Symposiums
HiRO 2022 (Edmonton, AB)
The 6th Annual HiRO Symposium will be hosted by Dr. Joseph Atallah’s team in Edmonton, AB. Dates & details TBA.
HiRO 2021 (Virtual)
The 5th Annual HiRO Symposium was hosted by Dr. Anne Fournier’s Montreal team. The Symposium was held virtually - with the largest turn out to date! The Symposium was centered around three primary themes: diagnosis of inherited heart disease, patient-centered care, and the status of CPR & AED in 2021. We were joined by international guest, Dr. Sami Viskin. You can view the program
here.
HiRO 2020
The HiRO 2020 Annual Symposium was postponed to 2021.
The 4th Annual HiRO Symposium was hosted by the UBC HiRO Coordinating Center in conjunction with the Porubanec family in Kelowna. The themes were: “Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation in Your Community”, “Genetic Information Can Improve Care”, and “Working Together in HiRO”. Our international keynote speaker was Dr. Chris Semsarian. The program is available
here.
Dr. Glenn Corneil hosted a Patient Education Seminar on inherited heart conditions, which is available on
YouTube .
Our Public Forum also made
Global News.
The 3rd Annual HiRO Symposium was held in Halifax, NS, and hosted by Drs. Gardner and MacIntyre. Our international guest speaker was Dr. Michael Ackermann. The program is available
here.
Our Family Forum was picked up by
Global News.
The 2nd Annual HiRO Symposium was held in Winnipeg, MB and hosted by Dr. Colette Seifer’s team. We were joined by international keynote speaker, Dr. Elijah Behr. The program is available
here.
HiRO 2016 (Vancouver, BC)
The launch of the Annual HiRO Symposium took place in Vancouver, BC - where our Coordinating Center is located. We were joined by international guest speaker, Dr. Athur Wilde. The program is available
here.
