60 Murray St., 3 rd Floor Conference Rooms
Revised: May 11, 2009
September 5, 2008 DLM
Dr. Amira Klip – Senior Scientist, the Hospital for Sick Children
Professor of Paeds., Biochem. and Physiol., The University of Toronto
“Movers and shakers of insulin action and insulin resistance in muscle cells
September 12, 2008 SPONSORED BY THE BBDC
Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics - Section of
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism , Director, Kovler Diabetes Center , The University of
Chicago
“ Neonatal Diabetes: From Bedside to Bench to Bedside, or There, and Back Again”
September 19, 2008 REP Auditorium Booked with Ob/Gyn
Dr. Janet Rowen – Obstetrics Physician National Women’s Health – Auckland City Hospital, New
Zealand.
“Gestational Diabetes – our future health and role of metformin”
September 26, 2008 DLM
Dr. James Ntambi – Professor of Biochemistry and of Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin-
Madison
“Role of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase in Metabolic Regulation: Implication for Human Diseases
October 3, 2008 EHE
Tony Cohn, MBChB, MSc, FRCPC
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Director, Mental Health and Metabolism Clinic
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
October 10, 2008 BMC
Christopher Kovacs, MD, FRCPC, FACP , Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Impact of Pregnancy and Lactation on Calcium Homeostasis and Parathyroid Disorders ”
October 17, 2008 NO ROUNDS CDA/CSEM ANNUAL MEETING
October 24, 2008 DLM
Daniel J. Rader, MD, Cooper-McClure Professor of Medicine,
Professor of Pathology and Pharmacology, Penn*s Institute for Translational Medicine and
Therapeutics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Residual risk beyond LDL and focus on HDL quality vs quantity, including new therapies to improve HDL"

October 31, 2008 TAP
Dr. Robert Day, M.Sc., B.Sc., PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Sherbrooke
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November 7, 2008 SPONSORED BY THE BBDC
Hertzel C. Gerstein, MD, MSc, FRCPC , Director, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism,
McMaster University , Director , Diabetes Care and Research Program, Hamilton Health Sciences
“Glucose-Lowering and CVD: What Do We Know Now?”
November 14, 2008 REP
Dr. Isabella Cannigia – MD; PhD, Scientist at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Associate
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto.
" Translational Research Defines Placental Pathologies"
November 21, 2008 TAP
Tony K.T. Lam, Ph.D. – John Kitson McIvor Chair in Diabetes Research, Departments of
Physiology and Medicine, Toronto General Hospital & University of Toronto
“Nutrient sensing in the brain and GI tract”
November 28, 2008
Dr. David James
Director, Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical
Research, St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia
“Defining nodes of insulin resistance in muscle and fat cells”
December 5, 2008 EHE
Harvey Anderson, PhD – Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Physiology, Director, Program in Food
Safety, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs, Department of nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
"Searching for Satiety: The Role of Food Components in the Regulation of Short-term Food
Intake in Humans”
December 12, 2008 BMC
David Kendler, MD, FRCPC Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
University of British Columbia, Director, Prohealth Clinical Research Centre and
Osteoporosis Program, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia
“Rank& Rank-Ligand Pathway: A new Target for Osteoporosis”
December 19, 2008 PEDS
Diane Wherrett, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Pediatric
Endocrinologist, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto
“Clinical Trials in the Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes: Update on Current Trials and the Road
Ahead”
December 26, 2008 NO ROUNDS - CHRISTMAS
January 2, 2009 NO ROUNDS – NEW YEAR

