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Conferences

2025 Annual Conference

Save-the-Date for the CanVECTOR 2025 Conference on October 24th, 2025 in Toronto. ON. More information will be available shortly. For updates, send your request to info@canvector.ca

Partners: Interested in potential sponsorship opportunities? See the 2025 Sponsorship Package.

2024: Deepening Engagement in Research - From Patient Recruitment to Knowledge Translation

2023: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and VTE Research 

Program

 

  • Date: October 26, 2023
  • Location:Palais des congrès de Montreal, QC
  • As part of Vascular 2023 (October 25-29, 2023)

 

 

Time

Topic 

Speakers

8:30 – 8:45

Co-Chair Welcome Remarks

Dr. Siraj Mithoowani & Dr. Tania Pannu

8:45 – 09:30

Keynote Presentation # 1

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: What Do We Know in 2023?

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

09:30 – 09:45

BREAK

 
 09:45 - 10:15

CanVECTOR: 2023 Year in Review, and What’s Ahead for 2024

  Dr. Grégoire Le Gal & Dr. Susan Kahn
 10:15 - 10:45

Breakout Session 1: 

Critical Appraisal of Research in Journals Using Artificial Intelligence: How to Interpret

  Dr. Muhammad Mamdani
 10:15 - 10:45

Breakout Session 2: 

Patient Partners Across the Conduct of Research (Clinical, Basic Science, Research Coordinators, and Patient Partners)

  Jennifer Brinkhurst, BA
10:45 - 11:00

BREAK

  

11:00 – 11:40

Special Presentation:

Health Advocacy in Marginalized Populations

  Dr. Sonia Anand
 11:40 - 12:00

TC-CanVECTOR Fellow Presentation

Outcomes after Hospitalization for Anticoagulant-Related Bleeding and Predictors of Restarting Oral Anticoagulants

  Dr. Divya Karsanji

12:00 – 14:00

LUNCH & VASCULAR NON-ACCREDITED  SIDEBAR SESSIONS

  

14:00 - 14:30

 3-Minute Project Competition 

Select CanVECTOR-Funded Research Projects / Trainees 

14:30 – 15:00

Breakout Session 3: 

Biases and Mitigation Strategies in Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Development

 Dr. Robert Avram

14:30 – 15:00

Breakout Session 4:

Evidence Synthesis in the Era of Big Data (e.g., Systematic Reviews, Guideline Development)

  
15:00 - 15:15

BREAK

  
15:15 - 16:00

Keynote Presentation # 2

How will the Future of Clinical Care and Research be Affected by the Application of Artificial Intelligence? Who Will be Better Off? How Should We Prepare?

  Dr. Philip Wells 
16:00 - 16:15 Poster Session   
16:15 - 16:30 BREAK   
16:45 - 17:15

Top 3 Rated Abstracts from the Vascular 2023 Call for Science

Impact Of Anticoagulants For Arterial Thromboembolism Prevention Among Ambulatory Cancer Patients By Primary Tumour Site: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

Assessing Hypercoagulability and VTE Risk Using Thromboelastography & Khorana Score in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast and Gynecological Cancers

Anticoagulation Post-Pulmonary Endarterectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

 

Dr. Yan Xu

 

 

Dr. Maha Othman

 

 

Dr. Ismail Raslan
17:15 - 17:30

Closing Remarks and CanVECTOR Partners and Awardees Recognition 

Dr. Siraj Mithoowani; Dr. Tania Pannu;

Dr. Grégoire Le Gal; Dr. Susan Kahn
17:30 - 18:30 

Welcome Reception and Networking (Vascular)

  

 

Scientific Abstract Competition 

2022: The Cost of Clots: Exploring the Care, Research and Economics of Thrombosis

Program

 

  • Date: October 14, 2022
  • Location: Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto
  • Conference Co-Chairs:
    • Miriam Kimpton, MD, MSc, FRCPC
    • Zack Liederman, MD, FRCPC
  • Conference Program

 

Time

Topic 

Speakers

9:00 – 9:15

Co-Chair Welcome Remarks

Dr. Miriam Kimpton; Dr. Zach Liederman 

9:15 – 10:00

Keynote Presentation # 1

Health Economics: What it is and what it isn’t!

