Transplant Patient Education Day: Staying the Course Post Heart Transplant:
New Lecture Theatre, Providence Building Level 1, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
8am to 2pm
Ms. Janet Wilson-McManus will be presenting, Biomarkers: A Different Track
Speakers & Agenda
08:45 – 09:00: Welcome
Speaker – Ms. Carol Imai (MC), Patient Educator, Heart Transplant Clinic
0900 – 0915: Opening Remarks
Speaker – Dr Andy Ignaszewski, Cardiologist
09:15 – 10:15: Rejection –Weathering a storm
Speaker – Dr Mustafa Toma, Cardiologist
Biomarkers: A Different Tack
Speaker – Ms. Janet McManus, Chief Operating Officer, PROOF Centre
10:15 – 10:45: Infection: Taking care of Flotsam and Jetsam
Speaker – Dr Freda Omaswa, Fellow, Infectious Diseases, UBC
10:45 – 11:15: COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 11:30: From the Galley
Dietician to be announced
11:30 – 12:00: Navigating a Healthy Course
Mr. Min Naruki-Van Velzen, Clinical Exercise Specialist
12:00 – 12:30: Knowing the Ropes
Stories from Experienced Transplant Patients
12:30-12:45: BC Transplant: Behind the Scenes
Speaker: Dr Greg Grant, Provincial Executive Director, BC Transplant
12:15 – 1:00: Canadian Transplant Association (CTA) Update
Margaret Benson, Maurice Parobec
1:00 – 2:00: LUNCH