We are pleased to announce the 13th Annual Cardiovascular Residents’ Research Competition, co-sponsored this year by Pfizer and Novartis.

Cardiology program directors from across Canada are specially invited to advertise the competition to the widest possible eligible audience and attend the Lake Louise presentations. Previous participants have found the Residents’ Research Competition rewarding and interesting — and have gone on to an active role in academic and clinical cardiology in Canada.

Deadline for Abstracts: Thursday, January 31
Pre-Conference Competition: 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, at Lake Louise
Awards: Wednesday, March 19, during ACC Lake Louise 2008

Eligibility and Submission
The competition is open to all cardiology and cardiac surgery residents and fellows in training programs in Canada. Submissions must be based upon work carried out within the three core years of cardiology training. In the case of collaborative research projects, the applicant must be the principle investigator and have personally carried out or directed the bulk of the work.

We strongly encourage the presentation of a personal research project designed and carried out to answer a clinical question. Applicants must submit a one-page abstract summarizing the case, the question, and the resultant research on or before January 31, 2008, to

J. Wayne Warnica, MD FRCP(C) FACC
Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise
C849, Department of Cardiac Sciences
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9

Phone (403) 944-1020
Fax (403) 944-1592
wwarnica@ucalgary.ca

Guidelines
Each applicant will identify a clinical problem (a case) that introduces or presents a clinical question. The case must trigger an hypothesis-driven research project designed to answer the clinical question, and the submitted abstract must clearly state the hypothesis upon which the project has been based.

Judging Procedures
From the submitted abstracts, a panel of judges will select the best four (4) submissions. The four winners will be invited to attend the conference at Lake Louise to present a 15 minute dissertation before an international panel of judges from among the Conference faculty and Canadian cardiovascular community.

Lake Louise Conference presentations will be judged on the quality of research carried out to answer a clinical question and the quality of the presentation itself. The research may include a detailed review of the relevant literature or a review of local or national experience relevant to the question raised.

Awards
The four competition finalists will receive grants from Pfizer and Novartis to cover transportation costs and registration fees to attend the Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise. The winning resident or fellow will be recognized appropriately at the conference and invited to present his or her work to all conference attendees on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

2008 Residents’ Research Competition Poster

Recent Winners
2007 – Dr. Francois-Pierre Mongeon, CHU Montreal
2006 – Dr. E. Marc Jolicoeur, Montreal
2005 – Dr. Jean-Francois Sarrazin, Quebec City
2004 – Dr. Justin Ezekowitz, U of Alberta
2003 – Dr. Subodh Verma, U of Calgary, U of Toronto
2002 – unavailable
2001 – unavailable
2000 – Dr. P. J. Devereaux, Dalhousie
1999 – unavailable
1998 – Dr. Satish Raj, Queen’s U, Ontario
1997 – Dr. Chris Simpson, Queen’s U, Ontario
1996 – Dr. Derek Exner, U of Calgary

╬ Supported by Pfizer Canada Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.