Keynote Speakers
Dunlop-Dottridge Lectureship:
Dr. Dafna Gladman
Friday, Feb 28
Dr. Dafna Gladman is Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Gladman is a Clinician Scientist at the University of Toronto, Senior Staff Physician at the Toronto Western Hospital, Co-Director of the Psoriatic Arthritis Program, and Co-Director of the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic. She is a Senior Scientist at the Krembil Research Institute and the Schroeder Arthritis Institute.
Dr. Gladman has had an extensive clinical and translational research program in both psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The research has been supported by the Arthritis Society, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Krembil Foundation, National Institutes of Health (US) and the National Psoriasis Foundation (US). She authored 993 peer reviewed publications, 143 chapters and invited publications, authored 2 books, and edited 3 other books.
State-of-the-Art Lecture:
Dr. Nancy Maltez
Thursday, Feb 27
Dr. Nancy Maltez is a Rheumatologist at The Ottawa Hospital, where she is a member of the Division of Rheumatology. After completing her Internal Medicine and Rheumatology training in Ottawa, she joined the Clinician Investigator Program, focusing on connective tissue diseases and earned an MSc in Epidemiology.
Dr. Maltez’s research and clinical interests center on advanced cellular therapies, including autologous stem cell transplantation and CAR-based therapies for refractory autoimmune diseases. She leads the scleroderma clinic and participates in research on Raynaud’s phenomenon, digital ulcerations, inflammatory myositis, and rheumatic adverse events related to checkpoint inhibitors.
Keynote Lecture:
Dr. Muhammad Mamdani
Wednesday, Feb 26
Dr. Muhammad Mamdani is Vice President of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto and Director of the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM). Dr. Mamdani’s team bridges advanced analytics including machine learning with clinical and management decision making to improve patient outcomes and hospital efficiency. Dr. Mamdani is also Professor in the Department of Medicine of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. He is also an Affiliate Scientist at IC/ES and a Faculty Affiliate of the Vector Institute.
Previously, Dr. Mamdani was named among Canada’s Top 40 under 40. He has published over 500 studies in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Mamdani obtained a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and completed a fellowship in Pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research at the Detroit Medical Center. During his fellowship, Dr. Mamdani obtained a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Wayne State University with a concentration in econometric theory. He then completed a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University with a concentration in quantitative methods.