CCR Journal Club
Calgary Community Respiratory Journal Club
Date: July 31, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: Lung Cancer: The Evolving Role of the Respirologist
Speaker: Dr. Gurbir Kaur Brar
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: August 7, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: : Dupilumab: New Updates from the ATS Conference,
Speaker: Katie Saunders, Sanofi
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: June 12, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: : Practical strategies for managing patients with COPD with type 2 inflammation
Speaker: Dr. James Vallerand MD , Respirologist & Kaling Leung CRE
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: April 24, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: Bleeding Risk with Apixaban vs. Rivaroxaban in Acute Venous Thromboembolism
Speaker: Dr. Natalie Morgunov MD FRCPC, Respirology& Internal Medicine,U-Breathe
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided, sponsor BI
Date: May 8, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: Ambulatory oxygen for treatment of exertional hypoxemia in pulmonary fibrosis
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin, Respirologist, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided: Sponsor Astra Zeneca
Date: April 28, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: Signals That Matter: Endotypes, ACO, and New Data Shaping Eosinophilic Airways Care
Speaker: Dr. David Jackson FRCP, MSc, PhD
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided, sponsor AZ
Date: January 16, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: ABRYSVO (RSV) Vaccine Update
Speaker: Patrick Austin, Pfizer
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: January 30, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: Optimal COPD Management Through Personalized Inhaled Therapy
Speaker: Dr. Bryan Ross M.D., F.R.C.P.C., M.Sc. B.Sc.H. Respirologist
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: February 6, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: Anti-IL-5 Therapy in Airway Disease: Where are we now and where the data's heading
Speaker: Diana Pham MSL, GSK
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: January 9, 2026: 12pm start
Topic: Novel Treatment for COPD with Biological Therapy (Dupixent)
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology & Virtually
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Medical@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: December, 2025: 12pm start
Topic: TBD
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: November 21, 2025: 1145 start time
Topic: An Overview of CRE Updates
Speaker: Zahira RRT CRE
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: November 14, 2025: 12pm start
Topic: RWE in Tezepelumab
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Jagers, MSL at AstraZeneca
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: October 17, 2025: 12pm start
Topic: Prevnar 20: Expanding Pneumococcal Protection for Adults with Asthma and COPD
Guest Speaker: Tinu Oyenola, MD, MPH
Scientist, Medical Affairs, Pfizer
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: October 10, 2025: 1145am start
Topic:
TBD
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin, Respirologist
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: September 28, 2025: 12 pm start
Topic:
Nerandomilast in Patients with Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis (a review)
Speaker: Dr. Natalie Morgunov, Respirologist
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: September 5, 2025: 1215 start time
Topic: A Review of
Clinical Remission Over 2 Years With Benralizumab in Severe Eosinophliic Asthma
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin, Respirologist
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: August 29, 2025: 12pm start time
Topic:
Management of COPD & novel therapy Ensifentrine (not approved in Canada yet)
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin, Respirologist
Location: Nolanridge NW, U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 155 Nolanridge Crt NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: June 6, 2025: 12pm start
Topic:
Treating eosinophilic exacerbations of asthma and COPD with Benralizumab (ABRA): a double-blind, double-dummy, active placebo-controlled randomized trial.
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin, Respirologist
Location: Bow River NW U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 4411 16 Ave NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: April 25, 2025 12pm-1pm
Topic:
GINA Guidelines; Updates to Asthma management
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin, Respirologist
Location: Bow River NW U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 4411 16 Ave NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided
Date: March 7, 2025 12pm
Topic:
Review of COPD Guidelines
Speaker: Dr. Olga Tourin, Respirologist
Location: Bow River NW U-Breathe Respirology
Address: Suite 205, 4411 16 Ave NW
**Please note this journal club meeting is open to Family Physicians (all specialties), and Health Care Providers.
Please RSVP to Catherine@u-breathe.ca
* Lunch will be provided