Department of Medicine

University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital

Medical Grand Rounds

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Mount Sinai Hospital, Auditorium, 18th Floor

 Videoconferenced to:

 Toronto Western Hospital – Main Auditorium, 2 West Wing, Room #401

Toronto General Hospital – Eaton Wing Ground Floor, Room #025/026

 “The Renin Angiotensin System and Diabetic Kidney

Disease:  A New Look”

 SPEAKER: Dr. James W. Scholey

Professor of Medicine

CIHR-AMGEN Canada Chair in Kidney Research

University Health Network and University of Toronto

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1.       Review the renin angiotensin system (RAS)

2.       Review the newly discovered role of ACE2 in the RAS

3.       Review the impact of manipulating ACE2 on diabetic kidney disease