COPD ASSEMBLY

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View the 2024 COPD Journal Club presentations! Click on the left Navigation bar to access the recordings.

David Gourde, COPD Assembly Co-Chair

Joshua Wald, COPD Assembly Co-Chair

Welcome to the COPD assembly. One of the greatest aspects of the assembly structure is the opportunities for members to get involved! Our assembly has responsibilities for overseeing projects, for leading meetings to develop guidelines and statements for evidence-based research and clinical practice, for developing educational materials, for mentoring junior professionals, networking, and for advocacy. We encourage you to reach out and volunteer your time and talents to help advance our assembly priorities by joining our webinars, journal clubs, and annual meetings as well as working on projects listed under workplan priorities.

Sincerely,
David and Joshua

Get Involved/Contact us
If you have an idea or want to get in contact with our Assembly Chairs, please forward your inquiry to info@cts-sct.ca

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You can join this assembly by selecting it as your main group or one of your optional groups in the CTS member portal. Note: only CTS members can join this Assembly. Not yet a member? Join here today or contact us.

Position Name Province
Co-Chair CTS Joshua Wald Ontario
Co-Chair CRHP David Gourde Quebec
Vice co-Chair CTS Andrea Gershon Ontario
Vice co-Chair CRHP Lauren Singh Alberta
Academic Respirologist Brandie Walker Alberta
CRHP Representative Shirley Quach Ontario
Community Respirologist Raj Mainra British Columbia
Researcher Bryan Ross Quebec
Early Career Representative Lian Szabo Alberta
Past co-Chair CTS Erika Penz Saskatchewan
Past co-Chair CRHP Raymond Aceron Alberta

For the latest COPD evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and statements, click here to access the CTS Guideline Library.

The COPD Assembly annual meeting will take place on Thursday, October, 14, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST.

Click here to access and download the latest CTS and non-CTS COPD tools and resources.

December 12, 2024 – Click here for the recording
Key Changes in GOLD 2025
Presented by: Professor Claus Vogelmeier
Moderated by: Bryan Ross

Oct 15, 2024 – Click here for the recording
Validation of constant work rate cycling endurance time for use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinical trials.
Presented by: Dr. Richard Casaburi
Moderated by: Bryan Ross

May 8, 2024 – Click here for the recording
Blood eosinophil-guided oral prednisolone for COPD exacerbations in primary care in the UK (STARR2): a non-inferiority, multicentre, double-blind, placebo controlled, randomised controlled trial
Presented by: Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer
Moderated by: Bryan Ross

November 23, 2022 – Click here for the recording
Bronchodilators in Tobacco-Exposed Persons
with Symptoms and Preserved Lung Function
Presented by: Jordan Sugarman
Moderated by: Joshua Wald

September 20, 2022 – Click here for the recording
OSA is Associated with an Increased Prevalence of Polycythemia in Patients with COPD
Presented by: Alex Dittrich from Dalhousie University
Moderated by: Tetyana Kendzerska and Erika Penz

March 23, 2022 – Click here for the recording
A critical review of the respiratory benefits and harms of orally administered opioids for dyspnea management in COPD
Presented by: Jeffrey Marciniuk from McGill University
Moderated by: Donna Goodridge and Jean Bourbeau

January 19, 2022 – Click here for the recording
Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease: a randomised controlled equivalence trial
Presented by: Dr. Moaaz Rashad from McMaster University
Moderated by: Gail Dechman and Michael Stickland