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Program - 2026

Maurice McGregor Cardiovascular Research Day

Registration is required! Please make sure to register at the following link:ÌýÌý-ÌýDeadline to register is Wednesday, May 20th @ 9am.

Oral Presentations and Poster Finalists, as well as the Lucian Lecture will be held in the Cruess amphitheatre located in the E block of the RI-MUHC (ES1.1129)
The remaining Poster Presentations will be held in the Atrium - E block located at the Research Institute of the MUHC (GLEN)

Learning Objectives
To outline the cardiovascular research performed at Âé¶¹Éç
To develop research activities for students, residents, and faculty within the Faculty of Medicine
To discuss updates on new findings, new technologies and new approaches to the detection and management of patients with cardiovascular disease

RCPSC MOC Section 1Ìý

This activity is accredited by the Office for Continuing Professional Development, School of Medicine, Âé¶¹Éç, which is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Education (CACME) of which the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) is a partner.

This Group Learning program meets the accreditation criteria as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and has been approved for up toÌý4.75 MOC Section 1 credits/hours.

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found atÌý

8:00 -Ìý 8:25

Registration

Research Institute of the Âé¶¹Éç Health CentreÌý(1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1)
Atrium - E block in front of the security desk

8:25Ìý- 8:30 Matthias G. Friedrich, MD

8:30Ìý-10:00


moderated by Matthias G. Friedrich, MD

(Presenters will have a 5-minute question period)

8:30 -ÌýAmin Hasheminia - Lead V8 as a Simple Non-Invasive Tool for Assessing LV Activation Delay and Guiding Lead Placement Across Conduction Abnormalities

8:45 -ÌýMaya Verma - Sex Differences in Cardiac Performance and the Influence of Heart Rate, End Diastolic Volume, and Body Surface Area on Cardiac Output: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studyâ€

9:00 -ÌýNisserine Hadraoui - Defining the Vascular Molecular Signature of Hypertension Through Multi-Omics Profiling

9:15 -ÌýPauleen Ukpabio - Bio-impedance analysis for screening stable and decompensated heart failure in the outpatient setting

9:30 -ÌýAli Mousavi - Patient-Specific Heart-on-a-Chip Platform for Precision Modeling of Dilated Cardiomyopathy and High-Throughput Drug Screening

9:45 -ÌýMaya D'Angelo - Incidence and predictors of gestational diabetes mellitus in women with congenital heart disease

10:00 - 10:15 Break Ìý
10:15 - 10:55

moderators Mohsen Damavandi, PhD and Dominique Joyal, MD

(Poster finalistsÌýwill have a 4-minute question period)

10:15 –ÌýMaria Cunanan - Exploring Sex and Gender Differences in the Association Between Psychological Distress and Vascular Dysfunction: A Study Using Oxygenation-Sensitive Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceÌý

10:23 – Mekayla Forrest -ÌýPlacental Extracellular Vesicle Proteomics in Late-Onset Preeclampsia: Insights into Biomarkers and Disease Pathways

10:31 – George Perlman -Determination of Percentile-Based Accelerometry Measures Most Predictive of Mortality Risk in Heart Failure

10:39 – Saumya Naik -Therapeutic Potential of Short Chain Fatty Acids in Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiac Surgery

10:47 – Jessica Patone -ÌýRedefining Triage in Troponin-Positive Patients: A Sex-Specific, Non-Invasive Pathway Toward an Initial Cardiac MRI-Based Approach

10:55 - 12:00 Poster viewing sessionÌý Atrium - E block
12:00 - 1:00

Louis & Artur Lucian Award Lecture

The Lucian Award Lecture will be hybrid

Zoom link:Ìý

2025ÌýLucian Award Recipient

Ziad Mallat, MDÌýPhD
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute
Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

1:00 - 1:30

Lunch

Lunch will be served to participants in the Atrium E blockÌýnear Presse Café.

Only registered participants will be served a lunch upon presentation of their meal ticket.

1:30 - 3:00

moderated by Stéphanie Lehoux, MD PhD

(Presenters will have a 5-minute question period)

1:30 -ÌýMaria Victoria Ordonez - Heart Failure in Fontan Patients: Incidence and the Development of the First Fontan-Specific Risk Model

1:45 - Thales de Mileto Henrique Dourado - TRPM7 Deficiency promotes an Aldosterone-like phenotype and increases Inflammatory Signaling in White Adipose Tissue and Impairs Vascular Function

2:00 -ÌýPeter Tai - Prospective evaluation of the acute effectiveness and safety of the circular array pulsed field ablation catheter for atrial fibrillation ablation

2:15 -ÌýNicholas Koran - Lp(a), CIMT, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

2:30 -ÌýSarah Khalifa - Breast Arterial Calcification and Early Cardiac Remodelling: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study Highlighting the Dual Role of Screening Mammography in Women

2:45 -ÌýShaggy J. Augusma - Rho kinase as a Novel Therapeutic Target in CADASIL

3:00 - 3:15

Break

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3:15Ìý- 3:30

Mariane Bertagnolli, PhD
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