Geriatric Medicine Update 2025

Sat, Jun 21, 2025

07:45 AM - 04:45 PM MST

Presented by the Division of Geriatric Medicine in partnership with the Division of Care of the Elderly.

 

 

*Please note the agenda is subject to change while details are being finalized*

Location details

Lister Conference Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Address: Lister Conference Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Agenda


Saturday, June 21

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Registration & Coffee

8:15 AM - 8:20 AM

Welcome & Introductions

8:20 AM - 9:20 AM

Keynote: Common Skin Disorders in Older Adults

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Workshop 3: Conservative kidney management in older adults

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Workshop 1: Don't let your mother on the road, Mrs. Robinson!

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Workshop 2: The eyes have it! Common visual problems in the older adult

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee & Networking Break

10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

REPEAT Workshop 3: Conservative kidney management in older adults

10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

REPEAT Workshop 1: Don't let your mother on the road, Mrs. Robinson!

10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

REPEAT Workshop 2: The eyes have it! Common visual problems in the older adult

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunchtime Symposium: TBA

12:35 PM - 1:35 PM

Workshop 4: Update on management of depression in older adults

12:35 PM - 1:35 PM

Workshop 5: Approach to motor symptoms and diagnosis of Parkinson Disease (and when note to prescribe Levodopa)

12:35 PM - 1:35 PM

Workshop 6: Incontinence

1:40 PM - 2:40 PM

Vascular Snapper 1: Hypertension in older adults

1:40 PM - 2:40 PM

Vascular Snapper 2: Does dyslipidemia in older adults matter at all?

1:40 PM - 2:40 PM

Vascular Snapper 3: Current recommendations for the management of health failure in older adults

2:40 PM - 2:50 PM

Coffee & Networking Break

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM

Medium Snapper 2: Deprescribing in older adults: what works?

2:55 PM - 3:45 PM

Plenary: Managing behaviours in PLWD

4:35 PM - 4:45 PM

Closing Remarks

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM

Medium Snapper 1: Current guidelines on falls

Saturday, June 21

 

Dr. Lesley Charles

Topic: Common Skin Disorders in Older Adults

Speaker: Dr. Eunice Chow

*Please note for Workshops, only pick ONE of the three sessions for each time slot*

 

Title: Conservative kidney management in older adults

Speaker: TBA

 

*Please note for Workshops, only pick ONE of the three sessions for each time slot*

 

Title: Don't let your mother on the road, Mrs. Robinson!

Speaker: Dr. Lesley Charles

 

*Please note for Workshops, only pick ONE of the three sessions for each time slot*

 

Title: The eyes have it! Common visual problems in the older adult

Speaker: Dr. Gurkaran Sarohia & Dr. Stephen Carrell

 

*Please note for Workshops, only pick ONE of the three sessions for each time slot*

 

Title: Conservative kidney management in older adults

Speaker: TBA

 

 

*Please note for Workshops, only pick ONE of the three sessions for each time slot*

 

Title: Don't let your mother on the road, Mrs. Robinson!

Speaker: Dr. Lesley Charles

*Please note for Workshops, only pick ONE of the three sessions for each time slot*

 

Title: The eyes have it! Common visual problems in the older adult

Speaker: Dr. Gurkaran Sarohia & Dr. Stephen Carrell

 

 

Topic: TBA

Speaker: TBA

*Please note Workshops, only pick ONE of the sessions for each time slot*

 

Title: Update on management of depression in older adults

Speaker: Dr. Zahra Goodarzi

 

*Please note for Workshops, only pick ONE of the sessions for each time slot*

 

Topic: Approach to motor symptoms and diagnosis of Parkinson Disease (and when note to prescribe Levodopa)

Speaker: Dr. Joyce Lee

*Please note for Workshops, only choose ONE of the sessions for each time slot*

 

Topic: Incontinence

Speaker: Dr's Adrian Wagg, Bill Gibson, and Rebecca Lee

Topic: Hypertension in older adults

Speaker: Dr. Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan

Title: Does dyslipidemia in older adults matter at all?

Speaker: Dr. Glen Pearson

 

Title: Current recommendations for the management of health failure in older adults

Speaker: Dr. Michelle Graham

 

Title: Deprescribing in older adults: what works?

Speaker: Dr. Frances Carr

Topic: Managing behaviours in PLWD

Speakers: Dr's Zahra Goodarzi & Sara Wong

Dr. Lesley Charles

Topic: Current guidelines on falls

Speakers: Dr. Angela Juby