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 | |