Course: PATHOLOGY 518 – MEDICINE 560
Dates: September to December 2023
Days: Thursdays
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: St. Paul’s Hospital – James Hogg Conference Centre Room, 1st Floor Burrard Building
2023 Fall Schedule
| Month | Day | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| September | 7 | Dr Najib Ayas | Course Introduction/Control of Breathing |
| 14 | Dr Najib Ayas | Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System | |
| 21 | Dr. John Swiston | Pulmonary Vasculature | |
| 28 | Dr Najib Ayas | Elastic Forces and Lung Mechanics | |
| October | 5 | Dr. Tillie Hackett | Asthma and COPD |
| 12 | Dr Najib Ayas | Oxygen Transport Delivery; Hypoxemia Part 1 | |
| 19 | TBA | ||
| 26 | Dr. Dragos Vasilescu | The 3D Pathology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
| November | 2 | Dr Najib Ayas | Oxygen Transport Delivery; Hypoxemia Part 2 |
| 9 | Dr. Kate Milne | Neurophysiology of Dyspnea | |
| 16 | Dr Najib Ayas | Carbon dioxide | |
| 23 | Scott Thrall | Integrated Autonomic Response to Hypoxia | |
| 30 | Dr. Reid Mitchell | Exercise | |
| December | 7 | Moh Hajipour | Advanced PSG Metrics in Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
| 14 | Dr Najib Ayas | Free Period | |
| 21 | Final Exam |
We will be using Nunn’s Applied Respiratory Physiology as reference though exams will be from material presented in class.