Faculty

Friday, November 3: Presenter
Meg Soper

Saturday, November 4: Plenary Presenters

Dr. Jordan Feld

Dr. Vivian Huang

Dr. Genelle Lunken

Rose Raizman

Meg Soper
 

Saturday, November 4: Moderators

Barbara K. Currie, MN RN-NP
Nurse Practitioner IBD
NS Collaborative IBD Program Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, NS

Usha Chauhan, RN(EC) MN BScN ACNP(D) CGN(C)
Nurse Practitioner, Adult Digestive Disease
McMaster University Medical Centre
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON

Kate Lee, PhD MBA
Vice-President, Research & Patient Programs
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
Toronto, ON

Marie-Louise Martin, BA BScN RN(EP) MN ACNP
Nurse Practitioner, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB


Jennifer Stretton,RN(EC) ACNP MN BScN
Nurse Practitioner, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic
St. Joseph’s Healthcare
Hamilton, ON

 
 
Steering Committee
 

Alana Carter, RN MN
IBD Nurse, Research Coordinator
GI Department, Oshawa Clinic
Oshawa, ON

Usha Chauhan, RN(EC) MN BScN ACNP(D) CGN(C)
Nurse Practitioner, Adult Digestive Disease
McMaster University Medical Centre
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON

Barbara K. Currie, MN RN-NP
Nurse Practitioner IBD
NS Collaborative IBD Program Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, NS


Colleen Johnston, RN MBA
Nurse Clinician, Lead for GI CAT
Certified Prosci Practitioner,
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, AB

Kate Lee, PhD MBA
Vice-President, Research & Patient Programs
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
Toronto, ON

Marie-Louise Martin, BA BScN RN(EP) MN ACNP
Nurse Practitioner, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB


Jennifer Stretton, RN(EC) ACNP MN BScN
Nurse Practitioner, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic
St. Joseph’s Healthcare
Hamilton, ON

Amanda Swain, RN BScN
Clinical IBD Nurse, IBD Centre of BC
Vancouver, BC

Melanie Watson, MN RN(EC) NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences Centre, Western University
London, ON
Adjunct Lecturer, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing,  
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.