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Moderator: Rob Enns
ERCP: Eric Lam

8:30    8:35        Welcome - Rob Enns
8:35    8:45        Quality Indicators in Upper Endoscopy: 2025 and Beyond - Chris Teshima
8:45    9:00        Gastric Cancer Screening and Prevention - Douglas Motomura
9:00    9:15        H. Pylori: To Treat or Not To Treat - George Ou
9:15    9:30        Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: when PPI fails - Andrew Flynn
9:30    9:45        Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: tips and tricks for achieving hemostasis - Jimmy Guo
9:45    10:00      Panel Discussion    
 

GI Bleeding: Tools and Tips for the Team - Jimmy Guo  Session Hall: British Ballroom
Management of EoE: Review of the New Canadian Consensus and Case-Based discussion - Hin Hin Ko     Session Hall: Galiano Island

Rob Enns, Chris Teshima, Douglas Motomura, George Ou, Andrew Flynn and Jimmy Guo
 

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Moderator: Douglas Motomura

13:00    13:15        Esophageal cancer: A surgical approach - Sharon Ong
13:15    13:30        Early esophageal cancer and its precursors: An endoscopic approach - Chris Teshima
13:30    13:45        Duodenal Polyps: Measure twice, cut once - Douglas Motomura

Douglas Motomura

ERCP/EUS: Tools and Tips for the Team - Ian Gan  Session Hall: British Ballroom
Radiation Safety - Harj Bedi 
Session Hall: Galiano Island

Moderator: Eric Lam

15:30    15:45        Pancreatic Cancer Screening - risks vs benefits - Ian Gan
15:45    16:00        Pancreatic Cysts - surveillance and when to act - Lawrence Hookey
16:00    16:15        Post ERCP pancreatitis - best prevention - Erin Wishart
16:15    16:30        Choledochal cysts - patient selection and workup - Jennifer Li

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Moderator: Jennifer Telford
ERCP: Rob Enns

8:30    8:45        CSP Update - Laura Gentile
8:45    9:00        New Guidelines on Colonoscopy Quality - Catherine Dubé
9:00    9:15        My Approach to a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scott Cowie
9:15    9:30        The Pathology of the Pathologist's Report - David Schaeffer
9:30    9:45        Post-polypectomy Surveillance - Catherine Dubé
9:45    10:00      Updated on Bowel Preparations - Lawrence Hookey

Electrosurgical Units: Tools and Tips for the Team - Douglas Motomura Session Hall: British Ballroom
How to improve my ADR and SSLDR - Jennifer Telford Session Hall: Galiano Island

Jennifer Telford, Catherine Dube, Lawrence Hookey, Scott Cowie and David Schaeffer

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Moderator: Neal Shahidi

13:00    13:15        Polyposis: A gastroenterologist’s perspective - Jennifer Telford
13:15    13:30        Polyposis: A surgeon’s perspective - Elena Vikis
13:30    13:45        How to perform a high quality EMR - Neal Shahidi
13:45    14:00        Riding the wave: applications for underwater endoscopy - Douglas Motomura
14:00    14:15        Perianal disease: everything an endoscopist needs to know - Magdalena Recsky

Tissue closure: Tools and Tips for the Team - Neal Shahidi Session Hall: British Ballroom
Rectal Neuroendocrine tumors: from recognition to removal - Ahmer Karimuddin Session Hall: Galiano Island

Neal Shahidi and Ahmer Karimuddi

Jennifer Telford, Elena Vikis, Neal Shahidi, Douglas Motomura and Ahmer Karimuddin 

Neal Shahidi

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8:30    8:40        Welcome - Astrid Williams
8:40    8:55        The IBD Patient Journey: Care Pathways and Multidisciplinary Support - Astrid Williams, Shelby Friesen and Rob Enns
8:55    9:00        Q&A    
9:00    9:15        Top IBD articles published in 2025 - Christos Veretanos and Mariam Narous 
9:15    9:20        Q&A    
9:20    9:35        Colonic Dysplasia in IBD: Endoscopic Resection Techniques and Limitations - Neal Shahidi
9:35    9:40        Q&A    
9:40    9:55        Acute severe UC: assessment, risk stratification and timing of advanced therapy - Brian Bressler
9:55    10:00      Q&A 
 

Moderator: Brian Bressler

10:30    10:50        Case 1 - Greg Rosenfeld
10:50    11:00        Panel Discussion    
11:00    11:20        Case 2 - Matthew Smyth
11:20    11:30        Panel Discussion    

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Moderator: Greg Rosenfeld

Pouch Disorders
13:00    13:15    Medical - Astrid Williams
13:15    13:30    Surgical - Manoj Raval 
13:30    13:40    Panel Discussion - Brian Bressler, Astrid Williams, Manoj Raval, and Anu Ghuman

Perianal Crohn’s Disease        
13:40    13:55        Medical - Greg Rosenfeld
13:55    14:10        Surgical - Manoj Raval
14:10    14:20        Panel Discussion - Brian Bressler, Astrid Williams, Manoj Raval and Anu Ghuman

14:45    15:00        Medical - Astrid Williams
15:00    15:15        Surgical - Anu Ghuman
15:15    15:45        Panel Discussion - Astrid Williams, Anu Ghuman, Manoj Raval and Matthew Smyth

