UHN/MSH Medical Grand Rounds: “A Man with Lupus and a Cough”

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Toronto Western Hospital
Main Auditorium, 2 West Wing, Room #401


VIDEOCONFERENCED TO:
Toronto General Hospital – Eaton Wing Ground Floor, Room #025/026
Mount Sinai Hospital – Auditorium, 18th Floor

“A Man with Lupus and a Cough”

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Ted Marras – Division of Respirology, UHN
Dr. Zahi Touma – Clinical Research Fellow - Rheumatology,
Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, TWH
Dr. Demetris Patsios – Staff Radiologist, Joint Department of Medical Imaging UHN, Mount Sinai & Women’s College Hospitals
Dr. David Hwang – Staff Pathologist, UHN
Dr. John Kuruvilla - Division of Hematology/Oncology, UHN

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. To consider the differential diagnosis of pulmonary symptoms in a patient with SLE
2. To consider a clinical / radiologic / pathologic approach to interstitial lung disease
3. To recognize that immune suppression is commonly used empirically for ILD in the setting of connective tissue diseases
4. To recognize the importance of multi-disciplinary care