Dr. Iqbal Jaffer, Dr. Sabira Kanani at the ICAIR Conference 2025, Jaffari Community Centre, Toronto.
Speaker
Dr. Sabira Kanani hails originally from Birmingham, UK. She completed her medical school at the University of Birmingham and gained licensure of the General Medical Council of the UK. Following this, she migrated to Australia where she worked for two years as a Senior House Officer and Registrar in Palliative care. In 2011, she immigrated to Canada and completed residency in Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, Credit Valley Hospital. In 2014 she was employed as a palliative care physician at Hamilton Health Sciences, Juravinski Hospital. She was also Medical Director at Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice in Hamilton from 2016 to 2023. Currently she is Co-Head of Service for Palliative Care Consultation Services at Hamilton Health Sciences and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
Dr. Iqbal Jaffer is a cardiac surgeon based at McMaster University in Hamilton. He completed all his training at McMaster including a PhD in Blood contacting medical devices. He is currently assistant professor in surgery, residency program director for cardiac surgery, surgical lead for the TAVR program and surgical lead for the ECLS program. He has developed the Future Leaders in Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology program with Edwards Lifesciences and he is currently undertaking a Royal College certificate as a clinician educator. He has a wife who is a palliative care physician and two sons who keep him humble and if there is any time left, he enjoys baking and playing golf.
In this talk
- 0:00 · Introduction and Purpose of the Case Study
- 1:13 · Initial Diagnosis: Lung Cancer and Aortic Stenosis
- 2:23 · Early Treatment Decisions and Life Preservation
- 3:19 · Cancer Recurrence and Incurable Disease
- 4:21 · Treatment Options, Burden, and Scope of Care
- 6:11 · Complications, Heart Procedures, and Symptom Relief
- 8:05 · Transition to Palliative Care
- 18:21 · Prognosis, DNR Decisions, and Goals of Care
- 21:33 · Medical Assistance in Dying: Law and Patient Questions
- 26:14 · End-of-Life Care at Home and Hospice
- 30:08 · Concluding Reflections and Key Lessons