15:45    16:45        Group A: Manoj Raval, Matthew Smyth and Brian Bressler
15:45    16:45        Group B: Anu Ghuman, Greg Rosenfeld and Astrid Williams
 

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Moderator: Brian Bressler

8:30    8:50        Understanding ARFID in IBD - Gina Almasan 
8:50    8:55        Q&A     
8:55    9:15        Mild to Moderate Colitis: There is still a role for 5-ASA - Astrid Williams
9:15    9:20        Q&A     
9:20    9:35        Positioning therapies for IBD: How network meta-analysis can help - Siddharth Singh
9:35    9:40        Q&A     
9:40    10:00       De-escalation of IBD therapy: are we ready for patient choice? - Sunny Singh
10:00    10:05     Q&A     

Group 1: Effective Patient Communication in IBD Care: Navigating the “difficult and non compliant” patient - Maisa Gaiarsa and Melody Feinstein
Group 2: Intestinal Ultrasound in 2025 - Role in providing patient centred IBD care - Matthew Smyth and Astrid Williams
Group 3: IBD in the elderly: what considerations are needed - Siddharth Singh and Greg Rosenfeld
Group 4: Managing IBD in the setting of Metabolic Disease - Brian Bressler and Sunny Singh
 

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Group 1: Effective Patient Communication in IBD Care: Navigating the “difficult and non compliant” patient - Maisa Gaiarsa and Melody Feinstein
Group 2: Intestinal Ultrasound in 2025 - Role in providing patient centred IBD care - Matthew Smyth and Astrid Williams
Group 3: IBD in the elderly: what considerations are needed - Siddharth Singh and Greg Rosenfeld
Group 4: Managing IBD in the setting of Metabolic Disease - Brian Bressler and Sunny Singh

14:45    15:15        IBD in Pregnancy: From prenatal to post-partum care, gastroenterology and obstetrical perspectives - Astrid Williams, Alexandra Crossman and Elisabet Joa
15:15    15:20        Q&A
15:20    15:50        Early Surgical Intervention in Crohn’s: Is the LIR!C trial ready for the real world? - Brian Bressler
15:50    15:55        Q&A
15:55    16:25        Proactive disease monitoring: from biomarkers to transmural imaging: does it reduce flares and hospitalizations - Matthew Smyth and Greg Rosenfeld
16:25    16:30        Q&A

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8:40    8:50        Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A New Era - Gideon Hirschfield
8:50    9:10        Primary sclerosing cholangitis: Recent advances - Hin Hin Ko
9:10    9:30        Holistic care in cholestatic liver disease: symptoms management and preventive care - Jean-Phillipe Wallach
9:30    10:00      Panel Discussion    

Hepatitis B/D: Is there a cure yet? - Edward Tam

Alnoor Ramji and Rohit Pai

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13:00    13:18        Viral Hepatitis: BC Cascade of Care: Present status and opportunities - Sofia Barlett
13:18    13:36        Closing the gap in Hepatitis C care - Brian Conway
13:36    13:54        More than meet the eyes: alcohol-related liver disease - Julia MacIsaac
13:54    14:15        Panel Discussion    
 

Gideon Hirschfield, Steven Pi and Jean-Phillipe Wallach

15:10    15:30        Update on Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): Current and Future Therapies - Alnoor Ramji
15:30    15:50        2025 in review: Top papers in 2025 that changed my practice - Daljeet Chahal
15:50    16:10        Palliative care and Frailty in Chronic Liver Disease - Jay Pai
16:10    16:30        Panel Discussion  
16:30    16:55        Debate: Chronic hepatitis B: It's Time to Treat Everyone. NOW! - Edward Tam and Robert Mitchell
16:55    17:00        Closing, Q&A, Evaluations - Edward Tam and Robert Mitchell 

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8:30    9:00        The HCV journey 2024/ 2025 - Alnoor Ramji
9:00    9:30        BC HCV elimination Roadmap - Sofia Barlett
9:30    11:00       Workshop with all speakers of the day   
                           I) ‘Birth-cohort’ & new-comers 
                           II) Persons who use drugs and homeless persons 
                           III) Pregnancy and pediatric patients"  

11:00    11:45     HCV Elimination workshop review and next-steps - Alnoor Ramji and BCCDC

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13:00    13:35        Burden of disease in various practices: PCP, endocrine, obesity, GI, Hepatology. Panel: PCP, IM, Hepatology - Jesse Bitman, Pol Darras, Ali Mudaliar and Hin Hin Ko
13:35    13:55        Diagnostics - what, when, and how - Robert Mitchell
13:55    14:15        Linkage to care- models of care - Hin Hin Ko

14:45    15:10        Non-pharmacological therapies: who, what, how - Jesse Bitman
15:10    15:40        Pharmacological therapies: Incretin therapies in MASH - Pol Darras
15:40    16:00        Summary: lessons learned and action items - Alnoor Ramji
16:00    16:30        Debate: MASLD who’s disease, is it? Hepatologist or endocrinologist - Ed Tam and Adi Mudaliar 
16:30    16:40        Closing, Q&A, Evaluations