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Regional Respirology Rounds

Regional Respirology Rounds take place in the Campbell Auditorium, 2nd Floor of the Juravinski Innovation Tower at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Charlton Campus.

Clinical Rounds Chair 2024-25: Dr. Marcel Tunks

Research Rounds Chair 2024-25: Dr. Manali Mukherjee

Trainee Rounds Chair 2024-25: Dr. John McDonough

Please email Victoria Bryczka at bryczkav@mcmaster.ca if you would like to receive the weekly rounds notices via email.

 

Watch some of our previous talks on our YouTube Channel!

Clinical Rounds (9:00am-10:00am) Research/Trainee Rounds (10:00am-11:00am)
September 3, 2024 Cancelled – Labor Day
September 10, 2024 Cancelled – ERS
September 17, 2024 Research Presentation Blitz
September 24, 2024 Dr. Amanda Grant-Orser, University of Alberta – Bronchoalveolar lavage in ILD: Is it a wash? Matthew Ahn, Ridhi Gopalakrishnan, Kritika Sharda, Kabir Khatana – Retroactive chart review in COPD admissions at HHS
October 1, 2024 Dr. Nathan Hambly – Case Based approach to innovations in sarcoidosis care Dr. Parameswaran Nair – Clinical remission in severe asthma: Hope or Hype!
October 8, 2024 Dr. Martin Kolb – How better understanding of inflammation and fibrosis in ILD can improve patient care Sylvia Chong & FIRHst Co-Presidents (Ryan Singer, Nandhitha Ragunayakam, and Quan Zhou)
October 15, 2024 Cancelled – Thanksgiving
October 22, 2024 Dr. Christian Finley – Lung Cancer Screening Dr. Imran Satia – ERS 2024 Hot Topic Overview
October 29, 2024 Dr. Moaaz Rashad – Exploring the Connection Between Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Pulmonary Hypertension Nandhitha Ragunayakam – The Influence of Airway Morphology on Inhaled Drug Delivery in Asthma
November 5, 2024 Dr. MyLinh Duong – Understanding the Foundation for Changes in Spirometry Interpretation and the Implication on Clinical Practice Dr. Clarus Leung, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia – Endo-phenotyping of Airway Inflammation in Asthma and COPD
November 12, 2024 Dr. Sophie Corriveau – Highlights from the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference 2024: A Canadian Perspective Jessica Breznik – Does SARS CoV-2 infection in pregnancy change maternal and neonatal immunological parameters at delivery?
November 19, 2024 Dr. Dawn Bowdish – Optimizing vaccination in people living with chronic lung disease CANCELLED
November 26, 2024 Dr. Chris Verschoor, Health Sciences North Research Institute – Risk of cardiovascular outcomes following RSV hospitalization in older adults Dr. Mohammadhossein Dabaghi, Hirota Lab – Integrating biochemical and biophysical cues to develop advanced in vitro models for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
December 3, 2024 Dr. Rana Saleh, PGY4 Dr. Boyang Zhang – Modernizing drug discovery with automated high-throughput organ-on-a-chip platform
December 10, 2024 Dr. Jackie Nemni – MAiD in Respiratory Patients Safaa Naiel
December 17, 2024 Holiday Rounds
December 24, 2024 – January 7, 2025 BREAK
January 14, 2025 Dr. Rebecca O’Leary, PGY5 Dr. Anna Dvorkin-Gheva – CosMX and FlowCytometry
January 21, 2025 Dr. Marie Faughnan, Unity Health Nadia Tan
January 28, 2025 Dr. Madhu Chari
February 4, 2025 Dr. Sana Khan, PGY5 Nadia Milad
February 11, 2025 Dr. Zahira Khalid & Dr. Curtis Sobchak – Indigenous Health: Respiratory Disease
February 18, 2025 Cancelled – Family Day
February 25, 2025
March 4, 2025 Dr. Kenneth Chapman, University of Toronto – alpha 1 AT deficiency – clinical updates, latest evidence and treatment recommendations
March 11, 2025 Cancelled – March Break
March 18, 2025 Dr. James MacKillop – A Translational Approach to Tobacco Use Disorder and Smoking Cessation: Novel Prognostic Indicators and Measurement-based Care Anusha Mappanasingam & Kayla Zhang
March 25, 2025 Dr. Benjamin McDonald Smith, McGill University Dr. Benjamin McDonald Smith, McGill University
April 1, 2025 Jenna Benoit
April 8, 2025 Dr. Janice Leung, University of British Columbia Dr. Janice Leung, University of British Columbia
April 15, 2025 Dr. Rauda Aldhaheri, PGY4
April 22, 2025 Cancelled – Easter
April 29, 2025 Dr. Yusing Gu, PGY4 Dr. Christina Thornton, University of Calgary
May 6, 2025 ATS Trainee Presentation Rehearsals 
May 13, 2025 Dr. Namarik Alenezy, PGY4
May 20, 2025 Cancelled – ATS
May 27, 2025 Dr. Nima Makhdami, PGY4
June 3, 2025
June 10, 2025 Dr. Laura Sheriff, PGY4
June 17, 2025 Dr. Fernando Holguin, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Dr. Fernando Holguin, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
June 24, 2025 Kevin Zhao