Dr. Doug Coyle

10:00– 10:30

CanVECTOR Leadership Remarks

Dr. Grégoire Le Gal; Dr. Susan Kahn

10:30 – 10:45

BREAK

 

10:45 – 11:00

TC-CanVECTOR Fellow Presentation

Bleeding Complications in Women with Venous Thromboembolism during Pregnancy 

Dr. Camille Simard

11:00 – 11:30

3-Minute Project Competition

Dr. Vicky Mai; Dr. Yan Xu; Dr. Natasha Rupani; Ms. Lisa Yamaura; Mr. Erblin Cani

11:30 - 12:00

Abstract Competition: Poster Presentations 

  

12:00 – 13:00

LUNCH

  

13:00 - 13:45

Abstract Competition: Oral Presentations 

Identifying Which Emergency Department Patients Should Be Tested for Pulmonary Embolism 

Tinzaparin Lead-In to Prevent the Post-Thrombotic syndrome (The TILE Pilot Study): rationale and study protocol 

Clinical Benefits, Harms, and Cost-Effectiveness of Indefinite Anticoagulant Therapy for First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism: A Decision Analytic Modelling Study 

 

Dr. Dennis Christopher

 

Dr. Jean-Philippe Galanaud

  

Dr. Faizan Kahn

13:45 – 14:30

The Cost of Clots for Patients: Opening Up the Black Box of Qualitative Research  

CanVECTOR Patient Partner Council 

14:30 – 14:45

BREAK

  

14:45 – 15:05

Breakout Session 1: 

Conflicts of Interest: More than Just Money 

 Dr. Deborah Siegal 

 

14:45 – 15:05

Breakout Session 2:

Get the most out of researcher-patient collaboration 

 Dr. Dennis Christopher; Dr. Kerstin de Wit 
15:05 - 15:10 Change rooms for Breakout Sessions 3 & 4  
15:10 - 15:30

Breakout Session 3: 

Economic evaluation alongside clinical trials: Practical tips of how to assess the value for money of an investigational treatment 

 Dr. Pierre Villeneuve 
15:10 - 15:30

Breakout Session 4: 

Creating a Study Budget: “How much can I ask for? And how do I make it last?” 
Ms. Veronica Bates 
15:30 - 16:15

Keynote Presentation #2: 

Reframing Value: What I've learned from Choosing Wisely, guideline development, trainees, and most importantly from patients 

  Dr. Lisa Hicks
16:30 - 18:00

Partner Recognition & Network Awards Ceremony

  

Scientific Abstract Competition 

 

Published Abstracts: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rth2.12812

2021: Create, Connect, Collaborate: Promoting Excellence in Knowledge & Practice to Prevent VTE

Program

 

 

  • Date: November 4-6, 2021
  • Location: CanVECTOR's Annual Conference will be held in partnership with Thrombosis Canada. CanVECTOR's Annual Conference on Friday November 5, 2021 will be held virtually only. Thrombosis Canada's Conference on Saturday, November 6, 2021 will be a Hybrid event - virtually and in-person at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto
  • Conference Program (Agenda below)

 

Time

Topic 

Speakers

9:00 – 9:15

Co-Chair Welcome Remarks

Dr. Cynthia Wu, Dr. Maha Othman

9:15 – 9:45

Keynote Presentation

Dr. Andreas Greinacher

9:45 – 10:15

CanVECTOR Leadership Remarks

Dr. Marc Rodger, Dr. Susan Kahn

10:15 – 10:30

BREAK

 

