Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders: Changing

University of Toronto Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Interhospital Rounds 2013-14
Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis of
Genetic Disorders: Changing paradigms
Friday, April 11, 2014
Ontario Telemedicine
Network (OTN) Live Video
Feed Locations
Mount Sinai Hospital
North York General Hospital
Rouge Valley Health System – Cent
St. Joseph's Health Centre
St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto East General Hospital
Trillium Health Partners – CVH
Trillium Health Partners – Mississ
OTN Live Webcast
If you are not able to be at the live
event, or in the OTN videoconferencing suite at your site, visit:
http://webcast.otn.ca/index/browse?t
ype=4 to watch in real-time.
Event Code: TSM # 29122752
For username and password, please
contact your site Rounds
Coordinator or Cherryl Bird,
IHRounds Organizer, at U of T
Ob/Gyn.
Live Q and A Session
Questions may be emailed
during the event to:
[email protected]
7:45 to 8:45 a.m.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Harrison Hall (EG21)
Dr. David Chitayat, Professor, Depts of Pediatrics, Molecular
Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Laboratory Medicine &
Pathobiology/Head, The Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics
Program, Ob/Gyn, University of Toronto
Dr. Nan Okun, Prenatal Screening Director, Maternal Fetal
Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital/Associate Professor & Head,
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Toronto
Ms. Hana Sroka, Genetic Counsellor, Mount Sinai Hospital
Ms. Andrea Staines, Prenatal Screening Coordinator, MSH
Educational Objectives
Participants will gain an increased understanding of:
1) Implementation of microarray into prenatal diagnosis:
The new paradigm (Dr. Chitayat)
2) Issues of consent and counselling (Ms. Sroka)
3) Recent developments in non-invasive prenatal screening
for the common aneuploidies (Dr. Okun & Ms. Staines)
With special thanks to our Educational Partners:
AbbVie
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
Hologic Canada Ltd.
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
Warner Chilcott Canada Co.
www.obgyn.utoronto.ca Ph: 416-978-2668