The CAG, in partnership with CASL, is hosting a Mentorship Café at the 2024 Joint CDDW™-CLM conference in Toronto, Ontario. We are pleased to be supported by IMAGINE SPOR.
The Mentorship Café will take place on Friday, March 1 between 11h30-12h30 EST and Saturday, March 2 between 12h30-13h30 EST.
Are you a trainee or someone early in your career? Our mentors can help! These short (15-minute) but impactful meetings with mentors can be used to ask for career path advice, discuss the mentor’s area of expertise, or simply if you're looking for networking opportunities. Our goal is to connect trainees and early-career delegates (clinical and research) with mentors willing to share their expertise and experience in a variety of Gastroenterology & Hepatology areas.
We have an exciting lineup of mentors who look forward to meeting with you! A list of mentors with their areas of interest/experience can be found below.
Interested in meeting with some of our experts? Pre-registration is required and space is limited! The deadline for submitting your mentor meeting requests is Friday, February 16, 2024.
Meeting Requests are now closed.
We will do our best to accommodate all requests but mentor meetings are not guaranteed.
Mentors Available for Friday, March 1, 2024:
| Mentor name | Institution | Position Title | Topic(s) of interest | Language(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Armstrong | UManitoba | Assistant Professor | Gastroenterology Translational research Progressing in academia and industry | English |
| Kirk Bergstrom | University of British Columbia | Assistant Professor, ECR | Team management, Time/Budget management, Preparing for a career in Academia Mucosal immunology Microbiota Glycosylation | English |
| Natasha Bollegala | University of Toronto | Assistant Professor | IBD Women in GI Quality improvemnet | English |
| Alberto Caminero | McMaster University | Assistant Professor | Microbiota Food sensitivity Intestinal inflammation | English Spanish |
| Nauzer Forbes | University of Calgary | Associate Professor | Clinical research in GI/endoscopy Training and career in advanced endoscopy | English French |
| Véronique Giroux | Université de Sherbrooke | Associate Professor | Stem Cells Cancer Organoids | English French |
| Alex Gregorieff | McGill University | Assistant Professor | Stem cells | English French |
| Steven Gruchy | Dalhousie University | Associate Professor of Medicine | Education and admin ERCP IBD | English |
| Prévost Jantchou | Université de Montréal | Clinicial scientist at CHU Sainte-Justine Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Pediatric gastroenterology Epidemiology IBD Medical communication Mentoring | French English |
| Grigorios Leontiadis | McMaster University | Professor of Medicine | Upper GI bleeding Systematic review and meta-analysis Clinical practice guidelines | English Greek |
| Jeff McCurdy | University of Ottawa | Assistant Professor of Medicine | IBD Clinical research Fellowship training in the USA Work life balance Navigating interaction with pharmaceutical companies | English |
| Leanna McKenzie | Alberta Children's Hospital University of Calgary | Pediatric Gastroenterologist Associate Professor Deputy Head of Education Department of Pediatrics | Pediatric Gastroenterology Medical Education | English |
| Aldo Montano-Loza | University of Alberta | Director of Clinical Research Program Director of Hepatology | ||
| Paul Moayyedi | McMaster University | Professor | Patient Oriented Research; IMAGINE Research Network Evidence Based Medicine Guidelines Epidemiology | English |
| Daniel Sadowksi | University of Alberta | Gastroenterologist | English | |
| Laura Targownik | Mount Sinai Hospital | Gastroenterologist | IBD Leadership Research Patient Oriented Research; IMAGINE Research Network | English |
Mentors Available for Saturday, March 2, 2024:
| Mentor name | Institution | Position Title | Topic(s) of interest | Language(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Bitton | McGill | MD | Post graduate fellowships Academic vs community based practice Patient Oriented Research; IMAGINE Research Network | English French |
| Giada De Palma | McMaster University | Assistant Professor (part-time) Research Associate | Microbiome analysis Disorders of gut-brain interaction Microbial function | English |
| Jordan Feld | University Health Network | Associate Professor Clinician-Scientist Research Director | Viral Hepatitis Liver Disease | English |
| Lara Hart | Humber River Hospital | Staff Pediatric Gastroenterologist | Community practice Pediatric IBD Endoscopy | English |
| Lawrence Hookey | Queen's University | Gastroenterologist | Pancreatic disease Therapeutic endoscopy Clinical trials | English |
| Vivian Huang | Mount Sinsai Health University of Toronto | Clinician Investigator Associate Professor | IBD management and clinical research Preconception and Pregnancy IBD clinical and translational research Patient and clinician education | English |
| Jeff Mosko | Saint Michael's Hospital | MD | Advanced endoscopy Pancreaticobiliary disease Luminal resection | English |
| Neeraj Narula | McMaster University | Director of the IBD Clinic | IBD | English |
| Lisa Reynolds | University of Victoria | Associate Professor | Establishing a research lab in mucosal immunology in Canada Interactions between microbiota, immune cells and parasites in the intestinal tract using the mouse model system | English |
| Christopher Rose | Université de Montréal | Research Professor Department of Medicine | English French | |
| Peter Rossos | University of Toronto | Professor of Medicine | Luminal GI Academic Medicine Clinical Informatics & Virtual Care Career development | English |
| Amindeep Sandhu | London Health Sciences Centre | Assistant Professor MD | Hepatology General GI | English |
| Jason Silverman | University of Alberta | Pediatric Gastroenterologist Associate Professor | Medical education Intestinal failure Cystic fibrosis | English |
| Jeffrey Teckman | Saint Louis University | Professor of Pediatrics and Biochemistry Vice Chair of Pediatrics | Pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology Drug development liver disease | English |
| Adam Weizman | Mount Sinai Hopsital | Gastroenterologist | IBD Quality of care | English |