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Canadian Hypertension Congress Program

Our Scientific Program Committee are working diligently to create a spectacular program of presentations, debates, and discussions with key speakers within the hypertension community and beyond. The program will highlight Basic Science, Clinical and Primary Care-Guidelines Implementation in separate tracks to address the most requested topics in hypertension and adjacent conditions for whole patient care.

The Preliminary Program

 

Thursday, September 24, 2020
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
08:30 – 09:45 Opening Session Welcome
Vancouver 2010 Keynote Lecture
Dr. Joe Schwarcz
10:00 – 10:30  Networking, Health Break & Industry Tables
10:30 – 12:00 Hypertension Canada Award Lectures

10:30 Jacques de Champlain New Investigator Award Lecture
TBD

11:00 Senior Investigator Award Lecture
TBD

11:30 George Fodor Award Lecture
TBD
12:00 – 12:30  Rapid Fire Sessions
(2 x 15 min)
12:30 – 14:00  Lunch Symposium
14:30 – 15:00 Physical Activity as an Intervention in Pregnancy
Dr. Kristi Adamo+ 2 Oral Abstracts		 Drug Induced Hypertension
Dr. J. Matt Luther+ 2 Oral Abstracts
15:00 – 15:30 Networking, Health Break & Industry Tables
15:30 – 16:30 Prognostic Implications of White Coat Hypertension
Dr. Jordana Cohen+ 2 Oral Abstracts		 Pulmonary Hypertension
Dr. Duncan Stewart+ 2 Oral Abstracts
16:30 – 17:30 Challenging Case Studies Molecular Insights into
Hypertension and Arthritis
Dr. Noriko Daneshtalab+ 2 Oral Abstracts
17:30 – 19:30 President’s Reception, Poster Session #1 & Industry Tables
19:00 Dinner on Own
Friday, September 25, 2020
7:45 – 8:45 Hypertension Canada’s Annual General Meeting & Award Presentations
with Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 Measurement/Device Validation
Dr. Raj Padwal
10:00 10:30 Networking, Health Break & Industry Tables
Dr. Raj Padwal
10:30 – 11:30 Challenging Case StudiesObesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
Dr. Sean Wharton+2 Oral Abstracts		 Basic Science

+ 2 Oral Abstracts
11:30 12:30 Rapid Fire Sessions
(4 x 15 min)
12:30 14:00 Lunch Symposium
14:00 – 15:00 New Developments in Heart Failure Management
Dr. Nadia Gianetti+2 Oral Abstracts		 Nox5 and Reactive Oxygen
Species in the Kidney and
Vasculature – Roles in Blood
Pressure Regulation
Dr. Christopher Kennedy+ 2 Oral Abstracts
15:00 15:30 Networking, Health Break & Industry Tables
15:30 – 16:30 Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Dr. Eric E. Smith+ 2 Oral Abstracts		 Molecular Mechanism(s) of
Diabetic Kidney Disease and its
Related Hypertension
Dr. John Chan+ 2 Oral Abstracts
16:30 – 18:00 Mix & Mingle Reception, Poster Session #2 & Industry Tables
20:00 – 22:00 Gala Dinner
(Ticket Sales)
Saturday, September 26, 2020
7:30 – 8:45 Breakfast Symposium
8:45 – 10:00 Primary Care Day Welcome
Dr. Alan BellDrug Shortages Panel Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 Networking, Health Break & Industry Tables
10:30 – 11:30 Blood Pressure Targets: The Right Target for the
Right Patient
Dr. Gemma ChengBlood Pressure Measurement: Office, Home &
Ambulatory
TBD		 Immune Control of Hypertension
Dr. Ernesto Schiffrin		 Long Term Cardiovascular
Consequences of Preterm Birth
Dr. Anne-Monique Nuyt
11:30 – 12:30 Rapid Fire Sessions
Hypertension Canada Professional Certification Program
(4 x 15 min)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Pharmacotherapy in Hypertension: The Right
Drugs for the Right Patient
TBDNon-pharmacotherapy in Hypertension: Health
Behaviours in Hypertension
Dr. Simon Bacon		 e-Cigarettes
Dr. Andrew PipeOmega 3 Fatty Acids and CV Risk
Reduction (the REDUCE-IT trial)
Dr. Jean-ClaudeTardif		 Basic Science
14:30 – 15:30 Interdisciplinary Care Panel: Team Approach
Session Chair: Dr. Gemma Cheng
Panelist TBD		 Sex Differences in Hypertension
Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou		 Mechanisms for Vascular Dysfunction
in Preeclampsia
Dr. Sandra Davidge
15:30 – 16:30 Ask the Experts Session
16:30 Congress Ends