Learning Objectives
- Discuss the results of recent cardiovascular trials
- Discuss some of the proposed mechanisms through which cardiovascular and renal benefits with newer antihyperglycemic agents in diabetes
- Evaluate the role of combination therapy in the management of hyperglycemia
- Facilitate knowledge translation of recent evidence into clinical practice
Agenda
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Faculty
Lawrence A. Leiter
MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACE, FAHA
Endocrinologist, St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Subodh Verma
MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAHA
Cardiac Surgeon, St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology, University of Toronto
Stewart B Harris
CM, MD, MPH, FCFP, FACPM
Professor, CDA
Chair in Diabetes Management Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
David H Fitchett
MD, FRCC, FACC, FESC
Division of Cardiology, St. Michael’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto