Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Noon - 5:00 pm
Massey College, at the University of Toronto
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Program

Tentative, subject to change.

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12-1 pm Registration and Light lunchJunior Common Room
1 pm Opening Remarks and WelcomeUpper Library
Master John Fraser; Aubie Angel, MD,
Fiona Menzies and Martin Betts, Junior Fellows
1:15-2 pm Keynote Address
Dr. Lawrence K. Altman, Medical Correspondent
New York Times
2-3:15 pm Issues and Perspectives
Allan Detsky, Professor of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief
Mount Sinai Hospital

Leslee Thompson, VP Health Systems Strategies
Medtronics Canada

Dr. Lorraine Ferris, Professor of Public Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
3:15 pm Nutrition BreakJunior Common Room
3:30-4:30 pm Panel Discussion–Models for a Constructive Relationship
Moderator: Dr. John Evans, Chair of MaRS Discovery District, Toronto

Dr. Irfan Dhalla
A resident's perspective

Maureen Brosnahan, CBC Radio announcer
The media and health reporting

Mark Ferdinand, Vice President - Policy, Research, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs
Rx&D Health Research Foundation
The industry perspective
4:30-4:55 pm Summary Remarks and Open Discussion
Dr. David Goldbloom, Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Medical Advisor, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
4:55 pm Closing Remarks
Jai Shah, Junior Fellow
5 pm Reception - Junior Common Room