This message is forwarded to you on behalf of Douglas Bradley. Dear Colleagues: Dr. Robert D. Brook, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan Division of Cardiology, an international authority on the cardiovascular consequences of air pollution, will be our Merck Frosst Distinguished Visiting Professor on Tuesday December 4. At noon, in the 12th floor Bayer Conference Room, Eaton Central, TGH, he will be presenting Cardiology Academic Rounds on the topic of "Air pollution and cardio-metabolic diseases-a potential global health epidemic". We have set aside time for members of the Department interested in discussing their own work with Dr. Brook to meet between 9 and 3 p.m. on December 4. If you wish to do so, please contact me directly with your preferred times. With thanks John Floras John S. Floras MD DPhil FRCPC FACC FAHA FESC Canada Research Chair in Integrative Cardiovascular Biology Director, Research, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Cardiology Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 1614-600 University Avenue Toronto ON Canada M5G 1X5 Phone: (416) 586 8704 Fax: (416) 586 8702 email: [log in to unmask]