2024 Vasculitis Seminar Archives

Dr. Ross completed an undergraduate doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) and then completed her medical studies at the University of Montreal. She is a general internist at the Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal and is an assistant clinical professor also at the University of Montreal. She is co-director of the autoimmune vasculitis research program and is a member of the Canadian Vasculitis Research Group (CanVasc). She is also involved in the international Pregnancy Vasculitis Registry (VPREG). Her main research interests are the treatments and potential complications of autoimmune vasculitis, as well as the effect of vasculitis on pregnancy in order to improve maternal and fetal outcomes.

Dr. Ross completed his fellowship training in autoimmune vasculitis and obstetrical internal medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Makhzoum completed his training in general internal medicine at the University of Montreal, in autoimmune vasculitis at the University of Toronto, in large vessel imaging in Norway, in basic immunology at Harvard University and completed a master's degree in clinical epidemiology at the University of Sydney.

Dr. Makhzoum is a general internist at the Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal and an associate professor at the University of Montreal. He directs the autoimmune vasculitis research program. He is a member of the Canadian Vasculitis Research Group (CanVasc) and the Vascultis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC). He seeks to improve diagnostic tools and predict the risk of recurrence and complications in vasculitis. He also participates in several national and international clinical studies seeking new therapeutic options for vasculitis.

Dr. Goulet is a general internist, assistant clinical professor at the Université de Montréal, and head of the internal medicine department at the Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal. She completed her bachelor's degree in pharmacy at Laval University and then her studies in internal medicine and general internal medicine at the Université de Montréal in 2009.

She continued her further training in vasculitis at the National Reference Center for Autoimmune Diseases at Cochin Hospital in Paris. She is a co-founding member of the autoimmune vasculitis clinic at Sacré-Coeur Hospital, where she heads the autoimmune deafness expertise sector.

Dr. Rhéaume completed his medical training and residency in internal medicine at the Université de Montréal. He has been an internist at the Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal since 2014 and is an assistant clinical professor at the Université de Montréal. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in systemic vasculitis at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is co-founder of the Vasculitis Clinic at the Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal.

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Dr. Belhocine completed her medical doctorate at the University of Montreal as well as her residency in internal medicine. She completed her additional training in systemic autoimmune diseases, the lupus axis, and anti-phospholipid syndrome at the Reference Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases affiliated with Cochin Hospital in Paris.

Dr. Belhocine also holds a Diploma in Immunohematology in Internal Medicine from the University of Paris-Est Créteil. She practices as an internist at the Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal and is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Montreal. Dr. Belhocine participated in the creation of the vasculitis clinic in 2018 and has practiced there ever since.

Dr. Ducharme completed her medical studies at McGill University and her residency in internal medicine and general internal medicine at the University of Montreal. She is an internist at the Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal and an assistant clinical professor at the University of Montreal. She completed her fellowship training in autoinflammatory diseases and AA amyloidosis at the French reference center at Tenon Hospital in Paris, as well as in joint ultrasound at Saint-Antoine Hospital, also in Paris. She is co-founder of the Autoinflammatory Diseases and Dysimmunity Clinic and a member of the Vasculitis and Rapid Access Clinic in Giant Cell Arteritis at Sacré-Coeur Hospital.

His main research interests include the characterization, diagnosis and therapeutic management of autoinflammatory diseases and AA amyloidosis as well as improving the diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis.