1. Review a recent OB case.2. Discuss the care provided in the case and teaching points related to it.3. Identify cognitive biases and how they may have affected management in this case.4. Facilitate a group discussion about the case.
All inquiries regarding Rounds should be directed to: obsgyneducation@iwk.nshealth.ca
The Dalhousie Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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| Date | Speakers | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sep. 23, 2026 | External Speaker | Umbilical Cord Blood and Mesenchymal Cells in Regenerative Medicine |
| Sep. 30, 2026 | External Speaker | NO ROUNDS |
| Oct. 7, 2026 | Katharina Kieser | Grand Rounds |
| Oct. 14, 2026 | Grace Younes | Grand Rounds |
| Oct. 21, 2026 | Kate Smith | Grand Rounds |
| Oct. 28, 2026 | Danielle Stepnuk | Grand Rounds |
| Nov. 4, 2026 | External Speaker | No ROUNDS |
| Nov. 11, 2026 | External Speaker | NO ROUNDS |
| Nov. 18, 2026 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds-QA |
| Nov. 25, 2026 | External Speaker | SCHWARTZ GRAND ROUNDS |
| Dec. 2, 2026 | Jacob Stillwell | Grand Rounds |
| Dec. 9, 2026 | Anushka Nair | Grand Rounds |
| Dec. 16, 2026 | Alyssa Labelle | Grand Rounds |
| Dec. 23, 2026 | External Speaker | NO ROUNDS |
| Dec. 30, 2026 | External Speaker | NO ROUNDS |
| Jan. 6, 2027 | Nerija Gray | Grand Rounds |
| Jan. 13, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds-SOGC Presenters |
| Jan. 20, 2027 | Elizabeth Baker | Grand Rounds |
| Jan. 27, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds- QA |
| Feb. 3, 2027 | External Speaker | NO ROUNDS |
| Feb. 10, 2027 | Jessica Pinkham | Grand Rounds |
| Feb. 17, 2027 | Rachel Holland | Grand Rounds |
| Feb. 24, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds-Medical Education |
| Mar. 3, 2027 | Lucie Menard | Grand Rounds |
| Mar. 10, 2027 | External Speaker | NO ROUNDS |
| Mar. 17, 2027 | External Speaker | ATLEE LECTURE |
| Mar. 24, 2027 | Marianne Pierce | Grand Rounds |
| Mar. 31, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds- PERU |
| Apr. 7, 2027 | External Speaker | NO ROUNDS |
| Apr. 14, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds-QA |
| Apr. 21, 2027 | Gina Choi | Grand Rounds |
| Apr. 28, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds- Global Health & Advocacy Unit |
| May. 5, 2027 | Reid Rebinsky | Grand Rounds |
| May. 12, 2027 | Kaylee Jabbour | Grand Rounds |
| May. 19, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds- Medical Education |
| May. 26, 2027 | Charles Dietrich | Grand Rounds |
| Jun. 2, 2027 | External Speaker | No ROUNDS |
| Jun. 9, 2027 | External Speaker | Grand Rounds-QA |
| Jun. 16, 2027 | External Speaker | No ROUNDS |
| Jun. 23, 2027 | James Bentley | Year- End Review |
Evaluation links are available for fourteen days. Please locate the Rounds presentation you wish to evaluate in the Archived Section below.
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Presenters may choose whether the presentations are recorded or not. Note that viewing the recorded Rounds session does not qualify you for Section 1 MOC credit.
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Grand Round Presentation via MS Teams - VIRTUAL ONLY
Presenters: NSQIP Team
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· Understand the unique composition and uses of umbilical cord cells
· Benefits of cord blood for Hematopoietic Stem Cell transplantation in patients and in research
· Understand how locally collected cord blood cells contribute to research in RSV infection, Allergy, Ovarian cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, and IBD
Discover the wonderful work being done in Ghana and hear directly from “Team Ghana” as they share their heartfelt stories, insights, and lessons from the field.
This promises to be more than just a session but an opportunity to connect, reflect, and be inspired. One that brings together compassion, global impact, and lived experiences.
PRESENTER:
Azar Mehrabadi,
PhD. Assistant Professor,
Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit,
Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics,
Dalhousie University
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1-Review SOGC's RPL guideline (2025) and its evidence-grading methodology [GRADE: Strong/Conditional; High/Moderate/Low.
