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Welcome to Rheumatology at the University of Toronto

Congratulations to all of our Queen’s Jubilee Medal awardees: 

   *Dr. Claire Bombardier 
   *Dr. Gillian Hawker
   *Dr. Robert Inman
   *Dr. Rachel Shupak
   *Dr. J. Carter Thorne
   *Dr. Murray Urowitz

Congratulations! We are very proud of all of you.


Good News for Rheumatology!!!

We are pleased to announce that Toronto was very well represented at the recent CRA meeting in Ottawa:

Please join me in congratulating the following award winners:
Dr. Pooneh Akhavan, Dr. Philip S. Rosen Endowment Fund
(This award is given to the Fellow or Resident giving the best clinical presentation given at the annual CRA Annual Scientific Meeting)
Dr. Susa Benseler, Young Investigator Award
(Recognition of a young Canadian investigator who has contributed significant, original research in rheumatology)
Dr. Nigil Haroon, CRA/ARF Best Clinical Research Award
(This prize is awarded to Young Faculty for Excellence in Research)
Dr. Peter Lee, Distinguished Rheumatologist Award
(Recognition of a distinguished rheumatologist who had made an outstanding contribution to rheumatology in Canada)
Dr. Amanda Steiman, Ian Watson Memorial Award
(This prize is awarded for the best paper presented at the CRA Annual Scientific Meeting on the subject of Systemic Lupus Erythemetosus)
Dr. Marinka Twilt, Best Abstract by a Rheumatology Resident
(This Prize is awarded for the best abstract by a Rheumatology Resident for work done during rheumatology residency)

News and Events

*NEW*
Rheumatology Research Rounds 8:00-9:00am
Location:
TGH Room E-200A
(Toronto General Hospital, Division of Clinical Decision-Making
& Health Care, 13th Floor, East Wing)

Wednesday April 3, 2013
Wednesday May 8, 2013
Wednesday June 5, 2013

click here for a complete list of previous presenters and titles


ICC Rounds:  January-June 2013  

January 8, 2013
Inman Lecturer  - Speaker: Paul Bowness, Oxford, UK
 
January 22, 2013
Speaker:  Dr. Maria Bagovich (Adult Rheumatology Resident)

February 19, 2013
Speaker:  Dr. John Stone

February 26, 2013 
Speakers: Dr. Ophir Vinik (Adult Rheumatology Resident), Dr. Alison Kydd & Dr. Claire Bombardier

March 19, 2013
Speaker:  Dr. Nigil Haroon

March 26, 2013
Speakers:  Dr. Yoga Raja Rampersaud & Dr. Robert Inman

April 16, 2013
Speaker:  Dr. Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky

April 30, 2013
Speaker:  Dr. Peter Gowdie (Pediatric Rheumatology Resident)

May 14, 2013
Speaker:  Dr. Murray Urowitz

May 28, 2013
Speaker:  Dr. Abdul Al-Rasheed (Pediatric Rheumatology Resident)

June 18, 2013
 Peter Lee Visiting Professorship in Scleroderma  
Speaker: Daniel Furst, University of California, Los Angeles

CanMEDS Objectives Are Now Online!
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Ogryzlo Day:  Tues June 25, 2013

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Daniel Kastner, M.D., Ph.D 

Daniel Kastner

"In Search of Our Inner Zebras:  Adventures in the Genomics of Inflammation"


Dates to Remember

EULAR 2013
June 12-15, Madrid, Spain

ACR 2013
Precourse: Fri Oct 25-Sat Oct 27, 2013
Scientific: Sun Oct 28-Wed Oct 30, 2013

Fondly Remembered...

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Dr. Duncan A. Gordon
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