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.

Episode 54: Santé planétaire et durabilité en rhumatologie avec Dres Stephanie Tom et Elizabeth Hazel

Dans cet épisode d’Autour de la Rhumato, le Dr Hugues Allard-Chamard discute de la santé planétaire et des moyens d’intégrer la durabilité dans la pratique médicale avec les Dres Stéphanie Tom et Elizabeth Hazel.

10-16
23:55

Episode 53: Rheumatology and Planetary Health with Dr. Stephanie Tom

Did you know that the healthcare industry has a bigger climate change footprint than the airline industry? In this episode of 'Around the Rheum,' hosts Dr. Daniel Ennis and Dr. Janet Pope join in conversation about how rheumatologists can help fight global warming with Dr. Stephanie Tom, the Rheumatology Division Head at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, ON and Vice President of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA).

10-16
44:10

Episode 52: Medical Mysteries #5 - Young man with unexplained weight gain and shortness of breath with Dr. Steven Rowe

A challenging case from Newfoundland featuring a 22-year-old male with severe fatigue, weight gain, requiring a wheelchair and who had to stop his studies and move back with his parents.

09-04
01:10:47

Episode 51: The Past, Present and Future of Psoriatic Arthritis with Dr. Dafna Gladman, Officer of the Order of Canada

Dr. Gladman is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and and Emeritus Scientist at the Schroeder Arthritis Institute and Crumble Research Institute.

07-16
39:46

Episode 50: Exploring Large-Vessel Vasculitis (LVV) with Dr. Alison Clifford

Dr. Alison Clifford is a rheumatologist and associate professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of Alberta. She has a research and clinical focus on Vasculitis, particularly giant cell arteritis. And she is an associate member of CanVasc.

05-22
38:36

Episode 49: Medical Mysteries #4 - Unraveling a Complex Case with Dr. Alec Yu

Dr. Alec Yu is a PGY-4 resident doing his Rheumatology subspecialty training at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He has a particular interest in inner city health.

03-28
38:14

Episode 48: Almost Live from the ASM - It's Around the Rheum - Day 3 Wrap Up

Highlights from Day 3 of the Canadian Rheumatology Associations 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting in Calgary Alberta

03-01
21:12

Episode 47: Almost Live from the ASM - It's Around the Rheum - Day 2 Wrap Up

Day 2 highlights of the CRA Annual Scientific Meeting in Calgary with Dr. Daniel Ennis, Dr. Janet Pope, Dr. Mo Osman and Dr. Marinka Twilt.

02-28
22:07

Episode 46: Almost Live from the ASM - It's Around the Rheum - Day 1 Wrap Up

Dr. Mo Osman and Dr. Marinka Twilt join Dan and Janet to break down the highlights of the first day of the CRA ASM in Calgary.

02-27
24:30

Épisode 45 : Syndromes auto-inflammatoires avec Docteure Anne-Laure Chetaille

Anne-Laure Chetaille est rhumatologue adulte et pédiatrique au CHUL de l'Université Laval à Québec et professeure de clinique agrégée. Ses recherches portent sur les maladies auto-inflammatoires et l'arthrite juvénile idiopathique.

01-17
27:00

Episode 44: New Canadian Living Guidelines for Patients with Spondyloarthritis with Dr. Sherry Rohekar

Dr. Sherry Rohekar is an associate professor in the division of rheumatology at Western University in London, ON. She has a MSc. in clinical epidemiology and focuses her research on clinical outcomes in patients with spondyloarthritis. She is currently on the executive committee of SPARCC.

12-20
44:11

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

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).

10-11
36:35

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

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.

09-17
27:10

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

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 at McGill University and a Rheumatologist at the MUHC. She was the first author on the CanVasc consensus recommendations for the management of ANCA vasculitis 2020 update.

08-01
48:58

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

06-03
51:52

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

RA among First Nations and working with First Nations Communities

04-30
29:48

Episode 38: Les Spondyloarthropathies avec Docteur Nicolas Richard

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.

02-27
42:22

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

Dr Benseler is the Director of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and a Professor in the Department Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary

02-08
55:18

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

A Deep Dive into Lupus Nephritis with one of the World's leading Experts.

01-22
01:01:27

Episode 35: AI in the Rheum with Dr Carrie Ye and Dr Carson Chin

Host Dan Ennis has to admit that AI has had him a bit concerned. So he joined up with co-host Janet Pope to talk to a couple of Rheumatologists who have done a lot of thinking about where AI is taking us, to see if they could soothe his fears. Together, the University of Alberta's Dr. Carrie Ye and UBC's Dr. Carson Chin, take a look at the practical applications of AI right now, and what the future may hold for it. It is a fun and fascinating conversation and by the end Dan said he was feeling more hopeful about "how we can use [AI] and make it make us better doctors." Dr. Carson Chin is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Rheumatology at UBC and is a consultant Rheumatologist at Burnaby Hospital. He is the current Vice President of the BC Society of Rheumatologists. He has a special interest in AI. Dr. Carrie Ye is a Rheumatologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta and at the Kaye Edmonton Clinic, where she runs the Rheumatology in Immuno-oncology Clinic. She is a co-author of the Arthritis & Rheumatology journal article: Doctor versus AI: Patient and physician evaluation of large language model responses to rheumatology patient questions, a cross-sectional study. Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (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 or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

12-01
44:46

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