Program

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm 

Registration

Foyer

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm 

President's Welcome Dinner

Tiara

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration 

Foyer

7:00 am – 9:30 am

Breakfast

UNACCREDITED PROGRAM 

7:30 am – 8:30 am 

Industry Short Snapper Sessions

7:30 am – 7:45 am

Sponsored By:

IL-23 Efficacy and Safety in Ulcerative Colitis (UC) 

Speaker: Dr. Imran Rasul, MD, FRCPC

7:45 am – 8:00 am

Sponsored By:

Interactive IBD Trivia

Speaker: Dr. Laura Targownik, MD, MSHS, FRCPC

8:00 am – 8:15 am 

Sponsored By:

Critically Evaluating Head-to-Head Trials

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Ma, MD, MPH, FRCPC

8:15 am – 8:30 am 

Question and Answer Period

Moderator: Dr. Emily Ching, MD, FRCPC, CAGF

ACCREDITED PROGRAM

8:40 am – 8:50 am 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Green, MD, FRCPC

8:50 am – 9:10 am

Does every patient need a Fibroscan? What about Shear Wave?
Where do other Non-Invasive Tests Fit in?

Speaker: Dr. Erin M . Kelly, MD, MSc., FRCPC

9:10 am – 9:30 am

New Treatments In PBC

Speaker: Dr. Kristel Leung, MD, FRCPC

9:30 am - 9:50 am

Update on Hepatitis C

Speaker: Dr. Marco Puglia, MD, FRCPC

9:50 am – 10:10 am 

Question and Answer Period

Moderator: Dr. Hemant Shah, MD, MScCH, HPTE, FRCPC

10:10 am – 10:40 am

Nutrition Break

Atrium

10:40 am – 11:00 am

Hepatic Complications of Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy

Speaker: Dr. Morven Cunningham, MBBS, PhD, MRCP(UK)

11:00 am – 11:20 am

Pearls for Optimizing Cirrhotic for Surgery

Speaker: Dr. David Hudson, MD, MEng, MHQS, FRCPC, DRCPC

11:20 am - 11:40 pm

Liver Abstracts

Speaker: Dr. Fernanda Onofrio, MD, FRCPC

11:40 pm – 12:00 pm 

Question and Answer Period

Moderator: Dr. Imran Rasul, MD, FRCPC

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Lunch

Tiara

1:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Is it a prime time for combination advanced therapy for treatment in IBD?

Speaker: Dr. Reena Khanna, MD, MSc., FRCPC

1:20 pm - 1:40 pm

The Risk of Malignancy in IBD

Speaker: Dr. Cara Pray, MD, MB BCh BAO, FRCPC

1:40 pm - 2:00 pm

Advanced Endoscopic Techniques in IBD

Speaker: Dr. Michael Sey, MD, FRCPC

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

Question and Answer Period

Moderator: Dr. Natasha Bollegala, Hon BSc., MD, MSc., FRCPC

2:20 pm – 2:45 pm

Nutrition Break

Atrium

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
When and How to Use Small Molecules in Ulcerative Colitis

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Ma, MD, MPH, FRCPC

3:15 pm - 3:35 pm

Management of Dermatologic Complications and Manifestations of IBD

Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Tran, MD, FRCPC, DABD

3:35 pm - 3:55 pm

Question and Answer Period

Moderator: Dr. Ilan Medad, MD, FRCPC

3:55 pm – 4:00 pm

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Green, MD, FRCPC

7:30 am - 12:30 pm

Registration Open

Foyer

7:30 am – 9:30 am

Breakfast

Tiara

ACCREDITED PROGRAM

8:40 am - 8:45 am 

Opening Remarks

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Green, MD, FRCPC

Grand Georgian

8:45 am – 9:30 am 

Case Presentations (Interactive)

Speakers:
Dr. Hemant Shah, MD, MScCH, HOTE, FRCPC – [Liver]
Dr. Arif Yusuf, MD, FRCPC - [IBD]

Panelists:
Dr. Siwar Albashir, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Erin M. Kelly,  MD, MSc., FRCPC
Dr. Marco Puglia, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Parul Tandon, DO, PhD, FRCPC

Moderator:
Dr. Arif Yusuf, MD, FRCPC

9:30 am – 10:05 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Personalized and Precision Medicine in IBD

Speaker: Dr. Subra Kugathasan, MD

10:05 am - 10:20 am 

Question and Answer Period

Moderator: Dr. Lee Roth, MD, FRCPC

10:20 am – 10:40 am

Nutrition Break

10:40 am – 11:00 am

Key abstracts on IBD from DDW or other relevant conferences

Speaker: Dr. Laura Targownik, MD, MSHS, FRCPC

11:00 am – 11:20 am

Therapeutic Endoscopy

Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Yaghoobi, MD, MSc, AFS, FRCPC, FACG

11:20 am – 11:40 am

Top Abstracts

Speaker: Dr. Richard Wu, MD, FRCPC

11:40 am – 12:00 pm

Question and Answer Period

Moderator: Dr. Nicky Marwaha, MD, FRCPC

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Green, MD, FRCPC

Grand Georgian

12:10 pm – 12:30 pm

To Go Coffee & Cookies

Atrium