr. Tamara Glavinovic, PGY2 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. James Tam
THE EFFECTS OF EARLY PALLIATIVE CARE IN HEART FAILURE PRESENTED BY: Dr. Christopher Hayes, PGY1 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. James Tam
PREDICTORS OF APPROPRIATE SHOCKS FOLLOWING DEVICE REPLACEMENT IN PRIMARY PREVENTION IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR PATIENTS PRESENTED BY: Dr. William McIntyre, PGY5 Cardiology SUPERVISOR: Dr. Colette Seifer
DEVICE INTERROGATION PARAMETERS THAT SHOULD RAISE SUSPICION FOR RIGHT VENTRICULAR LEAD PERFORATION PRESENTED BY: Dr. Merdad Golian, PGY6 Cardiology SUPERVISOR: Dr. Aliasghar Khadem
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
PARTIAL PFO CLOSURE FOR PERSISTENT HYPOXEMIA IN A PATIENT WITH EBSTEIN’S ANOMALY PRESENTED BY: Dr. Sobia Zuberi, PGY3 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. Malek Kass
HOLTER MONITOR TRIAGE PRESENTED BY: Dr. Gregory Schmidt, PGY1 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. James Tam and Dr. Nasir Shaikh
VENTRICULOGRAPHY TO IDENTIFY VENTRICULAR FRE-WALL RUPTURE IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PRESENTED BY: Dr. Scott Donald, PGY2 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. Malek Kass
OUTCOMES OF ULTRAFILTRATION IN ADVANCED HEART FAILURE PATIENTS RESISTANT TO DIURETIC THERAPY PRESENTED BY: Dr. Motaz Moussa, PGY6 Cardiology SUPERVISOR: Dr. Shelley Zieroth
HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME OF THE HEART – AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY: Dr. Anas Merdad, PGY1 Internal Medicine SUPERVISOR: Dr. Francisco Cordova
