Faculty

Co-Chairs

Alain Bitton, MD FRCPC AGAF CAGF Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology McGill University Montreal, QC	John K. Marshall, MD MSc FRCPC CAGF AGAF Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Plenary Presenters
Vipul Jairath, MBChB DPhil MRCP FRCPC Professor of Medicine Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University London, ON Cathy Lu, MD FRCPC Assistant Professor University of Calgary Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foothills Medical Centre Calgary, AB Jeffrey McCurdy, MD PhD FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital Ottawa, ON	Maitreyi Raman, MD MSc FRCPC CAGF Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine Director Clinician Investigator Program Director AsCEND (Alberta's Collaboration of Excellence for Nutrition in Digestive Diseases) Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB Peter George Rossos, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto Toronto General Hospital Toronto, ON
Expert Panelists / Workshop Facilitators / Session Chairs
Anissa M. Armet, PhD, RD Postdoctoral Researcher Registered Dietitian Department of Pediatrics University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Matthieu Allez, MD PhD Bruce Kaufman IBD Research Chair Research Institute - McGill University Health Centre Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MUHC Montreal, QC Edmond-Jean Bernard, MD MSc (Epid) FRCPC CMQ Assistant Professor Gastroenterology University of Montreal Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Co-director of IBD Clinic, CHUM Montreal, QC Charles N. Bernstein, MD FRCPC Distinguished Professor of Medicine Director, University of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre Bingham Chair in Gastroenterology Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB Talat Bessissow, MD MSc FRCPC Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Montreal General Hospital McGill University Health Center Montreal, QC Brian Bressler, MD MS FRCPC Head, Division of Gastroenterology, Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia Lead Physician, GI Clinic, Surgical Program, Providence Health Care Founder, The IBD Centre of BC Director, Advanced IBD Training Program, University of British Columbia Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC Michael Byrne, MA MD (Cantab) FRCPC Founder and Chairman of Dova Health Intelligence Clinical Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Vancouver General Hospital University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC Anthony de Buck van Overstraeten, MD MSc Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Colorectal surgeon, Chief of IBD section Cleveland Clinic Ohio Cleveland, OH USA Brian G. Feagan, MD FRCPC Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Western University Senior Scientific Director, Alimentiv Inc London ON Russ Greiner, PhD Professor, Faculty of Science - Computing Science University of Alberta Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Amii Edmonton, AB Hien Huynh, MD Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Department of Pediatrics University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Reena Khanna, MD MSc FRCPC Assistant Dean, Clinical Research Training Professor of Medicine Western University London, ON Karen I. Kroeker, MD MSc FRCPC UAH Gastroenterology Site Chief Professor of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Sally Lawrence, MBChB FRCPCH Clinical Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Pediatric Gastroenterologist BC Children's Hospital Vancouver, BC	Dustin Loomes, MD FRCPC Director, Vancouver Island IBD Clinic Pacific Digestive Health / Royal Jubilee Hospital Clinical Professor, UBC Victoria, BC Dermot McGovern, MD Professor of Medicine & Professor Biomedical Sciences Cedars-Sinai Director of Precision Health Medicine Los Angeles, CA Neeraj Narula, MD MPH FRCPC Hamilton Health Sciences Associate Professor Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton, ON Sophie Plamondon, MD FRCPC Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology University of Sherbrooke Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke-Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu Sherbrooke, QC Maitreyi Raman, MD MSc FRCPC CAGF Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine Director Clinician Investigator Program Director AsCEND (Alberta's Collaboration of Excellence for Nutrition in Digestive Diseases) Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB Greg Rosenfeld MD MHSc FRCPC Founder, IBD Centre of BC Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology University of British Columbia Gastroenterologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Vancouver, BC Peter G. Rossos, MD MBA FRCP(C) FACP CAGF Chief Medical Information Officer, University Health Network Professor of Medicine, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, ON 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, AB Christopher Sheasgreen, MD FRCPC Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Dalhousie University Memorial University of Newfoundland Moncton Hospital Moncton, NB Mark S Silverberg, MD PhD FRCPC Staff Gastroenterologist Mount Sinai Hospital Director Toronto Immune and Digestive Health Institute Toronto, ON Laura Targownik, MD MSHS Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Mount Sinai Hospital Departmental Division Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Toronto Toronto, ON Chadwick Williams, MD FRCPC Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University Division of Gastroenterology Internal Medicine Site Lead, Dartmouth General Hospital Endoscopy Site Lead, Dartmouth General Hospital Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Chair, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Dartmouth, NS Eytan Wine, MD PhD FRCPC Division Head Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Hospital for Sick Children Professor, University of Toronto Toronto, ON
MIIBD XXV 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.