Cardiac Staff Matters 20/07/15

Cardiac Staff Matters is a regular publication of updates, information, points to ponder, and news items 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. Congratulations to Dr. Bill McIntyre and Dr. Colette Seifer on a poster presentation summarizing their review of 74 patients who had generator change after primary-prevention ICD implant. This poster was presented at the European Heart Rhythm Association EUROPACE - CARDIOSTIM 2015 conference in June in Milan, Italy. The results of their review have added to the conversation about the indications for generator change procedures, having been highlighted in a Commentary by Dr. John Mandrola on theheart.org. For more information, follow this link: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/847076?topol=1

2. To take a very interesting tour inside the human heart, watch this: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/watch-awesome-video-tour-inside-human-heart

3. Dr. Bill McIntyre, Chief Cardiology resident, has won the Research Manitoba Award for Excellence in Resident/Post-Doctoral Research in the Manitoba Health Research Poster competition. This award will provide support for his attendance at a national or international scientific meeting in the upcoming year. Congratulations yet again, Dr. McIntyre!

4. As a reminder, there are regional policies & procedures in place that outline the steps that need to be taken in situations when elective surgeries or procedures are done on out-of-country patients. You can find them here: http://home.wrha.mb.ca/corp/policy/files/110.000.100.pdf

5. NOTE: Cardiac Staff Matters will not be published on August 17.

6. Food for thought:  "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

If you have any news, items of interest or information that you want to pass on 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

Cardiac Staff Matters 06/07/15

Cardiac Staff Matters is a regular publication of updates, information, points to ponder, and news items 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. Congratulations to Dr. Mehrdad Golian on receiving the 2015 Sanofi / Heart and Stroke Foundation Award in Cardiology! This $10,000 annual prize is presented to a clinical resident who demonstrates academic excellence and pursues additional academic training beyond core cardiology. Dr. Golian notes that receiving this award is an honour and that he shares credit with his researcher mentors.

2. Dr. Olga Toleva has recently completed a Master’s degree in Public Health from Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her dedication & perseverance over the last three years in completing a concentration in clinical effectiveness within the degree program has finally paid off. Hats off to Dr. Toleva!

3. Dr. Davinder Jassal has been awarded a CancerCare Manitoba operating grant entitled, "The art of preventing broken hearts in colorectal and renal cell cancer.” This prolific researcher has also received a Research Manitoba Mid-career operating grant entitled, "Cardio-Oncology: the prophylactic role of renin-angiotensin system antagonism in the prevention of Avastin and Sutent mediated cardiotoxicity." These two-year grants are worth a total of $300,000. Excellent work!

4. There will be a farewell dinner for Ken Rannard on Thursday, July 16 at Bailey’s Restaurant & Lounge (185 Lombard Avenue). Join us to thank Ken for his contributions in the Cardiac Sciences Program and wish him well. Please RSVP to Lesli Meek (204-258-1089 or lmeek@sbgh.mb.ca) if you would like to attend, or if you’d like to contribute to a gift.

5. Food for thought: 

“The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people pull together as a team.” ― Simon Sinek 

"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit." – Aristotle

If you have any news or items of interest or information that you want to pass on 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