January 9, 2009 SPONSORED BY THE BBDC
Robert Screaton, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Apoptotic Signaling , Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics , Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology , University of
Ottawa
“Functional Kinomics and Beta Cell Function: Role of TORC2 and the AMP Kinase Family”
January 16, 2009 REP
Mary Jane De Souza MD
Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Physiology
College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
"The Energetic Modulation of Reproductive Function and Bone in Exercising Women".
January 23, 2009 TAP
Karel Pacak, MD.,
D.Sc., Professor
Chief, Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology; Reproductive Biology and Adult Endocrinology
Program, National Institutes of Child health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
“Recent Advances in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma”
January 30, 2009 BMC
Robert G. Josse, MD, Professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Clinical Researcher
University of Toronto, St. Michaels Hospital
“ The encounter of two chronic diseases: osteoporosis/fractures and diabetes. Is there a link ?”
February 6, 2009 Physiology
Bradford B. Lowell MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, Center for life Sciences, Boston, MA
“Glucose-Sensing in Pancreatic Beta-cells and the Brain: Importance and Adverse Effects of
UCP2”
February 13, 2009 PEDS
James W Scholey, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Staff
Nephrologist, Toronto General Hospital University Health Network
“New Insights into the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) and Diabetic Nephropathy”
February 20, 2009
Khosrow Adeli, MD , Division Head, Clinical Biochemistry
Senior Associate Scientist, Molecular Structure & Function the Hospital for Sick Children Toronto.
GLP-1 and GLP-2: The Ying and Yang of Intestinal Lipid Metabolism
February 27, 2009 DLM
Jean-Louis Chiasson , M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal, Head, Research Group on Diabetes and Metabolic Regulation, Research Centre – CHUM, Hôtel-Dieu - CHUM
"Postprandial hyperglycemia and cardiovascular disease".
March 6, 2009 SPONSORED BY THE BBDC
Lee S. Weinstein, MD, Chief, Signal Transduction Section, Metabolic Diseases Branch
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) / National Institutes of
Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland
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-alpha Imprinting and Metabolic Control

March 13, 2009 REP
Kirk Lo, MD, staff Urologist at Mount Sinai Hospital and Assistant Professor of Urology at
University of Toronto. Mount Sinai Hospital.
“ Fertility preservation in pre-pubertal male cancer patients”
March 20, 2009 TAP
Monika K. Krzyzanowska , MD MPH FRCPC, Staff Physician, Department of Medical Oncology &
Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of
Toronto.
"Recent advances in systemic therapy for refractory thyroid cancer".
March 27, 2009 NO ROUNDS
“St. Michael’s Hospital 5 th Osteoporosis & Metabolic Bone Disease Outreach Symposium”
Park Hyatt Toronto 4 Avenue Road
April 3, 2009
Dr. Aaron Ciechanover
Professor, Vascular and Tumor Biology Research Center, The Rappaport
Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
“The Ubiquitin Proteolytic System: From basic mechanisms through pathogenesis of diseases and onto drug targeting”
April 10, 2009 NO ROUNDS – PASSOVER / GOOD FRIDAY
April 17, 2009 DLM
Jay Horton, MD , Dr Robert and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes Research Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
“Molecular Mediators of Hepatic Steatosis”
April 24, 2009 EHE
David Jenkins, MD,
Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto
“The Possible Health Advantages of Slowly Absorbed Carbohydrate Foods”
May 1, 2009 REP
Richard S. Legro, M.D., Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn State University College of
Medicine
“ Lifestyle Treatment for Infertility in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Unrealistic, Ineffective, and
Potentially Harmful ”
May 8, 2009 NO ROUNDS – BBDC ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC DAY
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May 15, 2009 TAP
Juliet Compston , MD, P r r o f f e s s s s o r r o f f B o n e M e d i i c i i n e & H o n o r r a r r y C o n s s u l l t t a n t t , , P h y s s i i c i i a n , , U n i i v e r r s s i i t t y o f f C a m b r r i i d g e S c h o o l l o f f C l l i i n i i c a l l M e d i i c i i n e
“ Controversies in Osteoporosis”

May 22, 2009 EHE
Dr. Stanley L. Hazen – Section Head, Preventative Cardiology & Rehabilitation Director, Center for
Cardiovascular Diagnostics Cleveland Clinic Foundation
"Myeloperoxidase, Oxidant stress and Atherogenesis"
May 29, 2009
NO ROUNDS –FACULTY DEVELOPMENT DAY
June 19, 2009 RESIDENTS