11:15 – 11:45

TC-CanVECTOR Fellow Presentation

TC-CanVECTOR Fellowship Winner

11:45 – 12:45

CanVECTOR Abstract Competition: Poster session

 

12:45 – 2:30

BREAK

  

2:30 – 3:15

 Patient Partners: Demystified 

Ms. Carol West; Ms. Danielle Morneault; Dr. Lisa Duffett; 

3:15 – 4:00

Top-rated abstracts

Top 3 selected for presentation 

4:00 – 4:45

Keynote Presentation

Dr. Michelle Sholzberg

4:45 – 4:50

Wrap-up with Conference Co-chairs

Dr. Cynthia Wu, Dr. Maha Othman

Scientific Abstract Competition 

 

Published Abstracts: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2475037922021902

2020: Thrombosis Research and Education - Insights from Canadian Experts (Virtual Conference)

Program

  • Date: October 13-24, 2020
  • Location: Virtual Conference (Daily 90-Minute Sessions)
  • Conference Program 

CanVECTOR Presents: No Longer on the Outside - Conversations About Patients As Partners

  • Featuring: Carol West, Dennis Christopher, Dr. Grégoire Le Gal, Dr. Lisa Duffett, Dr. Lori-Ann Linkins, Margaret Ostrowski, Suzanne Dubois
  • Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 11:30am - 12:00pm (EST)

CanVECTOR Presents: COVID-19 & VTE Related Research - Clinical, basic science, and translational science to address the current pandemic

  • Featuring: Dr. Deborah Siegal, Dr. Paul Kim, Dr. Ryan Zarychanski, Dr. Patricia Liaw (Moderator), Dr. Eric Tseng (Moderator)
  • Date: Friday, October 16, 2020 - 12:00 - 1:00pm (EST)

CanVECTOR Presents: CanVECTOR Presents - 3-Minute Project Competition 

  • Featuring: Dr. Keerat Grewal, Neha Sharma, Sahar Sohrabipour, Dr. Siraj Mithoowani, Dr. Tobias Tritschler, Crystal Dai, Dr. Sudeep Shivakumar (Moderator)
  • Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 12:00 - 1:00pm (EST)

CanVECTOR Presents - Trainee Workshops and Discussion: Building a Clinical Research Program & Life In (Basic) Science 

  • Featuring: Dr. Prism Schneider, Dr. Colin Kretz, Dr. Leslie Skeith (Moderator)
  • Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 2:00 - 3:00pm (EST)

CanVECTOR Presents - Wellness for Life and Work Success

  • Featuring: Bailey Sousa and Dr. Alexander Clark, Authors of the internationally critically-acclaimed book "How to be a Happy Academic, Dr. Leslie Skeith (Moderator)
  • Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 1:00 - 2:00pm (EST)

CanVECTOR Presents - Next Steps for the Network

  • Featuring: Dr. Susan Kahn and Dr. Marc Rodger, CanVECTOR Co-Directors
  • Date: Thursday, October 24, 2020 - 11:30am - 12:00pm (EST)

CanVECTOR Presents - Global Perspectives & INVENT 

  • Featuring: Dr. Saskia Middeldorp, Dr. Marc Rodger (Moderator)
  • Date: Thursday, October 24, 2020 - 12:00 - 1:00pm (EST)

2019: Connect, Communicate, & Collaborate

Program

Scientific Abstract Competition 

 

Published Abstracts: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/thrombosis-research/vol/182/suppl/S1

2018: Translating Science Together

Program

  • Date: October 25-26, 2018
  • Location: Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, Montreal, QC
  • Conference Program

Scientific Abstract Competition 

 

Published Abstracts: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/thrombosis-research/vol/170/suppl/S1

2017: Elevate, Educate, & Collaborate

Program 

  • Date: November 10-11, 2017
  • Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Toronto, ON
  • Conference program

2016: CanVECTOR Annual Conference

Program 

  • Date: June 7-8, 2016
  • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Toronto Downtown, Toronto, ON 
  • Conference Program