Around the Rheum

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Around the Rheum

Around the Rheum is the official podcast of the Canadian Rheumatology Association. Our goal is to share a Canadian perspective within the world of rheumatology through stories, in-depth subject matter features, clinical advice, interviews and more.

  1. 11 OCT

    Episode 43: Scleroderma and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with Dr. Mo Osman

    Dan and Janet are thrilled to welcome the University of Alberta's Dr. Mo Osman to 'Around the Rheum' for a fascinating conversation about scleroderma and chronic fatique. Dr. Osman is a clinician scientist who is interested in better understanding the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. He also uses point-of-care vascular devices for risk stratifying patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs). His team was recognized as making one of the Top 10 research advances of 2023 by Arthritis Society Canada. They discovered intriguing similarities between systemic sclerosis and cancer and uncovered a new biological marker for scleroderma. Dr. Osman is an Associate Professor and Rheumatologist with a focus in Clinical Immunology. He is the Director of the Systemic Sclerosis and Microvascular Clinics at the University of Alberta.If you have questions you would like answered by the experts, please get in touch through the CRA Twitter account (@crascrrheum) or by email (Info@rheum.ca (mailto:Info@rheum.ca)). And for future Medical Mysteries episodes, please get in touch with us if you have challenging cases you want to present on the podcast!A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Janet Pope (Co-Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (http://www.rheum.ca/) (http://www.rheum.ca/ (http://www.rheum.ca/)) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheumThanks!

    37 min

  2. 17 SEPT

    Episode 42: ANCA Vasculitis with Dr. Arielle Mendel - Part 2

    Welcome to part two of Dan and Janet's fascinating ANCA Vasculitis interview with Dr Arielle Mendel, centered around treatment with a focus on GPA and MPA. Definitely go and listen to Part 1 first, if you haven't already.In this episode, they dig into the Advocate trial, as well as maintenance and duration of treatment.Dr Mendel is a Scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University.And a Rheumatologist at the MUHC. Her research focuses on patient safety in systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease with an aim to improve medication safety. And she was the first author on the CanVasc consensus recommendations for the management of ANCA vasculitis 2020 update. If you have questions you would like answered by the experts, please get in touch through the CRA Twitter-X account (@crascrrheum) or by email (Info@rheum.ca (mailto:Info@rheum.ca)). And for future Medical Mysteries episodes, please get in touch if you have challenging cases you want to present on the podcast! A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Janet Pope (host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (http://www.rheum.ca/) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

    27 min

  3. 1 AUG

    Episode 41: ANCA Vasculitis with Dr. Arielle Mendel - Part 1

    Dr. Arielle Mendel is Dan and Janet's guest on this first of two episodes focused on ANCA Vasculitis. In this fascinating conversation, they focus on induction treatment, Cyclo vs Ritux, PLEX vs no PLEX, and a bit about steroid dosing. They reference several leading trials in the area.Dr. Mendel is a scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University and a Rheumatologist at the MUHC. Her research focuses on patient safety in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, with an aim to improve medication safety. She was the first author on the CanVasc consensus recommendations for the management of ANCA vasculitis 2020 update.If you have questions you would like answered by the experts, please get in touch with us through the CRA Twitter account (@crascrrheum) or by e-mail (Info@rheum.ca (mailto:Info@rheum.ca)). For future Medical Mysteries episodes, please contact us if you have challenging cases you want to present on the podcast!A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Janet Pope (host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (http://www.rheum.ca/) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum.

    49 min

  4. 3 JUN

    Episode 40: Myositis with Dr Fergus To

    Dan and Janet are thrilled to welcome UBC's Dr. Fergus To to Around the Rheum for a fascinating conversation about Myositis.In this discussion, they delve into the general categories of Myositis that rheumatologists need to know about, important clinical features that help differentiate the subtype before you get the panel back, a broad approach to understanding serologies, establishing a firm diagnosis, most common mimics and how to differentiate them from Inflammatory Myositis, the decision making process when selecting first and second line treatments, when to use IVIG for both induction and maintenance, advances in the treatment of RPILD, as well as prognosis and cancer screening and what's in the pipeline.Dr To is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC and serves as a consultant rheumatologist at Vancouver General Hospital and Saint Paul's Hospital. He started the Vancouver Coastal Health Myositis Clinic for which he was awarded the BC Society of Rheumatology Award for Innovation. His research interests are in QI and novel therapies for myositis.If you have questions you would like answered by the experts, please get in touch through the CRA Twitter account (@crascrrheum) or by email (Info@rheum.ca). And for future Medical Mysteries episodes, please get in touch if you have challenging cases you want to present on the podcast! A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Janet Pope (host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (http://www.rheum.ca/) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

