234 - HEART FAILURE ADVOCACY: THE STATE OF HF SERVICES AND GDMT PROVINCIAL COVERAGE IN CANADA/ JOINT PRESENTATION OF THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION AND THE CCS HF WORKING GROUP

Co-Chair(s)

• AD

  Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc (she/her/hers)

  Cardiologist
  CHFS, CCTN, CanCare
  University of Montreal
  Montréal, Quebec, Canada
• 

  Robert McKelvie, MD, PhD, FRCPC

  Cardiologist
  University of Western
  Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
  London, Ontario, Canada

Planning Committee Member(s)

• 

  M. Patrice Lindsay

  Director, Health Systems Change
  Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• JT

  James Tam, MD, FRCP(C), FACC

  Cardiologist
  University of Manitoba
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• 

  Shelley Zieroth, MD

  Cardiologist
  St. Boniface Hospital
  University of Manitoba
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Presentations:

• 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM EDT

  HEART FAILURE ADVOCACY: PROVINCIAL DIFFERENCES IN GDMT COVERAGE - MOVING TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL APPROACH
  

  Presenter: Simone Cowan – St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia
• 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM EDT

  THE STATE OF HEART FAILURE SERVICES IN CANADA: FINDINGS OF THE HEART & STROKE NATIONAL HEART FAILURE RESOURCES AND SERVICES INVENTORY
  

  Presenter: Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Heart Function Clinic; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

  Q&A AND PANEL DISCUSSION
  

  Co-Chair: Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN, CanCare

  Co-Chair: Robert McKelvie, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Western

  Presenter: Jillianne Code – HeartLife Foundation of Canada

  Presenter: Simone Cowan – St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia

  Presenter: Nathaniel M. Hawkins, MBChB, MD, MPH, MRCP, FRCPC (he/him/his) – Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, University of British Columbia

  Presenter: Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Heart Function Clinic; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre