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 Director, Division of Gastroenterology McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Plenary Presenters
Edward L. Barnes, MD MPH Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center Director for Clinical Research, Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC USA Brendan Halloran, MD FRCPC Associate Professor & Director Advanced Gastroenterology Fellowships University of Alberta Director, Small Bowel Endoscopy Program University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, AB	Mark Kirchhoff, MD PhD FRCPC FAAD Division Head of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital Associate Ottawa Derm & Surgery Centre Ottawa, ON Christopher Ma, MD MPH FRCPC Associate Professor Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology & Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences University of Calgary Foothills Medical Center Calgary, AB Michelle Sholzberg, MDCM MSc FRCPC Medical Director, Coagulation Laboratory St. Michael’s Hospital Co-Director Hematology-Oncology Clinical Research Group & Hematology-Immunology Translational Research Theme Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, ON
Expert Panelists / Workshop Facilitators / Session Chairs
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 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 Maxime Delisle, MD FRCPC Assistant Professor, University of Sherbrooke Gastroenterologist, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, QC Vivian Huang, MD MSc FRCPC Associate Professor & Clinican Investigator Division of Gastroenterology University of Toronto Director, Preconception & Pregnancy in IBD Program Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, ON Vipul Jairath, MBChB DPhil MRCP FRCPC Professor of Medicine Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University London, ON Reena Khanna, MD MSc FRCPC Assistant Dean, Clinical Research Training Professor of Medicine Western University London, ON 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 Karen I. Kroeker, MD MSc FRCPC UAH Gastroenterology Site Chief Professor of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, MD FRCPC University of Montreal Montreal, QC Yvette PY. Leung, MD FRCPC Associate Clinical Professor University of British Columbia Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Physician Lead, IBD and Pregnancy Clinic Vancouver, BC Dustin Loomes, MD FRCPC Director, Vancouver Island IBD Clinic Pacific Digestive Health / Royal Jubilee Hospital Clinical Professor, UBC Victoria, BC 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	Neeraj Narula, MD MPH FRCPC Associate Professor Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton, ON 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 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 Jesse Siffledeen, MD FRCPC MSc Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology University of Alberta Gastroenterologist, Grey Nuns Hospital Edmonton, AB Mark S Silverberg, MD PhD FRCPC Professor of Medici ne, University of Toronto Staff Gastroenterologist Mount Sinai Hospital Director, Toronto Immune and Digestive Health Institute Toronto, ON Joëlle St-Pierre, MD PhD FRCPC Clinical Assistant Professor Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB 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 Astrid Williams, BSc MBBS FRACP MHSc Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of British Columbia Gastroenterologist, IBD Centre of BC St Paul's Hospital Vancouver, BC 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 XXVII 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 Toronto, 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.