There are few people in our lives that have as big an impact on our careers as mentors. So, in this episode, we're thrilled to have Dr. Janet Pope back to discuss the importance of the mentor-mentee relationship in Rheumatology. Daniel and Janet discuss the benefits - and occasional challenges - of mentorships, as well as the mentors who have made a difference in their lives, how best to find and connect with a mentor early in your career, who the right mentor is for you, the difference between mentors and teachers, and what they love about being mentors themselves.

If you have any questions you'd like to ask in our possible upcoming "Ask the Expert" episodes on Sjogren's Disease, Autoinflammatory Diseases, and/or IgG-4-Related Disease, please send us an email at [email protected] or tag us on social media at @CRASCRRheum.

Bios: 

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London.  

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia. 

Special Thanks: 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 Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca

In this special Virtual Care episode of Around the Rheum, host Daniel Ennis is joined by Brent Ohata and Tommy Gerschman, two of the leading advocates for telehealth in Rheumatology. They discuss the pre-COVID-19 use of virtual care, how rheumatologists made the quick pivot to virtual care when the pandemic hit, why video is better than phone, why virtual care is a good fit for patients and doctors in many instances, and what its limitations are and why it isn’t going away anytime soon!

Bios:

Dr. Brent Ohata is an adult rheumatologist and clinical assistant professor in the UBC Division of Rheumatology. He is the co-chair of the CRA's Telehealth Working Group. He has a clinical focus on Indigenous health and health equity.

Dr. Tommy Gerschman is a community-based pediatric rheumatologist and sports medicine specialist. Dr. Gerschman has assisted with the BC Ministry of Health's Digital Health Strategy and associated policies. He is currently the co-chair of a Community-Based Specialists' working group. 

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a rheumatologist and vasculitis specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee.

Thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Rheumatologist and Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Kevin Baijnauth (Marketing and Communications, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, including Best Practices for Virtual Care in Rheumatology

visit rheum.ca.

In this follow-up to the last episode on diagnosing and investigating scleroderma with veteran Rheumatologist Dr. Janet Pope, Daniel and Janet discuss her pearls on scleroderma management.

The questions they explore include when and how to treat skin disease, how to manage scleroderma renal crisis, GERD, dysphagia, and lung disease.

If you have any questions you'd like to ask in our possible upcoming "Ask the Expert" episodes on Sjogren's Disease, Psoriatic Arthritis, Myositis, Autoinflammatory Diseases, Large Vessel Vasculitis, and IgG-4-Related Disease, send us an email at [email protected] or tag us on social media at @CRASCRRheum.

Bios:

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London.

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

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 Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.

Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca 

In this latest fascinating and informative episode of Ask the Expert with veteran Rheumatologist Dr. Janet Pope, Daniel and Janet dive into the first of a two-parts series on scleroderma, focusing here on diagnosis and investigations.

The questions they explore include what differentiates limited and diffuse scleroderma and why that matters, the concept of very early diagnosis of scleroderma, the role of the 15% rule, and many more!

Our listener questions this episode come from two Rheumatology Residents at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Leonardo Martin and Dr. Mais Nuaaman, and Vancouver Rheumatologist Dr. Hyein Kim. Many thanks! 

If you have any questions you'd to ask in our upcoming episode on Sclerdoerma management or to suggest topics for upcoming Ask An Expert segments, send us an email at [email protected] or tag us on social media at @Crascrrheum.

Bios:

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London.

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

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 Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.

Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca 

Description:

In this second part of our special series on Indigenous Health in Canada, we are joined by Dr. Lindsay Crowshoe, a primary care physician in Calgary and a member of the Piikani First Nation. He and guest host, UBC Rheumatologist Dr. Raheem Kherani, discuss ways doctors can make their practices more welcoming to Indigenous patients, the importance of understanding the impacts of colonization on Indigenous people, and why the healthcare system is often not seen as a place of healing for them. They also discuss the impacts of Residential Schools and systemic racism and respectful ways to approach conversations about those impacts with survivors.

Bios: 

Dr. Lindsay Crowshoe is a Blackfoot primary care physician, Associate Professor, and Assistant Dean of Indigenous Health at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.

Dr. Raheem Kherani is a Rheumatologist at the University of British Columbia and the Chair of the Canadian Rheumatology Association’s Education Committee. 

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia. 

Special Thanks: 

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 (Rheumatologist and Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) and Kevin Baijnauth (Marketing and Communications, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. 

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca

Description:

In this latest installment of Around the Rheum’s “Ask the Expert” segment, Dr. Janet Pope takes questions from host Dr. Daniel Ennis and you, our listeners, on the diagnosis and treatment of Lupus.

Topics include: what constitutes a lupus-related rash, when do oral and nasal ulcers matter, differentiating between pathologic and normal hair loss, hydroxychloroquine and the risk of long QT syndrome, low dose steroids, and more!

Thanks to Dr. Juan Antonio Aviña-Zubieta, Lupologist and Associate Prof at UBC for sending in a question for this week's episode.

You, too, can have your question featured on an episode of Around the Rheum!

 To ask questions for our upcoming "Ask the Expert" segments and Scleroderma Pearls and Treatment, e-mail us at [email protected] or tag our Twitter account with your question @crascrrheum.

Bios:

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London. 

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

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 Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.

 Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

 For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca 

Titre: Episode 15 - Les comorbidités dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde : une préoccupation croissante chez les rhumatologues

Title: Comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis: A growing concern among rheumatologists

Description: Dans ce premier épisode en français du balado Autour de la rhumato, notre animateur, le Dr Allard-Chamard aborde avec le Dr Louis Bessette de l’Université Laval la question des comorbidités dans l’arthrite rhumatoïde.