    52 min

  5. 30 APR

    Episode 39: Rheumatoid Arthritis in First Nations People - with Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy

    On this special Indigenous Episode of Around the Rheum, Dr. Brent Ohata welcomes Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy. In this fascinating and thoughtful conversation, they discuss Dr El-Gabalawy's groundbreaking work in Manitoba with a unique cohort of at-risk First Nations family members of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) who are being followed longitudinally for the earliest evidence of RA onset. As well as what that research has revealed, this conversation focuses on some really important best practices in working with First Nations communities.Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy is a Professor of Medicine and Immunology, a senior clinician-scientist, and Endowed Rheumatology Research Chair at the University of Manitoba. He delivered the Dunlop-Dottridge Lecture on Indigenous Health at the 2024 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting.Dr. Ohata is a clinical assistant professor of rheumatology at the University of British Columbia. He is passionate about health equity and Indigenous health, and has established outreach rheumatology clinics to the Carrier Sekani First Nations as well as the downtown eastside in Vancouver. If you have questions you would like answered by the experts, please get in touch through the CRA Twitter account (@crascrrheum) or by email (Info@rheum.ca).And for future Medical Mysteries episodes, please get in touch if you have challenging cases you want to present on the podcast!A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Brent Ohata (host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (http://www.rheum.ca/) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

    30 min

  6. 27 FEB

    Episode 38: Les Spondyloarthropathies avec Docteur Nicolas Richard

    Dans cet épisode en français d’Autour de la Rhumato, le médecin et animateur Hugues Allard-Chamard accueille le docteur Nicolas Richard pour une discussion sur l'arthrite inflammatoire.Nicolas Richard est professeur adjoint de clinique à la Faculté de médecine de l’Université de Montréal. Il pratique également en rhumatologie à l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.Le Dr Hugues Allard-Chamard, diplômé en rhumatologie, a également obtenu son doctorat en pharmacologie à l’Université de Sherbrooke. Il est professeur-chercheur et clinicien à l’Université de Sherbrooke.Societé Canadienne de Rhumatologie: rheum.ca (rheum.ca)

    42 min

  7. 8 FEB

    Episode 37: Ask the Expert - CNS Vasculitis and Autoimmune Encephalitis with Dr Susa Benseler.

    Dr Susa Benseler is our guest in this latest episode of our Ask The Expert segment, today focused on CNS vasculitis and autoimmune encephalitis. Joining co-hosts Daniel Ennis and Janet Pope, Dr Benseler discusses the broad categories of inflammatory brain disorders and which ones rheumatologists should be responsible for, as well as topics like lab based investigations, imaging (how you choose the right test and how should we approach interpretation), brain biopsies, what's in the pipeline and more.Dr Benseler is the Director of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, a Professor in the Department Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, the Cenovus Energy Chair in Child and Maternal Health and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Research. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Janet Pope (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (http://www.rheum.ca/) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

    55 min

  8. 22 JAN

    Episode 36: Ask the Expert - Lupus Nephritis with Dr. Dafna Gladman

    In our latest episode of "Ask the Expert," we're thrilled to have Dr. Dafna Gladman join us. She is a world expert in both lupus and psoriatic arthritis. This time around, Dafna joins hosts Daniel Ennis and Janet Pope (also a leading expert in lupus!) for a fascinating discussion on Lupus Nephritis, with a focus on treatment. There are plenty of pearls shared about both standard treatments and some of the newer agents out there! You are bound to learn something from this fascinating discussion!Dr. Dafna Gladman is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Senior Scientist at the Schroeder Arthritis Institute and Krembil Research Institute. She is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Prognosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, Co-Director of the Lupus Clinic, and Co-Director of the Psoriatic Arthritis Program at Toronto Western Hospital.A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Janet Pope (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (www.rheum.ca) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

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Around the Rheum is the official podcast of the Canadian Rheumatology Association. Our goal is to share a Canadian perspective within the world of rheumatology through stories, in-depth subject matter features, clinical advice, interviews and more.

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  • Creator
    Canadian Rheumatology Association
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    44
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