LIVING WITH PH
Webinars
PHA Canada presents live webinars to help members of the pulmonary hypertension community feel empowered in making the right decisions for themselves.
Exercise Rehabilitation and Pulmonary Hypertension: Insights and Innovations
- Dr Paul Oh, MD MSc FRCPC, Medical Director, Cardiovascular Rehab, UHN
- Dr Dmitry Rozenberg, MD PhD, FRCPC, Respirology and Lung Transplantation, UHN, U of T
Understanding the impact of pulmonary hypertension on the right side of the heart
- Dr. Jason Weatherald, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in the Department of Medicine and Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Navigating Sex & Pulmonary Hypertension
- Sara Vargas, PhD. Assistant professor, Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. The Miriam Hospital & Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA.
- Dr. Corey E. Ventetuolo, MD, MS. Inaugural Director, Center for Advanced Lung Care. Rhode Island Hospital Pulmonary Hypertension Center.
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Updates
- Dr. Marc De Perrot, Director of the Toronto CTEPH Program at the University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital
- Dr. Robin Ralph-Edwards, Canadian thoracic surgeon who completed her training at the University of Toronto in 2023. Currently finishing her fellowship in CTEPH and pulmonary endarterectomy surgery at the Toronto General Hospital.
2023 Webinar Series
Pulmonary Hypertension 201
- Dr. Sanjay Mehta, Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist, Founding Board Member, Past-Chair of the Board of Directors and Eternal PHriend of PHA Canada
Advances in clinical trials in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Dr David Langleben - Professor of Medicine at McGill University, Senior Staff Cardiologist at the Jewish General Hospital and Director of the Centre for Pulmonary Vascular Disease.
Exploring Financial Supports for People with Disabilities
- Janet Flynn & David Ike, Prosper Canada
- Frances Andrusiak, Pulmonary Hypertension Patient
- Amanda Lockitch & Rabia Kehdr, Disability Without Poverty
Stories from the Canadian Pulmonary Hypertension Registry
- Pat Kelly, Research Capacity Building Project Manager at PHA Canada
- Freda Tom, Project Manager at the Canadian Pulmonary Hypertension Registry (CPHR)
Pulmonary Hypertension 101
- Carolyne Doyle-Cox, Nurse Coordinator at the Ottawa Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
Improving Quality of Life Through Nutrition
- Chermaine Kwant, Registered dietician
Managing Infusion Based Therapies
- Lisa Kolkman, Nurse practitioner at the VCH Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
2022 Webinar Series
From Bench to Bedside: Understanding the Science of Drug Development and Approvals in Canada
- Pat Kelly, PHA Canada’s Research Capacity Building Project Manager
The What, Why, Who, When and How of Advance Care Planning
- Olga Nikolajev, End-of-Life Nurse Educator
Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
- Angela Taylor and Colin Van De Wetering, September 27th, 2022
COVID-19 Series
COVID-19: Bilingual Q&A With Dr. Mehta (FR/EN), April 3rd, 2020
- Dr. Sanjay Mehta, Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist, Founding Board Member, Past-Chair of the Board of Directors and Eternal PHriend of PHA Canada
COVID-19 & Back-to-School: A Q&A for Families of Children with Pulmonary Hypertension, August 28th, 2020
- Jamie Myrah, Executive Director PHA Canada
--Janette T. Reyes, Nurse Practitioner, The Hospital for Sick Children Cardiac Clinic
- Dr. Andreea Dragulescu, The Hospital for Sick Children Cardiac Clinic
- Susan Richards, PH Nurse Practitioner Pediatric, Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Stollery Children's Hospital
- Dr. Anne Fournier, CHU Ste-Justine, Cardiology Department
2020 Webinar Series
Facing Mental Health Issues
- Carolyn Doyle-Cox, Pulmonary Hypertension Nurse, Ottawa Heart Institute
- Joanne Schwartz, Social Worker and Counsellor, Vancouver Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
- Jeannette MacKeen, Retired Counsellor, living with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Let's Talk Pulmonary Hypertension & Nutrition
- Sylvia Rinaldi, Registered Dietician, clinical researcher
Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment 101, Introduction to PH Treatment
- Lyda Lesenko, RN, Pulmonary Hypertension Nurse Coordinator, Jewish General Hospital
- Jamie Myrah, Executive Director, PHA Canada