2-Define RPL according to SOGC (≥2 pregnancy losses including non-consecutive and biochemical)
3-Outline SOGC's comprehensive workup: environmental, endocrine, infectious, thrombophilia, immune, anatomic, and genetic factors
4-Discuss SOGC management recommendations, especially controversial areas (progesterone, chronic endometritis, septum resection)
5-Compare SOGC positions with international guidelines (ACOG, ESHRE, ASRM, RCOG) on key diagnostic and treatment approaches
6-Highlight SOGC's emphasis on trauma-informed compassionate care for RPL patients
7-Identify practice gaps and Canadian context considerations for implementation
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Presenter:
Corey Filiaggi | MSc, MSc, CGC, CCGC
Genetic Counsellor and Clinical Coordinator
Maritime Newborn Screening
IWK Health
Corey is a genetic counsellor, certified with the Canadian and American boards of genetic counselling. She previously earned a Master of Science in Pathology from Dalhousie University and then a Master of Science in Genetic counselling from the University of Toronto. She has served as the Clinical Coordinator for Maritime Newborn Screening for the past five years.
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Co-presenter:
Ruby Shanker, MBBS, MHSc (Bioethics), PhD(C) ​
Clinical & Organizational Ethicist​
University Health Network & Women’s College Hospital, Toronto​
University of Toronto
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Presenter: Sarah Munroe PhD
Dr. Sarah Munro is the Director of the Reproductive Choices Lab (www.reprochoiceslab.org) and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health School of Public Health University of Washington. Prior to joining UW in 2024, she was a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Munro conducts health services research with a focus on knowledge mobilization and implementation science to improve equitable access to contraception and abortion care. She currently leads collaborative community-based investigations on youth preferences for contraception access (www.askusproject.ca), Indigenous peoples’ experiences accessing family planning care (www.storyproject.ca), preferences for traveling to access abortion care among people in Texas, and development and implementation of shared decision making interventions that promote person-centred family planning (www.sexandu.ca/its-my-choice). These projects are funded by diverse sources, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Society of Family Planning, and Health Canada.
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1. Discuss the management of early pregnancy loss, with a focus on medical options.
2. Review the pharmacology of mifepristone and misoprostol.
3. Summarize recommendations as outlined in clinical practice guidelines.
4. Examine current practices at the IWK Early Pregnancy Complications Clinic.
5. Discuss suggestions for best practice and barriers to change moving forward.
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Presenter: Dr. Jamie Kroft
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Dr. Kroft is the Deputy Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. She specializes in minimally invasive gynaecologic surgery. She completed her residency at the University of Toronto and her fellowship at Sunnybrook, certified through the American Association of Gynaecologic Laparoscopists. She is part of the AAGL fellowship training program for gynaecologic laparoscopy at Sunnybrook. She completed her Masters in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University and she is the current President of CanSAGE (the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Gynaecologic Excellence).
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Combined Grand Round Presentation via Zoom (Anesthesia & Obstetrics)
7:15AM-8:15AM
Zoom Meeting link : https://nsanesthesia.ca/s/join-rounds
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Meeting ID: 722 293 3848, Passcode: rounds
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This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Reminder to get CME credits for attending Grand Rounds you must complete the evaluation ideally within 1 week; Record Attendance - Your Account - Dalhousie Anesthesia IIS (nsanesthesia.ca) Failure to do so within 5 weeks results in no credit being earned.
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Presenter: Dr. Tracey Vogel
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Professor and Head
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Robin Hansen is an Associate Professor at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of Prison Born, an analysis of childbirth and incarceration in Canada. An international law specialist, her primary research interest is on how legal personhood is constructed within legal systems, and particularly how this construction frames accountability. Her examination of legal personhood has led Professor Hansen to study systemic biases in law. Her current scholarship examines the rights of newborn children not to be separated from their mothers by the state without due process.
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A scathing critique of the colonial legal system’s denial of children’s rights
One afternoon in 2016, law professor Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line is “Jacquie”—a pregnant Indigenous woman, nine weeks from her due date and terrified for the welfare of her unborn son. Jacquie has been sentenced to a custodial prison sentence and her son will be automatically separated from her immediately after his birth.
As Hansen works to help Jacquie with her appeal, she uncovers the legal system’s inherent discrimination against mothers in custody and the children born to them. Using Access to Information requests along with extensive research, Hansen examines the legal rights of these women—the majority of whom are Indigenous—and finds that Jacquie and her son are by no means alone: automatic mother-infant separation without due process remains the norm in most jurisdictions in Canada.
Prison Born calls attention to the colonial and gendered assumptions that continue to underpin the legal system—assumptions that so frequently lead to the violation of the rights and denial of personhood for children and their mothers.
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Presenter:
May S. Sanaee, MD, FRCSC, MHScEd
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgeon
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
University of Alberta
Lois Hole Hospital for Women Urogynaecology Clinic
Edmonton, Alberta
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Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, Associate Dean, Serving and Engaging Society
Dr. Leah Jones, Academic Director, Black Health, at Dalhousie Medical School
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