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GeriMedRisk offers free monthly webcast accredited educational rounds on topics related to safe prescribing for older adults. Registration is required to attend. For monthly updates, please join our mailing list.
June 2, 2026 | 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Presentation Title
When to Stop Statins? The New Evidence-Based Statin Deprescribing Guideline
Presenter
Dr. Wade Thompson, PharmD, MSc, PhD
Dr. Wade Thompson, PharmD, MSc, PhD
Dr. Wade Thompson is a deprescribing researcher and clinician with more than a decade of experience studying and evaluating strategies to reduce unnecessary medication use to improve the well-being of older adults. He is dedicated to finding ways to ensure older adults are only taking medications that are effective, safe, and consistent with their healthcare goals and treatment preferences. Dr. Thompson’s research is inspired by his experiences as a pharmacist in long-term care and primary care, working with older people and other healthcare providers to improve older persons’ well-being by safely reducing or stopping medications when they are no longer a good fit.
Dr. Thompson is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics and a member of the UBC Therapeutics Initiative. He completed his BScPhm and PharmD at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, MSc in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa, and his Ph.D. at the University of Southern Denmark.
Dr. Thompson was a member of the inaugural United States Deprescribing Network Junior Investigator Intensive, was co-chair of the 1st International Conference on Deprescribing (held in Denmark in 2022), is co-creator of the Network of European Researchers in Deprescribing (NERD), and is an executive committee and research committee member of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network.
Dr. Thompson has been at the forefront of bringing attention to deprescribing and the benefits of good medication management. Check out some of the internationally recognized guidelines and decision-support tools he helped develop here.
We will be hosting an additional evening replay session that will broadcast a recording of Dr. Thompson's presentation, When to Stop Statins? The New Evidence-Based Statin Deprescribing Guideline. Please register separately to attend the replay session.
Replay session: June 3 at 7:00 PM EST
Register for the June Replay Session
Please note: this replay session will not be interactive.
We will be hosting an additional evening replay session that will broadcast a recording of Dr. Sirisegaram’s presentation, Aging While Living with HIV. Please register separately to attend the replay session.
Replay session: May 20 at 7:00 PM EST
Register for the May Replay Session
Please note: this replay session will not be interactive.
Complete your anonymous presenter evaluation here for May rounds: Presenter Evaluation Form
Complete your anonymous presenter evaluation here for June rounds: Presenter Evaluation Form
GeriMedRisk - Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity, Section 1, as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Do you share GeriMedRisk Rounds presentation slides or archive presentation recordings?
We do not share presentation slides or archive presentation recordings. Our presenters are renowned and offer their expertise at no cost. We also aim to ensure that our education and resources remain current, scientifically based, and reflective of best practices. Due to the risk of presentation materials being altered or incorrectly interpreted, we are unable to attach or forward slide decks.
With presenter permission, we may host one evening replay session of the recorded Rounds presentation. If a replay is being offered, it will be posted on this page.
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