Blood Disorders Day for Health Professionals
Blood Disorder Day 2020
Fractionated BDD Series presentations
May 1: The Iron Chefs: Serving up high quality care in the setting of iron deficiency and overload
Part 1: Iron Homeostasis, Iron Overload, and Laboratory Measures of Iron
Donald S. Houston MD PhD FRCPC
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA): It’s easy as 1,2,3
Emily Rimmer MD MSc. FRCPC
May 22: MGUS & Multiple Myeloma
MGUS & Myeloma
Mark Kristjanson, MD, CFPC
Plasma cell Disorders - From MGUS to multiple myeloma
Vi Dao MD, FRCPC
Laboratory testing of monoclonal gammopathy - What tests to order and how to interpret them
Arvand Barghi, MD, FRCPC
Blood Disorder Day 2018
Friday, May 4, 2018
Frederic Gaspard Theatre, Basic Medical Sciences Building, U of M Bannatyne Campus
Blood Disorders Day 2018 for Health Professionals featured hematologists offering their expertise on a wide range of topics.
Session topics are chosen by surveying healthcare practitioners in Manitoba, with speakers presenting relevant information and providing those in attendance with algorithms of care.
The event was accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Blood Disorders Day 2018 Presentations
Session 1: Hematology 101
Solving Medical Mysteries: Deducing diagnoses from clues in the CBC
Donald S. Houston, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Hematologic Disorders in Pregnancy: What to expect when you’re expecting
Chantalle Menard, MD, FRCPC (PGY-5)
Arjuna Ponnampalam, MD, FRCPC
Session 2: Hematological Malignancies
IPEP, UPEP, we all scream for SPEP! Multiple Myeloma in 2018
Emily Rimmer, MD, FRCPC
Investigation of Splenomegaly & Lymphadenopathy
Dr. Pamela Skrabek
How to differentiate myeloproliferative neoplasms from reactive causes of elevated blood counts
Catherine Moltzan, BMS, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP
Session 3: You Asked, We Answer
Plunging Platelets: Thrombocytopenia in the pediatric patient
Dr. Jayson Stoffman
Things to never miss in the office
Brett Houston, MD, FRCPC (PYG-5, hematology)
Leonard Minuk, MD, FRCPC
Evidence informed strategies to prescribe iron and B12 supplements to treat or prevent anemia
Dr. Mark Kristjanson
Dr. Ryan Zarychanski
Session 4: Know Your NOACs
Don’t Skip a Beat: A refresher on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in 2018
Dr. Mahwash Saeed
Venous thromboembolism in 2018: Best evidence and Best practice
Vi Dao, MD FRCPC
Diagnostic algorithms for suspected blood disorders and hematologic malignancies
- Elevated Ferritin
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Leukocytosis and Lymphocytosis
- Pancytopenia
- Pediatric Anemias
- Anemia
- Indications for Thrombophilia Testing
- Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy
- Thrombocytosis
- Erythrocytosis
- How to interpret the SPEP and FLC
- Monoclonal Protein
- MGUS Follow-up
- Splenomegaly
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Pediatric Thrombocytopenia
- Cancer Associated Thrombosis
- Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Elevated LDH
- Perioperative management of warfarin
- Perioperative management of DOAC
Blood Disorders Day 2016
To view a 2016 session, please click on the links for a video presentation or a slide presentation in a pdf format, as well as the related pathway.
Blood Disorders Day 2016 Presentations
Session 1: Essential Hematology
ABCs of the CBC: Make awesome hematologic diagnoses using information at your finger tips
Ryan Zarychanski, MD MSc FRCPC
Parsing out platelets: How I approach thrombocytopenia
Catherine Moltzan, BMS, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP
Session 2: Bleeding and Clotting
Is this bleeding normal? How I evaluate a child or adult with a suspected bleeding disorder
Sara Israels, MD FRCPC
How I use and reverse novel oral anticoagulants
Ryan Zarychanski, MD MSc FRCPC
Ask the expert - Bring your difficult benign hematology cases to discuss!
Panel of local hematologists
Session 3: Short Snappers - White Cells & Immunity
Leukopenia: Trivial or trouble
Matthew Seftel. MD MPH MRCP FRCPC
Could this patient have myelodysplastic syndrome?
Rajat Kumar, MBBS, MD, DNB, MSc (LSE), FRCP (London), FRCP (Edin.), FRCPC
Should I immunize my patient with cancer or with a hematological disorder?
Eric Bow, MD, MSc, D. Bacteriol, FRCPC
Hot topic: Blood disorders in refugees and immigrants
Arjuna Ponnampalam, MD
Session 4: Hematologic Malignancy
What do I need to know about chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?
Versha Banerji, MD, FRCPC
When do I suspect lymphoma and how do I investigate?
Pamela Skrabek, MD, FRCPC
Blood Disorders Day 2015
The inaugural Blood Disorders Day in 2015 was an award-winning success.
The event for Primary Care, which had 380 registrants attending in person or via Manitoba Telehealth, received the National Continuing Professional Development award for 2015 by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Local speakers offered their expertise and algorithms of care that pragmatically summarized the work-up/management of a given disorder and indicated when referral is suggested.
The sessions below include links to video presentations and pdfs of PowerPoint presentations, as well as pathways.
You can also click here to download the complete pdf portfolio of the agenda, presentations and pathways, although note that the file is very large.
Blood Disorders Day 2015 Presentations
Session 1: Anemia
How I you should work up undifferentiated anemia?
Ryan Zarychanski, MD MSc FRCPC & Don Houston, MD PhD FRCPC
How do I diagnose and treat iron deficiency anemia in the Adult?
Mark Kristjanson, MD CCFP
Not small adults: Diagnosis of anemia in children
Sara Israels, MD FRCPC
Session 2: Highs & Lows
What should I do to investigate high ferritin?
Arjuna Ponnampalam, MD FRCPC
How do I approach and work up a patient with pancytopenia?
Catherine Moltzan, MD FRCPC
Ask the expert—Bring your difficult benign hematology cases to discuss!
Panel of local hematologists
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Session 3: Thrombosis
Anticoagulation, including the use of novel oral anticoagulants in DVT/PE & atrial fibrillation
Marc Carrier, MD MSc FRCPC
When is a hypercoagulable work up indicated?
Vi Dao, MD FRCPC
How long should I anticoagulate after DVT or PE?
Marc Carrier, MD MSc FRCPC
Session 4: Malignant Hematology
Investigation of Lymphadenopathy - Suspicious for Lymphoma
Pamela Skrabek, MD FRCPC
When do I order an SPEP and how do I interpret the results?
Emily Rimmer, MD FRCPC
When do I work up an elevated white blood cell count (lymphocytosis/neutrophilia)?
James Johnston, MD FRCPC
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