Can-GARD/CCMG – The Leading Strand Series

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This series is for genetics health professionals led by the Canadian College of Medical Genetics and co-sponsored by Can-GARD. Speakers will be translation-focused researchers, clinicians and innovators.  The series will help attendees anticipate, access, and apply new approaches and technologies for patient care.

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As of March 2024, the Can-GARD/CCMG Leading Strand Series is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Note, to obtain credit for this CPD activity, you must keep track of the seminars attended.  An easy way to do this is to download and save the certificate for each seminar attended which is available through the evaluation link sent after the seminar to attendees.  A letter at the end of the year will NOT be sent.

The Cardiac Genome Clinic: Using the Genome to Enhance Care for Patients and Families with Heart Disease

An overview of the Ted Rogers Cardiac Genome Clinic’s activities in providing personalized care for patients with congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, and aortopathies.

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the current yield and utility of short-read WGS in congenital heart disease (CHD).
  • Learn how NOTCH1 diagnosis is changing the care of CHD.
  • Highlight EIF3 as an example of gene discovery in CHD.

Speaker – Dr. Rebekah Jobling

Dr. Jobling completed her medical training at the University of Calgary. She completed both her residency in Medical Genetics and Genomics and her Canadian College of Medical Genetics training in Molecular Laboratory genetics at the Hospital for Sick Children. Currently she works as a Clinical and Laboratory geneticist at SickKids. She has been a Principal Investigator in the Ted Rogers Cardiac Genome Clinic since 2018.

 

 

 

Friday, September 29, 2023
Friday, October 27, 2023
Friday, November 24, 2023
Friday, December 15, 2023 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm ET
Friday, January 26, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
Friday, March 22, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Friday, May 31, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024

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