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.

Dr. Jill Trinacty

Specialty:

Endocrinology & Metabolism

About The Speaker

Dr. Jill Trinacty is originally from Nova Scotia, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish. She completed her medical degree at Dalhousie University. Dr. Trinacty completed residency in Internal Medicine and specialization in Endocrinology and Metabolism at The Ottawa Hospital. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

She practices at LMC Ottawa, Queensway Carleton Hospital and Bariatric Medical Institute. She is a consultant and affiliate researcher with Bruyere Continuing Care. She is presently a lecturer at the University of Ottawa. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Endocrinology Section for the OMA and is an editor of the journal Canadian Diabetes and Endocrinology Today.

CME Topics

Dr. Trinacty -

• From Banting to Biosimilars: The Story of Insulin
  • Appreciate the history of the discovery of insulin
  • Discuss the role of insulin in present day management of type 2 diabetes
• The Real-Time Revolution in Diabetes Care: Continuous Glucose Monitoring
  • Recognize the available CGM systems
  • Utilize CGM to make patient centred adjustments in diabetes management
• Turning Cardiometabolic Risk into Cardiovascular Protection
  • Understand the relationship between diabetes and CV risk
  • Explore the medications associated with cardiorenal protection
• Approach to Adrenal Incidentaloma
  • Recognize the clinical features of adrenal adenoma
  • Review physiology of the adrenal gland
  • Develop an approach to biochemical testing in patients with adrenal adenoma
• Thyroid cases
  • Utilize cases to understand and manage thyroid pathophysiology
  • Appropriately order diagnostic testing for thyroid evaluation
• Weight matters: Evidence based approaches to reduce weight and associated complications
  • Review lifestyle approaches to weight management
  • Optimize medications to treat obesity and obesity-related comorbidities

Dr. Stern-

• Update on the Canadian Opioid Guidelines
  • Cite the challenges that physicians face in managing CNCP
  • Summarize Approaches to Safe Initiation of Opioids in Managing CNCP
• Approach to treating chronic pain without opioids
  • Cite the non-opioid treatment options available to help manage chronic pain.
  • Evaluate the potential benefits and risk of non-opioid medications.
•  Hypertension and Stroke Prevention and Management in Patients
  • Plan to assess and screen patient’s blood pressure at all appropriate visits.
  • Discuss modifiable cardiovascular risk factors with patients.
  • Discuss blood pressure targets and need for anticoagulation/anti-platelet therapy in people who have just suffered a stroke.

• 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 

• Practice Management: From EMR to Websites to Apps 
  • Discuss the use of the Electronic Medical Record, AI and Information Technology in Medical Practice
  • Analyze the potential benefits and risks of e-mail communication and practice websites.