Cette discussion pratique vise à bien contextualiser la problématique des comorbidités et à explorer comment le rhumatologue peut être partie prenante de la prise en charge et de la surveillance de cet enjeu croissant au sein de la population.

Description: In this first French-language episode of the Around the Rheum Podcast, our host Dr. Allard-Chamard talks with Dr. Louis Bessette of Laval University about comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis.

This hands-on discussion is intended to properly contextualize the issue of comorbidities and explore how rheumatologists can be involved in the management and monitoring of this growing problem in our population.

Bios: 

Le Dr Hugues Allard-Chamard, diplômé en rhumatologie, a également obtenu son doctorat en pharmacologie à l’Université de Sherbrooke. Actuellement, il est professeur-chercheur et clinicien à l’Université de Sherbrooke, où il dirige un laboratoire de recherche qui se penche sur les immunodéficiences primaires et la réponse immunitaire à la COVID-19. Il se passionne depuis longtemps pour la rhumatologie et a consacré sa carrière à la compréhension de l’arthrite inflammatoire.

Le Dr Louis Bessette, professeur de médecine à l’Université Laval à Québec, est également chercheur clinicien dans l’axe Maladies infectieuses et immunitaires du CHUL de même que directeur du Groupe de recherche en rhumatologie et maladies osseuses (GRMO).

Bios:

Dr. Hugues Allard-Chamard graduated in rheumatology and obtained his doctorate in pharmacology at the University of Sherbrooke. Currently, he is a research professor and clinician at the University of Sherbrooke, where he directs a research laboratory studying primary immunodeficiencies and the immune response to COVID-19. Dr. Allard-Chamard has a long-standing passion for rheumatology as demonstrated by a career focusing on understanding inflammatory arthritis.

Dr. Louis Bessette is a professor of medicine at Laval University in Quebec City. He is a clinical researcher in the Infectious and Immune Diseases Axis of the CHUL and director of the Rheumatology and Bone Diseases Research Group (GRMO).

Un grand merci:

Le balado Autour de la Rhumato est produit par le Comité des communications de la Société canadienne de rhumatologie. Nous tenons à remercier l’équipe du balado, en l’occurrence le Dr Dax G. Rumsey (président du Comité des communications de la SCR), le Dr Daniel Ennis (animateur), David McGuffin (producteur chez Explore Podcast Productions) et Kevin Baijnauth (SCR), chargé de la direction de la production.

Notre thème musical a été composé par Aaron Fontwell.

Pour en savoir plus sur la mission de la Société canadienne de rhumatologie, consultez le site rheum.ca/fr

Acknowledgements:

Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association’s Communications Committee. We would like to say a big thank you to the podcast team, namely Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) and Kevin Baijnauth (CRA), production lead.

Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca

Description:

In this next installment of Around the Rheum’s new “Ask the Expert” segment, Dr. Janet Pope takes questions from host Dr. Daniel Ennis and from our listeners on the diagnosis and treatment of Early Arthritis.

Thanks to Dr. Andrea Johnson, University of Alberta Rheumatology Resident, for sending in questions for this week's Episode.

You, too, can have your question featured on an episode of Around the Rheum!

To ask questions for our upcoming "Ask the Expert" segments on Lupus Pearls and Scleroderma Pearls, e-mail us at [email protected] or tag our Twitter account with your question @crascrrheum.

Bios:

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London.

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

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 Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.

Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca

Description:

In this Indigenous Health episode of "Around the Rheum," our host Dr Daniel Ennis hands the mics to colleagues Dr. Brent Ohata of UBC and Dr. Cheryl Barnabe of the University of Calgary.

In this smart, thoughtful conversation, Brent and Cheryl talk about Cheryl's experiences working in and with Indigenous communities, how she has learned to adapt how she practices to achieve better outcomes, the importance of outreach to Indigenous patients, the ongoing impact of systemic racism in health care and ways to overcome that, and her approaches to win the trust of Indigenous patients.

Bios:

Dr. Cheryl Barnabe is a Métis rheumatologist and an associate professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Dr. Barnabe’s research program, ‘Arthritis Care for Indigenous Populations’, is defining the burden of rheumatic disease afflicting the Indigenous populations of Canada, while co-developing promising health services interventions to bridge care gaps that exist.

Dr. Brent Ohata is a clinical instructor in the UBC Division of Rheumatology. He is passionate about indigenous health and health equity. He won the 2017 Innovation Award in the UBC Division of Rheumatology for championing telehealth (pre-pandemic!) as a means of improving access to rheumatologic care in rural BC.

Our host, Dr. Daniel Ennis, is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

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 Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.

Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

Description:

Dr. Janet Pope returns! In this second episode of Around the Rheum’s new “Ask the Expert” segment, Dr. Janet Pope, one of Canada’s most eminent rheumatologists takes questions from host Dr. Daniel Ennis and from you, our listeners.

This episode's topic is Raynaud’s. In Daniel’s words: “The more Raynaud's I see, the more questions I have about Raynaud’s. And the more I read about it, the more I wonder if I am over- or under-diagnosing it.”

Thanks to those who sent in questions for this episode: University of Alberta Rheumatology Residents Dr. Greg Koller, Dr Shahna Tariq, and Dr. Jenny Hong.

Ask The Expert:

You, too, can have your question featured on an episode of Around the Rheum!

To ask questions for our upcoming "Ask the Expert" segments, on the differences between Inflammatory Arthritis and Arthralgias, Lupus Pearls, and Scleroderma Pearls, email us at [email protected] or tag our Twitter account with your question @crascrrheum

Bios:

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London.

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

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 Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.

Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca.