You’re Invited to join Dr. Alan Kaplan for a live webinar!

Date & Time:

Friday, November 25, 2022
Start time: 12:00pm EST
1-hour presentation with Q&A period

Objectives:

  • Case Study- The Exacerbating COPD patient from the Emergency Room to Discharge

  • Discuss the selection of inhaled drug therapy for COPD, including the differences in ease of use, minimum inspiratory flow and peak inspiratory flow requirements for various COPD inhaler types

  • Discuss the safety profile of inhaled corticosteroids in triple combination regimens for COPD

  • Optimize the management of COPD exacerbations and discharge care to prevent hospital re-admission and mortality

About the Speaker Dr. Alan Kaplan

  • Family Physician practicing in York Region, Ontario. Medical director of LHIN Pulmonary Rehabilitation clinics.

  • Chairperson of the Family Physician Airways Group of Canada.

  • Honorary Professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine of the Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore.

  • Past- Chairperson of the Respiratory Section of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

  • Senate member of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group. Vice President, Respiratory Effectiveness Group.

  • President of the IPCRG 5th biannual world scientific meeting, “Making Every Breath Count” Toronto June 2-5, 2010.

  • Chair of the Council of Organizing Members of the Canadian Network for Respiratory Care.

  • Member of Past Canadian Consensus Guidelines for H pylori, Asthma, COPD and Sinusitis. Representative of the College of Family Physicians of Canada to the SARS clinical working group.

  • Member of Chronic Respiratory. Disease Surveillance Advisory Committee (Public Health Agency of Canada).

  • Member of the Health Canada Section on Allergy and Respiratory Therapies. Co-Chair, Health Quality Ontario COPD Community Management standards committee. Member, Health Quality Ontario Asthma community management standards committee.

  • Board member, Thrombosis Canada. International editor for Nature’s Primary Care Respiratory Journal.

  • Author of 175 newsletter articles, 122 peer reviewed articles, 103 scientific abstracts.

  • Non-respiratory medical interests: Community Pain consultant, Palliative Care community physician