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  • Jun 10, 20228:25 am - 5:00 pmThe meeting is an accredited group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and approved by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG). This meeting is approved for a maximum of 7 Section one credits.

Location

Venue:   UM Bannatyne: Basic Medical Sciences Building: Room-Frederic Gaspard Theatre A

UM Bannatyne: Basic Medical Sciences Building: Room-Frederic Gaspard Theatre A

Address:
University of Manitoba, 745 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 0J9

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Registration

$187.50 for practicing physicians. All other professions register at no cost.
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Learning Objectives

  • To develop management approach to eosinophilic esophagitis
  • To understand utility of esophageal diagnostic tests
  • To learn an approach to esophageal motility disorders
  • To learn approach to managing diet in IBS
  • To learn approach to managing prescription or OTC therapy in IBS
  • To learn optimal colon polyp surveillance paradigms
  • To understand approaches to colon cancer screening in different populations
  • To understand about the use of immunosuppressive monotherapy in IBD
  • To learn when and how to withdraw immunomodulatory therapy in IBD
  • To learn the difference between outcomes for biologic therapies in IBD from clinical trials compared to real world experience

Agenda

All lectures are 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for discussion

Morning Session

Moderator: Donald Duerksen
0825 Welcome – Charles Bernstein
0830 Treatment and Follow Up of Eosinophilic Esophagitis – Gary W. Falk
0900 Approach to Esophageal Motility Disorders – John Pandolfino
0930 IBS: Diet Therapy, Drug Therapy or Both – Premysl Bercik
1000 Panel discussion – Donald Duerksen

1030 Break

Moderator: Harminder Singh
1050 Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Which test is best? – Jason Dominitz
1120 Colon Polyp Follow Up – The Best Evidence – David Lieberman
1150 Panel discussion – Harminder Singh

1230 Lunch

Afternoon Session

Moderator: Charles Bernstein
1330 Oral therapy in IBD-what does this look like in 2022? – Ashwin Ananthakrishnan
1400 Do Clinical Trial Data Mirror Real World Practice in IBD? – Laura Targownik
1430 The Future of IBD Treatment: Should We Modulate the Microbiota or Host Immunity? – Matthieu Allez

1500 Break

1520 Immunotherapy-induced Enterocolitis – Franck Carbonnel
1550 Panel discussion – Charles Bernstein

 

Speakers

Guest Faculty

Matthieu Allez, MD, PHD
Professor of Medicine
Head of the Department of Gastroenterology
Hopital Saint-Louis – Paris, FR

Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA

Premysl Bercik, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Richard Hunt-AstraZeneca Chair in Gastroenterology
McMaster University – Hamilton, ON

Franck Carbonnel, MD, PhD
Professor of Gastroenterology
Université Paris Saclay
Head of the Department of Gastroenterology
University Hospital of Kemlin Bicêtre

Jason Dominitz, MD, MHS
National Director of Gastroenterology for the
Veterans Health Administration
Acting Chief of Gastroenterology for the VA Puget Sound
Professor of Gastroenterology and Medicine
University of Washington – Seattle, WA

Gary W. Falk, M.D., M.S.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

David Lieberman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University – Portland, OR

John Pandolfino, MD
Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the
Department of Medicine
Hans Popper Professor
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Northwestern University – Chicago, IL

Laura Targownik, MD, MSHS, FRCPC
Staff Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology
Departmental Division Director
University of Toronto – Toronto, ON

 

Local Faculty

Dr. Charles N. Bernstein
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology
Director, University of Manitoba
IBD Clinical and Research Centre
Max Rady College of Medicine

Donald Duerksen, MD, FRCPC
Section Head – Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Medical Director – Adult Manitoba Home Nutrition
Program & WRHA Food and Nutrition Services

Harminder Singh, MD, FRCP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology
University of Manitoba

 

Study Credit

The meeting is an accredited group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and approved by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG).  This meeting is approved for a maximum of 7 Section one credits.

 

Hotel

Preferred rate is available at The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre.

 

Livestream

Available here:  https://media1.cc.umanitoba.ca/TheatreA.html

 

Contact

Emma Shaw – emma.shaw@umanitoba.ca

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