SPECIAL INVITATION

Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON M5J 1A6 LEARNING OBJECTIVES • To examine practical approaches for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; • To examine emerging anticoagulant management in patients with venous thromboembolism; • To address problems that arise in real world patients who are on novel oral anticoagulants. AGENDA TIME ACTIVITY SPEAKER 7:45 am - 8:30 am Registration (NO REGISTRATION FEES) 8:30 am - 9:00 am Opening Address Chair - Andre Roussin, MD 9:00 am - 10:30 am Clinical Guide: Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Ben Bell, MD Clinical Guide: Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Menaka Pai, MD 10:30 am - 10:50 am Break and Booth Display 10:50 am - 11:25 am Clinical Guide: Novel Oral Anticoagulants in the Real World James Douketis, MD 11:25 am - 12:00 pm Clinical Guide: Acute Coronary Syndrome Marc Jolicoeur, MD 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Satellite Symposium and Lunch Michael Sharma, MD Anil Gupta, MD Alan Bell, MD Andre Roussin, MD 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Guest Speaker: Stories From Across the Pond Graham Turpie, MD 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm Closing Remarks Chair - Andre Roussin, MD SPEAKERS Alan Bell, MD, CCFP Anil Gupta, MD, FRCPC Andre Roussin, MD, FRCP Speciality: Family Medicine Speciality: Speciality: Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine Staff Cardiologist and Medical Director, Critical Care Unit and Associate Professor of Medicine University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Clinical Cardiology, Physician Lead in Innovations, Cardiac Program Head of Vascualr Laboratory, CHUM-HND Co-Chair, Smoking Cessation Program Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal - Hôpital Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON Notre-Dame and Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC

Ben Bell, MD, FRCPC Marc Jolicoeur, MD, FRCPC, MSc Michael Sharma, MD, MSc, FRCPC Speciality: General Internal Medicine Speciality: Interventional Cardiology Speciality: Neurology Lecturer, Department of Medicine University of Toronto, Staff Assisstant-professor of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology) Physician, General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Interventional cardiologist, Heart Institute McMaster University / Population Health Research Institute North York General Hospital Université de Montréal, , Montréal, QC Hamilton, ON University of Toronto and North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON

James Douketis, MD, FRCPC Menaka Pai, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC, ABIM Graham Turpie, MD, FRCP FRPC, FACP, FACC Speciality: Internal Medicine Speciality: Hematology Speciality: Internal Medicine Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Staff, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University Emeritus Professor of Medicine, McMaster University General Internal Medicine and Vascular Medicine Staff, Hematology and Thromboembolism Internist, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton, ON Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, ON

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