2010,July 8-9.
F.HOFFMANN-La ROCHE Ltd. sponsored a UK Manchester-organized "extRA" International meeting of about 50 Rheumatologists at Toronto Mt.Sinai hospital's,Joseph & Wolf Lebovic building; including doctors from the Gulf States, Ireland, Poland,Taiwan,Turkey,and UK. The meeting was held in the $4-million luxuriously appointed 7,000 sq.ft.REBECCA MacDONALD ARTHRITIS & AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE CENTER in the LEBOVIC building. The MacDONALD, under the Director U.Toronto Prof. Edward C.KEYSTONE MD(Tor.63) FRCPC(1968),is a Tertiary Arthritis Centre similar to the London,UK KENNEDY Institute. The MacDONALD specializes in Rheumatoid Arthritis , Rheumatoid Vasculitis,and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Patients are accepted worldwide. Canadian provincial medical insurances pay cost of provincially-approved medications and medical expenses.
Other speakers included Toronto Western Hospital Prof. Murray UROWITZ MD(Tor.1963)FRCPC(1968,)and Prof. Simon CARETTE MD(Laval.1975), MPhil. FRCPC(1980); and St.Michael's Hospital Dept. Rheum. Clin. Assoc.Dr.Shahin JAMAL MD(UBC 1999) MSc(Epid) FRCPC(2003)
