Faculty

Nutrition and IBD Symposium: Feeding the Future of IBD Care SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2026, 8:30 AM-1:00 PM Faculty List
Co-Chairs/Faculty:
Anissa Armet, PhD RD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Pediatrics University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Natasha Haskey, RD PhD Research Associate Irving K Barber Faculty of Science, Biology University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus Kelowna, BC	Maitreyi Raman, MD MSc FRCPC CAGF Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine Director AsCEND (Alberta's Collaboration of Excellence for Nutrition in Digestive Diseases) Past Director Clinician Investigator Program Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB
Faculty
Victoria Christiansen, RD Registered Dietitian Red Deer, AB Stephanie Gold, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Gastroenterologist, Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY	Alexa Sasson, MD Assistant Professor University of Toronto Clinician Investigator Toronto General Hospital, Research Institute Toronto, ON Eytan Wine, MD PhD FRCPC Division Head Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Hospital for Sick Children Professor of Paediatrics and Immunology University of Toronto Toronto, ON

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.

Nutrition and IBD Symposium