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 Josh Berman President & CEO Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Toronto, ON Whitney Bryant, BHSc MEd RPsych Psychologist Cascade Health Calgary, AB Kenneth Croitoru, MDCM FRCPC Canada Research Chair in IBD Professor of Medicine and Immunology University of Toronto Division of Gastroenterology Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, ON Sharyle Fowler, MD FRCPC Associate Professor University of Saskatchewan Royal University Hospital Saskatoon, SK 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 Simon Hirota, PhD CAGF Canada Research Chair in Host-Microbe Interactions and Chronic Disease Director of the Intestinal Inflammation Tissue Bank Associate Dean of Research Infrastructure Cumming School of Medicine Associate Professor Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute University of Calgary Calgary, AB Gilaad Kaplan, MD MPH FRCPC CAGF AGAF FCAHS, Killam Laureate Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Calgary, AB Paulo Gustavo Kotze, MD MSc PhD Adjunct Senior Professor of Surgery, Health Sciences Postgraduate Program Colorectal Surgery Unit Cajuru University Hospital of the Catholic University of Paraná Curitiba, Brazil Kate Lee, PhD MBA Vice-President, Research & Patient Programs Crohn's and Colitis Canada Toronto, 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 Derek McKay, PhD CAGF FAPS FCAHS Director, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases; Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB Sanjay Murthy, MD MSc (Epid) FRCPC Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa Staff Physician, The Ottawa Hospital IBD Centre Associate Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Adjunct Scientist, ICES uOttawa Ottawa, ON Yasmin Nasser, MD PhD FRCPC CAGF AGAF Associate Professor, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB Geoffrey Nguyen, MD PhD FRCPC National Lead, Promoting Access and Care through Centres of Excellence (PACE) Professor of Medicine University of Toronto and the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation Clinician Scientist, Zane Cohen Center for Digestive Diseases Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, ON Joshua Ramjist, MD MSc MBA FRCSC Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery University of Toronto Staff Surgeon, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Sick Kids Hospital Toronto, ON Lisa Reynolds, MSc PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science University of Victoria Victoria, BC Matthew Sheppard. MD FRCPC Director, Pain Medicine Residency Program Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Staff, Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital 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 Bhupesh Thakur, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow, Croutoru Lab 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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