Gordon Guyatt, MD, MSc, FRCPC, is a general internist and a Distinguished Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics at McMaster University. He is known for his work on evidence-based medicine, a term that first appeared in a paper he published in 1991. He has published over 800 peer-reviewed articles and his work has been cited more than 50,000 times. He has also written extensively on health care policy in the popular press. His contributions to quality of life research, randomized trials and meta-analysis have been considered ground-breaking. In 2007, the BMJ launched an international vote to determine the most important contributions to healthcare. Evidence-based medicine came 7th in the line-up, beating the computer. Dr. Guyatt is the co-editor of the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature, a comprehensive set of journal articles and a textbook for clinicians that wish to incorporate Evidence-based medicine into their practices. In 1979, Dr. Guyatt co-founded the Medical Reform Group, a Canadian organization of physicians, medical students and others in support of universal public health care. He continues to serve as a member of the steering committee and leading spokesperson for this group. Most recently, Dr. Guyatt has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "contributions to the advancement of evidence-based medicine and its teaching".
Opening Keynote: Twenty-one Years Later: Evidence-Based Medicine Comes of Age
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Ballroom East & Centre
Chris Heysel is the Director of Nuclear Operations and Facilities at McMaster University. A graduate in chemical engineering from Queens University, he spent 14 years at AECL's Chalk River National Laboratory working at AECL's 135MW research reactor. Chris joined McMaster in June 2001, and is responsible for the safe and effective operation of all University operated Nuclear Facilities. In June 2009 he appeared before the House of Commons Committee on Natural Resources to discuss the Chalk River facility and McMaster's proposal for the production of medical isotopes.
In 2010 Chris was part of a University team which successfully obtained and implemented a $22 million Knowledge Infrastructure Award centered around expanding the University's medical isotope production and research capabilities.
Closing Keynote: McMaster: "Canada's Nuclear University"
Date: Friday, June 15, 2012
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Location: Ballroom East
Anne McKeage is the Archivist for Hamilton Health Sciences and for McMaster's Faculty of Health Sciences. She has been in charge of collecting the records of these two institutions for the past 20 years. She is also the History of Health and Medicine Librarian in the Health Sciences Library at McMaster. Anne graduated from McMaster with an Honours B.A. in History. She worked in a variety of positions at the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Heritage Museum, the National Museums Library Directorate and Dundurn Castle before completing her Masters of Library and Information Science at what was then called the University of Western Ontario. Her passion for all things historical will be evident in her talk.
Invited Talk: Thanks for the Memory: the role of the Library in building and maintaining institutional archives
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Ballroom East & Centre
Alan Taniguchi, MD, CCFP, FCFP, is a palliative care consultant physician and an assistant clinical professor and the palliative care residency program director in McMaster's department of family medicine. He is known to colleagues and students in McMaster health sciences as a leader and visionary in palliative care whose dedication is enhancing education and ultimately improving patient services. In 2008, he won the John C. Sibley award for his outstanding contributions to the education of health professionals and in 2011 the Undergraduate MD program Outstanding Preceptor Award - Family Medicine. He has spoken and written extensively on the needs for health care practitioners and their patients to discuss and plan for end of life and palliative care.
Invited Talk: End of Life Planning: Beyond the DNR order
Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time: 9:30am - 10:30am
Location: Ballroom East & Centre
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Here’s your chance to catch up on all the engaging talks and intriguing presentations we enjoyed at CHLA/ABSC 2012: slides from our speakers, papers and posters are now mounted on the conference website under Papers, Posters and Talks.
