Faculty - Meeting of the Minds - Crohn’s and Colitis Canada

Faculty

Co-Chairs
Remo Panaccione, MD FRCPC (he/him/his) Professor of Medicine University of Calgary CCC Chair in IBD Research Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit Assistant Dean of MD Admissions Undergraduate Medical Education Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB	A. Hillary Steinhart, MD MSc FRCPC Professor of Medicine University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre Toronto, ON
Faculty
Eric Benchimol, MD PhD FRCPC Northbridge Financial Corporation Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, SickKids IBD Centre The Hospital for Sick Children Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Toronto, ON Jean-Eric Ghia, PhD HDR CAGF AGAF Communication Director Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research IBD Clinical & Research Centre Department of Immunology, Internal Medicine Section of Gastroenterology Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences University of Manitoba President, Alliance Française Manitoba Vice-Président, Acfas-Manitoba Winnipeg, MB Vipul Jairath, MBChB DPhil MRCP FRCPC Professor of Medicine Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University London, ON Sally Lawrence, MBChB FRCPCH Clinical Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Pediatric Gastroenterologist BC Children's Hospital Vancouver, BC Sun-Ho Lee, MD PhD Assistant Professor, Clinician Scientist Mount Sinai Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases Faculty of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto Toronto, ON Kate Lee, PhD MBA Vice-President, Research & Patient Programs Crohn's and Colitis Canada Toronto, ON Jeffrey McCurdy, MD PhD FRCPC Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital Ottawa, ON	Eytan Wine, MD PhD FRCPC Division Head Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Hospital for Sick Children Professor, University of Toronto Toronto, ON
CFD Scientific Steering Committee
Eric Benchimol, MD PhD FRCPC University of Toronto, ON Jean-Eric Ghia, PhD HDR CAGF AGAF University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Kate Lee, PhD MBA Crohn's and Colitis Canada, Toronto, ON	Remo Panaccione, MD FRCPC University of Calgary, AB A. Hillary Steinhart, MD MSc FRCPC University of Toronto, ON

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.

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