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Understanding Patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Dr. Juan Guzman, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
May 11, 2022
12:00-1:00pm Eastern Time
Learning Objectives
- Better understand the symptoms, presentations and underlying mechanisms in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).
- Describe how POTS is diagnosed and which tests can be helpful.
- Describe the association with other diseases and when to suspect POTS in them.
- Have knowledge of current and future treatments used in patients with POTS.
MOC Accreditation
The live online activity: Understanding Patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome is an educational activity approved as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of Continuing Professional Development options as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As an accredited provider, CSIM has approved this program for 1 credit hour.
Please note:
- View faculty and planning committee conflict of interest disclosures.
- Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activities.
- Claim your MOC credits at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Mainport site.
About Dr. Juan Guzman
Dr. Guzman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University and the Director of the Syncope and Autonomic Disorders Unit affiliated with the Arrhythmia Service at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS).
After receiving his MD degree from the Universidad Industrial de Santander, in Colombia in 2000, he moved to Canada in 2004 and joined
the Syncope and Autonomic Disorders Unit at McMaster University as a Clinical/Research Fellow. He has collaborated on several research projects related mostly to the pathophysiological mechanism of vasovagal syncope as well as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension (NOH), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). He has also collaborated in Randomized Control
Trials assessing non-pharmacological and pharmacological therapies for the management of syncope, and haso participated in different mechanistic and physiological studies in the area of chronic orthostatic intolerance.
In 2007, Dr. Guzman was accepted into the Internal Medicine residency program at McMaster University and received a certification as an Internal Medicine Specialist. During the same time, he pursued and obtained a master’s degree in Health Research Methodology also at McMaster University.