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Location
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd. The Muriel Richardson Auditorium
Join our experts for the 28th Anniversary of this event!
Registration
$187.50 for practicing physicians. All other professions register at no cost.
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Agenda
Thursday June 12, 2025
12:30-12:35 Welcome – Dr. Charles Bernstein
12:35-13:05 Is Crohn’s disease a mycobacterial disease – Dr. Marcel Behr Marcel Behr, MD, McGill University, Montreal
13:05-13:35 Differentiating Crohn’s disease from TB – Dr. Ajit Sood MD, Ludhiana Medical College, India
13:35-14:05 Management of H pylori in 2025, accounting for antibiotic resistance – Dr. Steven Moss, MD, Brown University, Providence, RI
14:05-14:35 Good bugs and bad bugs in IBD – Dr. Harry Sokol, Paris, France
14:40-15:00 Break
15:00-15:30 New insights into the connection between diet-mycobiome-IBD – Dr. Genelle Lunken, PhD, UBC, Vancouver, Canada
15:30-16:00 Genetically engineered microbial medicine for the treatment of ulcerative colitis – Dr. Deanna Gibson, PhD, UBC, Kelowna, Canada
16:00-16:45 Panel Discussions – All Speakers Moderator: Dr. Heather Armstrong
Friday June 13, 2025
8:25-8:30 Welcome – Dr. Charles Bernstein
8:30-9:00 The patient with heartburn already on a PPI – Dr. Ronnie Fass, MD Metro Hospital Cleveland, USA
9:00-9:30 Treatment of EOE – Dr. Chris Ma, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
9:30-10:00 The diagnosis and management of gastroparesis – Dr. Jamie Stone, MD, University of Manitoba
10:00-10:30 Relationship between psoriasis and IBD and their treatment – Dr. Perla Lansang. MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
10:30-10:50 Break
10:50-11:20 Special IBD populations – Dr. Ravi Misra, MD, Clementine Churchill Hospital, London, England
11:20-12:30 Panel Discussions – All Speakers Moderator: Dr. Gerard Coneys, MD, University of Manitoba
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Surgery for the treatment of luminal Crohn’s disease – Dr. Brian Bressler MD, UBC, Vancouver, BC
14:00-14:30 A gastroenterologist’s approach to perineal fistulizing Crohn’s disease – Dr. Vipul Jairath, MD London, ON
14:30-15:00 Surgery in Crohns’ disease – Dr. Phillip Fleschner, MD Cedars-Sinai Colorectal Surgery Center – Los Angeles
15:00-15:30 IBD in 2025 – Are we treating to the right target? – Dr. Richard Gearry, MD, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
15:30-15:50 Break
15:50-1700 Panel Discussion – All Speakers Moderator: Dr. Greg Rosenfield
Learning Objectives
Thursday June 12, 2025
- To understand the relationship between mycobacetria and etiology of Crohns disease
- To differentiate Crohns disease from tuberculosis
- To understand what the gut microbiome is in persons with IBD
- To understand how diet impacts on the gut microbiome
- To understand issues regarding antibiotic resistance in H pylori management
Friday June 13, 2025
- To learn about the use of EUS in assessing liver fibrosis and portal pressure measurement
- To learn about techniques in endoscopic removal of large gastrointestinal masses
- To understand the utility of ERCP in managing pancreatitis
- To learn how artificial intelligence can be harnessed in gastroenterology
- To learn how virtual reality can be used therapeutically in gastroenterology
- To learn what optimal, holistic, cost effective care in IBD management entails
- To learn what early life risk factors are in IBD
- To develop an approach to therapeutic decision making in Cohn’s disease
- To develop an approach to therapeutic decision making in ulcerative colitis
For event information contact:
Sharmina Monisha Sharmina.Monisha@umanitoba.ca