Dr. Steven Poirier

Specialty:

Family Medicine

About The Speaker

Dr. Steven Poirier is a dedicated Family Physician with 22 years of experience providing high-quality, compassionate care to patients in a variety of settings. He has practiced rural family medicine and rural emergency medicine for 3 years after graduating and then transitioned into a larger center and practiced both, Hospital in-patient Medicine as a hospitalist, and Family Medicine in the office setting. This has allowed him to acquire both the knowledge and skills essential to all aspects of care form prevention, to emergency to acute and subacute care, as well as medicine for all age groups from birth to end of life care.
With a commitment to staying at the forefront of medical advancements, Dr. Poirier has received extensive training in Longevity Medicine and Men’s Vitality Medicine. He is also a regular teacher which allows him to keep up to date in an ever-changing world of medical information.

Dr. Poirier has been involved in teaching the current and the next generation of physician since 2013:

• Associate professor for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto at the level of Lecturer.
• Preceptor through the Rural Ontario Medicine Program and one the preceptors for the francophone stream of the medicine programme at the University of Ottawa.
• Preceptor through the medical school at University College Cork in Ireland that is affiliated with Medcan.

Dr. Sol Stern

Specialty:

Family Medicine & Pain Management

About The Speaker

Dr. Sol Stern obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1982 after obtaining a BSc and MSc at the same university.  He started a family medicine practice in Oakville, Ontario in 1983 and has been practicing in Oakville ever since. Dr. Stern spends about 1/4 of his time involved in CME and has developed and collaborated on many CME workshops including the topics of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic pain management. He has presented over 1000 CME programs over the last 20 years. He is married and has 4 children and 7 grandchildren.

CME Topics

Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Practice Management

Dr. Poirier-

• 2021 Canadian Dyslipidemia guidelines
  • Review current guidelines including 2021 Canadian Dyslipidemia guidelines and 2023 Peer simplified lipid guideline: Prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in primary care
  • Application of guidelines to real life cases whether treatment should be initiated
• Dyslipidemia Treatment
  • Understanding the current biomarkers/modifiers in the guidelines: a closer at Lp(a) and ApoB
  • Application of the Lp(a) and ApoB to real life cases whether treatment should be initiated
• Pathophysiology of Atherosclerosis
  • Understanding the process of developing atherosclerosis.
  • Understanding the timeline to plaque rupture and end organ damage.
• Endothelial Dysfunction, inflammation, and Coronary Artery Disease
  • Understanding the new biomarkers available and how they relate to the atherosclerosis timeline
  • Understanding how to use the new biomarkers for further risk stratification and possible earlier initiation of treatment for prevention.
• Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Understanding what the available options are for screening in terms of cardiovascular imaging specifically: The carotid intima-media thickness test (CIMT) and Coronary Artery Calcium Score
  • Understanding the role for The carotid intima-media thickness test (CIMT) and Coronary Artery Calcium Score  in early detection, which may indicate the need for a more aggressive approach to managing the risk factors associated with heart disease and stroke.
• Diet and Lifestyle coaching for disease prevention
  • Looking at current activity guidelines and simple dietary changes that are beneficial
  • Understanding motivational coaching for lifestyle changes and medical intervention for prevention of disease

Dr. Stern-

• The  Opioid Crisis
  • Cite the challenges that physicians face in managing CNCP
  • Summarize Approaches to Safe Initiation of Opioids in Managing CNCP

• Non-Opioid Options for Managing Chronic Pain
  • Site the non-opioid treatment options available to help manage chronic pain.
  • Evaluate the potential benefits and risk of non-opioid medications.
•  Atherosclerosis and Atrial Fibrillation
  • Weigh the risks/benefits of single, dual, and triple therapy in patients with concomitant AF and CAD
  • Apply recommendations from the 2016 CCS Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation and the 2018 CCS/CAIC Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Use of Antiplatelet Therapy for managing patients with concomitant AF and CAD
•  Atherosclerosis and Diabetes 
• • Describe the patient who should be treated with an SGLT2i or GLP-1 agonist.
  • Explain the rationale for this treatment and the potential benefits.
  • Describe the steps for initiating and monitoring therapy for patients with diabetes.
• Practice Management: Dr. Google and Apps 
  • Discuss the use of the Electronic Medical Record and Information Technology in Medical Practice
  • Analyze the potential benefits and risks of e-mail communication and practice websites
  • Explore AI applications for Scribing Medical notes