Moderated by Rob Enns

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Gastrointestinal Bleeding: 2026 and Beyond
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Non-cardiac chest pain: Taking the pain out of it Sepehr Nassiri
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Eosinophilic Esophagitis: When steroids fail Hin Hin Ko
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion Sepehr Nassiri, Hin Hin Ko

Moderated by Rob Enns

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Is my throat pain reflux? Sepehr Nassiri
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. When does my patient need nutrition assessment?
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Chronic abdominal pain: Tips and Tricks Jim Gray
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion Jim Gray, Sepehr Nassiri

1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Approach to indeterminate biliary strictures Harj Bedi
1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Management strategy for pancreatic necrosis Jeff Mosko
1:30 - 1:45 p.m. Diagnostic workup of autoimmune pancreatitis Eric Lam
1:45 - 2:15 p.m. Video/Case Sessions Eric Lam
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion Harj Bedi, Eric Lam, Jeff Mosko

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. On the cutting edge: Oropharyngeal neoplasia detection and resection Robert Bechara
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Surgical Management of Reflux
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Endoscopic Management of Reflux Ippei Tanaka
3:45 - 4:00 p.m. The 'benign' gastric polyp Douglas Motomura
4:00 - 4:45 p.m. Video/Case Sessions Douglas Motomura
4:45 - 5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion Robert Bechara, Ippei Tanaka, Douglas Motomura

8:30 - 8:50 a.m. Endoscopy Do's/Don'ts: Through the lens of a surgeon
8:50 - 9:10 a.m. Leaks and Fistulae: A surgeon's approach Elena Vikis
9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Leaks and Fistulae: An endoscopists approach Neal Shahidi
9:30 - 9:50 a.m. Rectal NET: Look but don't touch - right away Sepehr Khorasani
9:50 - 10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion Neal Shahidi, Elena Vikis, Sepehr Khorasani

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Colon Screening Program: Update Laura Gentile
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Should my patient start screening at 45: Yes! Jill Tinmouth
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Should my patient start screening at 45: No! Jennifer Telford
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. FIT for post-colonoscopy surveillance Jill Tinmouth
11:30 - 11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion Laura Gentile, Jennifer Telford, Jill Tinmouth

1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Management strategies for rectosigomoid polyps Daniel von Renteln
1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Adopting AI in your clinical practice Scott Cowie
1:30 - 1:45 p.m. Polyposis in the colon screening program
1:45 - 2:00 p.m. Gastrointestinal Pathology: Do's/Don'ts David Schaeffer
2:00 - 2:15 p.m. Tackling the Challenging Colonoscopy
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion Scott Cowie, David Schaeffer, Daniel von Renteln

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Watch and wait: Colorectal Cancer
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Optical evaluation 101 Robert Bechara
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. How to prevent recurrent after endoscopic resection Daniel von Renteln
3:45 - 4:00 p.m. How to treat non-lifting/recurrent polyps Jeffrey Mosko
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion Robert Bechara, Jeffrey Mosko, Daniel von Renteln

1:00 - 1:20 p.m. Incorporating Technology into my IBD practice Greg Rosenfeld
1:20 - 1:25 p.m. Q&A
1:25 - 1:45 p.m. Optimising IBD beyond medications Gil Melmed
1:45 - 1:50 p.m. Q&A
1:50 - 2:10 p.m. Refractory or high risk IBD: Tricks of the Trade Yvette Leung
2:10 - 2:15 p.m. Q&A

3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Environmental Stewardship in IBD: Aligning Care With Planetary Health Astrid Williams
3:20 - 4:00 p.m. Ultraprocessed Foods in IBD: how do I advise my patients? Neeraj Narula
4:00 - 4:20 p.m. Healthcare Utilisation in IBD: Lessons learnt from IBD Quorus Gil Melmed
4:20 - 4:30 p.m. Meeting Close

8:30 - 8:50 a.m. From Rescue to Remission: Acute Severe UC and the 2026 Prescribing Landscape Neeraj Narula
8:50 - 9:30 a.m. Early Surgery in IBD (UC and CD) Amy Lightner
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Advancing IBD Patient Education: Tools and Resources for Clinical, Nutritional, and Psychological Well Being Gina Almasan, Mika Sillanpaa
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion Amy Lightner, Neeraj Narula, Gina Almasan, Mika Sillanpaa

10:30 - 10:50 a.m. Clinical Challenges in 2026 Yvette Leung, Matthew Smyth, Amy Lightner, Neeraj Narula
10:50 - 11:30 a.m. Top 5 articles that changed my practice Sally Lawrence, Brian Bressler

9:00 - 9:20 a.m. Cholestatic Liver Disease - Holistic Care, Symptom Management & Preventive Strategies, PFIC Hin Hin Ko
9:20 - 9:40 a.m. Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC): A New Era of Therapy Edward Tam
9:40 - 10:00 a.m. Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI): GLP-1 Agonists, Herbals & Checkpoint Inhibitors Jean-Phillipe Wallach

10:30 - 10:50 a.m. Viral Hepatitis: BC Cascade of Care - Present Status & Opportunities Sofia Bartlett
10:50 - 11:10 a.m. Closing the Gap in Hepatitis C Care Lesley Gallagher
11:10 - 11:30 a.m. Hepatitis B/D: Is There a Cure Yet? Scott Fung

1:00 - 1:20 p.m. MASLD: Canadian Guidelines: linkage to care, evaluation and therapy
1:20 - 1:35 p.m. RN led Hepatology clinic- Ready for prime time? Lesley Gallagher
1:35 - 1:55 p.m. Surgical risk evaluation and optimization in the liver patient Rob Mitchell

Liver Disease in BC: Advocacy Initiatives - What, Who and How?

3:00 - 3:25 p.m. Portal Hypertension Management: Non-Selective Beta-Blockers, TIPS & Endoscopic Approaches Jay Pai
3:25 - 3:50 p.m. Liver Transplantation Update: New Indications, MASLD, ALD & Outcomes Vladimir Marquez
3:50 - 4:15 p.m. Key Hepatology papers in 2026 Stephen Pi
4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Debate: HBV... just treat ALL! Ed Tam

Hepatitis C Elimination: Ed Tam, Hin Hin Ko, Sofia Bartlett, Naveed Janjua

Hepatitis B Elimination: Sofia Bartlett, Naveed Janjua, Hin Hin Ko

1:00 - 1:25 p.m. Burden of Disease and linkage to care perspectives
1:25 - 1:50 p.m. Diagnostics: What, When & How - Non-Invasive Testing & Staging Tools
1:50 - 2:15 p.m. Pharmacological Therapies: Approved Agents & Pipeline
2:15 - 2:25 p.m. Next Steps - MASLD