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Welcome to the Winter Arrhythmia School

Location chosen for 7th Winter School - 05/06/2009

The 7th Winter Arrhythmia School will return to Ontario this coming year. Blue Mountain Ski Resort (www.bluemountain.ca) in Collingwood, Ontario will house our symposium from February 5th - 7th, 2010. More details will be posted here as they become available.

New website unveiled - 03/04/2009

www.winterarrhythmia.com has undergone a facelift in preparation for the 7th Winter Arrhythmia School. To access the old website, click here. In the coming months, online registration and payment for the Arrhythmia School will become available.

6th Winter Arrhythmia School a Success - 09/02/2009

Thank you to all faculty, delegates and industry partners for making the 6th International Winter Arrhythmia School a resounding success.

Dear colleagues and friends,

The 7th International Winter Arrhythmia School will take a place on February 5-7th, 2010 at the Westin Blue Mountain in Collingwood, Ontario. We are bringing this event back to Ontario after two successful meetings in Quebec in 2009 and 2008.

The Winter School has become the most attended Canadian Cardiac Arrhythmia CME. It is endorsed by international Heart Rhythm Society and by European Cardiac Societies.

The hallmark of the event is small group interactive teaching run by top-notch international and national faculty.

This year we are planning to combine three major streams dedicated for general cardiologists, electrophysiologists and device specialists (both cardiologists and allied professionals).

The focus this year will be on a general cardiology stream which will include difficult ECGs sessions, anti-arrhythmic pharmacology sessions, case based reviews and issues of safety and liability in general cardiology with special focus on arrhythmia.

The electrophysiology stream will include complex ablative therapy, interactions between devices and medical therapies and a ?dream-tools? session on imaging in electrophysiology and others.

The device stream has traditionally been problem-oriented, with focus on complex programming issues, manufacturer-specific algorithms and device diagnostics, as well as safety issues.

The program is usually very intense. It will run non-stop through the weekend, and participants are free to pick up teaching activities as they like, as well as enjoy the excellent resort activities available at Westin and Blue Mountain Ski Resort.

Last year we had more than 160 people participating in the event. Due to limited space last year we ended up housing some of the participants off our base camp at the Fairmont. Therefore I strongly encourage you to register early.

Sincerely,

Eugene Crystal, MD
Chairman of the Symposium
Director, Arrhythmia Services
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Overview

Learning Objectives

Arrhythmia issues in general cardiology practice
Improvement in understanding of implantable arrhythmia devices
Individualized programming of ICDs and CRTs
Review and update of curative ablative electrophysiology

The 6th International Winter Arrhythmia School was co-sponsored by the Heart Rhythm Society.

The 6th International Winter Arrhythmia School event was an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of the Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. It was approved by the University of Toronto.

The Continuing Education Office, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto designated the 6th International Winter Arrhythmia School an education activity for a maximum of 17.5 Category 1 Credits towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. As a result of a reciprocal agreement between the EACCME and the AMA, European registrants claimed AMA Category 1 as equivalent.

2010 Faculty

2010 Faculty will be announced as soon as they have been confirmed. Please check back soon.

2009 Faculty

Chair

Dr. E. Crystal
Director, Arrhythmia Services
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
University of Toronto

Educational Program Planning Committee

Cardiac Electrophysiology
Dr. E. Downar, Toronto, Canada
Dr. I. Lashevsky, Toronto, Canada

General Cardiology
Dr. B. Lubelsky, Toronto, Canada
Dr. R. Myers, Toronto, Canada
Dr. L. Sternberg, Toronto, Canada

Imaging in Electrophysiology Planning Committee
Dr. A. Dick, Toronto, Canada
Dr. G. Wright, Toronto, Canada

Faculty

International
Dr. F. Anselme, Rouen, France
Dr. C. Antzelevitch, Utica, USA
Dr. S. Barold, Tampa, USA
Dr. R. Cappato, Milano, Italy
Dr. S. Furniss, Essex, UK
Dr. M. Glikson, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Dr. H. Halperin, Baltimore, USA
Dr. C. Israel, Frankfurt, Germany
Dr. C. Ma, Beijing, China
Dr. G. Narayan, Palo Alto, USA
Dr. S. Viskin, Tel-Aviv, Israel

National
Dr. D. Birnie, Ottawa
Dr. G. Cohen, Toronto
Dr. S. Dick, Toronto
Dr. P. Dorian, Toronto
Dr. E. Downar, Toronto
Dr. V. Essebag, Montreal
Dr. J. Healey, Hamilton
Dr. Y. Khaykin, Toronto
Dr. A. Krahn, London
Dr. I. Lashevsky, Toronto
Dr. C. Morillo, Hamilton
Dr. R. Myers, Toronto
Dr. D. Newman, Toronto
Dr. F. Philippon, Quebec City
Dr. A. Schmatukha, Toronto
Dr. C. Simpson, Kingston
Dr. A. Skanes, London
Dr. M. Talajic, Montreal
Dr. J. Tu, Toronto
Dr. G. Wright, Toronto