Faculty

Co-Chairs

Alain Bitton, MD FRCPC Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology McGill University Montreal, QC	John K. Marshall, MD MSc FRCPC CAGF AGAF Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Plenary Presenters
Charles N. Bernstein, MD FRCPC Distinguished Professor of Medicine Director, University of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre Bingham Chair in Gastroenterology Winnipeg, MB Melinda Gooderham, MSc MD FRCPC Assistant Professor, Queens University Consultant Physician, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Medical Director, SKiN Centre for Dermatology Principal Investigator, SKiN Research Centre Peterborough, ON Anne Griffiths, MD FRCPC Co-Lead, IBD Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children Senior Associate Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children Professor of Paediatrics University of Toronto Toronto, ON	Miguel Regueiro, MD Chair, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute Cleveland Clinic Professor, Department of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, USA Simon Travis, DPhil FRCP Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology Kennedy Institute and Translational Gastroenterology Unit University of Oxford Oxford, UK
Expert Panelists / Workshop Facilitators/Session Chairs
Brian Bressler, MD MS FRCPC Director, Advanced IBD Training Program Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia St. Paul’s Hospital, Staff Physician Vancouver, BC Brian G. Feagan, MD FRCPC Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Western University Senior Scientific Director, Alimentiv Inc London ON Vipul Jairath, MBChB (hons) DPhil MRCP FRCPC Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Western University London Health Sciences Centre London, ON Reena Khanna, MD MSc FRCPC Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology University of Western Ontario London, ON Karen I. Kroeker, MD MSc FRCPC Program Director, Gastroenterology Director, IBD Clinical Operations and Innovation Associate Professor of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Jeffrey McCurdy, MD PhD FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON	Remo Panaccione, MD FRCPC Professor of Medicine University of Calgary CCC Chair in IBD Research Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit Director, Gastrointestinal Research Assistant Dean of MD Admissions Undergraduate Medical Education Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB Farhad Peerani, BA MD FRCPC Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Cynthia Seow, MBBS (Hons) MSc FRACP Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta A. Hillary Steinhart, MD MSc FRCPC Mount Sinai Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre Professor of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, ON Eytan Wine, MD PhD FRCPC Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
MIIBD XXII Scientific Steering Committee
Alain Bitton, MD FRCPC McGill University, Montreal, QC Karen I. Kroeker, MD MSc FRCPC University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB John K. Marshall, MD MSc FRCPC AGAF McMaster University, Hamilton, ON	Cynthia Seow, MBBS (Hons) MSc FRACP University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Jennifer Stretton, ACNP MN BScN St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON Eytan Wine, MD PhD FRCPC University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Quick FactFaites en bref

Canada has among the highest incidence rates of Crohn's and colitis in the world.
1 in 140 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis.
Families new to Canada are developing these diseases for the first time.
Incidence of Crohn’s in Canadian kids under 10 has doubled since 1995.
People are most commonly diagnosed before age 30.