Member Profile

Dr. Georges Etienne Rivard
MD, FRCPC, FAAP

Dr Rivard graduated in medicine at Université de Montréal. He trained in pediatrics at Université de Montréal, in hematology-oncology at McGill University in Montreal and at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital , and in hemostasis at University of Southern California

Dr. Rivard’s main focus has been on clinical and laboratory investigation of congenital and acquired bleeding disorders with a main interest on coagulation inhibitors.

Key Publications
  1. Rivard GE, Girard M, Bélanger R, Jutras M, Guay JP. Synoviorthesis with colloïdal 32P chromic phosphate for the treatment of hemophilic arthropathy. J Bone and Joint Surg 1994; 76:482-8.
  2. Rivard GE, Lillicrap D, Poon MC, Demers C, Lépine M , St-Louis J, Warner M. Can activated recombinant factor VII be used to postpone the exposure of infants to factor VIII until after 2 years of age? Haemophilia 2005; 11: 335-9
  3. Rivard GE, Brummel-Ziedins KE, Mann KG, Fan L, Hofer A, Cohen E. Evaluation of the profile of thrombin generation during the process of whole blood clotting as assessed by thrombelastography. J Thromb Haemost. 2005; 3: 2039-43
  4. Brummel-Ziedins KE, Whelihan MF, Gissel M, Mann KG, Rivard GE. Thrombin generation and bleeding in haemophilia A. 2009;15:1118-25
  5. Hayward CP, Rivard GE. Quebec platelet disorder. Expert Rev Hematol 2011;2:137-41

Publications

May 1, 2012

An MRI scale for assessment of hemophilic arthropathy from the International Prophylaxis Study Group.

Authors
Lundin B, Manco-Johnson ML, Ignas DM, Moineddin R, Blanchette VS, Dunn AL, Gibikote SV, Keshava SN, Ljung R, Manco-Johnson MJ, Miller SF, Rivard GE, Doria AS on behalf of the International Prophylaxis Study Group.
Citation
Haemophilia 2012 Nov; 18 (6):962-70
July 23, 2011

An MRI scale for Assessment of Hemophilic Arthropathy from the International Prophylaxis Study Group

The XXIII International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis Congress (July 23-28, 2011 – Kyoto, Japan).
Authors
Lundin B, Manco-Johnson ML, Ignas D, Moineddin R , Babyn P, Blanchette VS, Dunn A , Gibikote SV, Keshava SN, Ljung R, Manco-Johnson MJ ,Miller SF, Rivard GE, Doria AS on behalf of the International Prophylaxis Study Group.
Citation
Award: Red ribbon award for the top ranked 20% of poster presentations.
July 1, 2011

An MRI scale for assessment of hemophilic arthropathy from the International Prophylaxis Study Group

Haemophilia 2012 Nov; 18 (6):962-70
Authors
Lundin B, Manco-Johnson ML, Ignas DM, Moineddin R, Blanchette VS, Dunn AL, Gibikote SV, Keshava SN, Ljung R, Manco-Johnson MJ,Miller SF, Rivard GE, Doria AS on behalf of the International Prophylaxis Study Group.
Citation
Accepted to the XXIII International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress (July 23-28, 2011 – Koyoto, Japan).
January 28, 2011

Validation of a new pediatric joint scoring system from the International Hemophilia Prophylaxis Study Group: Validity of the Hemophilia Joint Health Score (HJHS).

Authors
Feldman BM, Funk S, Bergstrom B-M, Zourikian N, Hilliard P, van der Net J, Engelbert RHH, Petrini P, van den Berg M , Manco-Johnson M, Rivard GE, Abad A, and Blanchette VS.
Citation
Arthritis Care & Research 2011 Feb; 63 (2):223-30.
December 30, 2007

Reliability and construct validity of the compatible MRI scoring system for evaluation of elbows in haemophilic children.

Authors
Doria AS, Lundin B, Miller S, Kilcoyne R (In Memoriam), Dunn A, Thomas S, Rivard G, Moineddin R, Babyn PS, and the Expert Imaging Working Group of the International Prophylaxis Study Group.
Citation
Haemophilia 2008 Mar; 14 (2): 303 - 314.
August 15, 2006

Reliability and construct validity of the compatible MRI scoring system for evaluation of haemophilic knees and ankles of haemophilic children. Expert MRI Working Group of the International Prophylaxis Study Group.

Authors
Doria AS, Babyn PS, Lundin B, Kilcoyne RF, Miller S, Rivard GE, Moineddin R, and Pettersson H.
Citation
Haemophilia 2006 Sept; 12: 503 – 513.
May 10, 2006

MRI scoring systems in hemophilic arthropathy.

Authors
Lundin B, Doria A, Kilcoyne R, Babyn P, Miller S, Nuss R, Rivard G, Pettersson H, and Blanchette V.
Citation
Haemophilia 2006 May; 12 (S2): # 22 S 685
May 5, 2005

Reliability of progressive and additive MRI scoring systems for evaluation of haemophilic arthropathy in children: Expert MRI Working Group of the International Prophylaxis Study Group.

Authors
Doria AS, Lundin B, Kilcoyne RF, Babyn PS, Miller S, Nuss R, Rivard G, Stephens D, and Pettersson H.
Citation
Haemophilia 2005 May; 11: 245 – 253
March 15, 2005

Compatible scales for progressive and additive MRI assessments of haemophilic arthropathy.

Authors
Lundin B, Babyn P, Doria AS, Kilcoyne R, Ljung R, Miller S, Nuss R, Rivard GE, and Pettersson H on behalf of the International Prophylaxis Study Group.
Citation
Haemophilia 2005 Mar; 11: 109 – 115.
October 8, 2004

Physical therapy and imaging outcome measures in a haemophilia population treated with factor prophylaxis: current status and future directions.

Authors
Manco-Johnson MJ, Pettersson H, Petrini P, Babyn PS, Bergstrom B-M, Bradley CS , Doria AS, Feldman BM, Funk S, Hilliard P, Kilcoyne R, Lundin B, Nuss R, Rivard G, Schoenmakers MA, van den berg M, Wiedel J, Zourikian N, and Blanchette VS.
Citation
Haemophilia 2004 Oct; 10 (S4):88 – 93.