Agenda

 

Session 1: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2024
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST
18:00 Opening Remarks: Welcome Usha Chauhan
18:05 Buffet Dinner and Awards (65 minutes)
  • Travel & Research Awards and IBD Fellowship Recipients
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  
19:10 Icebreaker & Networking session Meg Soper
20:00 Closing Remarks Jennifer Stretton
Session 2: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2024
8:30 am to 3:05 pm EST
07:30 Registration and Breakfast  
08:30 Attend Canada Future Directions for the presentation of the awards  
09:00 CANIBD - Opening Remarks Jennifer Stretton
09:15 1.1 The Secret Sauce: Thriving in Times of Change
Keynote Speaker – Meg Soper
Moderator: Jennifer Stretton
10:25 Refreshment Break (15 minutes)  
10:40 2.1 Liver and IBD Update
Dr. Jordan Feld
11:15 2.2 Discussion/Q&A Moderator:
Marie Louise Martin
11:25 3.1 Feeding the Gut: Insights on Nutrition and Microbiome in IBD
Dr. Genelle Lunken
12:00 3.2 Discussion/Q&A Moderator: Colleen Johnston
12:10 Lunch & Networking (60 minutes)  
13:10 4.1 Managing hernias, prolapses and other frequent problems impacting our stoma patients
Rose Raizman
13:45 4.2 Discussion/Q&A
Moderator: Melanie Watson
13:55 5.1 Fertility, Preconception counselling and postpartum care for our IBD patients Dr. Vivian Huang
14:30 5.2 Discussion/Q&A Moderator: Brenda O’Connor
14:40 Have Your Say Barbara Currie and Usha Chauhan
15:00 Evaluations and Closing Remarks Jennifer Stretton

  • 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.