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The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) was founded in 1962 to promote the study of the digestive tract in health and disease.
Toronto, ON
Joined August 2012
Partnering with #Pendopharm to make the #SEE Program available to the gastroenterologist + surgeon communities
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📢 We’ve got some #JCAG news! . Congratulations to @ericbenchimol on being appointed as the @JCanAssnGastro’s newest Editor-in-Chief! . We’re so happy to have you on board 🤩. Read our press release 🔗
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📢 And another new article! #JCAGJeudi. 📰 #UMEC of Gastrointestinal Lesions. ✍️ @rainafujiyoshi @YusukeFujiyoshi @RobertBechara @tjeyalingam @natalia_calo @KM_Pawlak @YutoShimamura @CTeshima @jmosko29 @GaryMayEndo @Samir_Grover & peers. 🔗
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It’s a winter wonderland here in Halifax! We’re bringing you the true Canadian experience to #CDDWCLM2023 ❄️ . Rest assured, we’re in full storm-watch mode.
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And that's a wrap for #CDDWCLM2023! 🙌 Thank you for joining us this week and we sincerely hope you enjoyed your time here with us! 😊. Stay tuned for 2024 conference info 😉
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New #JCAG article from @JCanAssnGastro 📢. 📰 Efficacy of Intravenous Ustekinumab Reinduction in Patients With #Crohns With a Loss of Response. ✍️ @ValerieHeronMD @RestelliniS @TBessissow @ushacanibd2 @marshllj @SeowCynthia @greg_rosenfeld @RPanaccione @waqqasafif to name a few!.
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Some of our Trainees @CPattniMD @F_almousawi @themayadeeb @youstinahanna13 enjoying the last day of GRIT ☕️ #CDDWCLM2023
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Combined Polypectomy Hemostasis station w/ Dr. Mosko @jmosko29 at our Hands On Session for Physicians this morning #CDDWCLM2024
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The CAG stands in solidarity with our Asian community in calling for an end to anti-Asian racism, violence and harassment across our country. Today, and every day, we take our social justice responsibilities seriously to #FightRacism.
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We're proud to present our keynote speaker Professor @CaulfieldTim in our first-ever virtual #CAG2021AGM!
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A big congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 CAG awards 🤩 #CDDWCLM2023 1/8 🧵. 🏆 Distinguished Service Award. 🌟 @NicolaJGI .🌟 @VannerStephen .🌟 #JohaneAllard.
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Excellent turn out to the #GIWomenCAN! Women in Leadership Luncheon with guest speaker @Fotiniicon #CDDWCLM2023
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📢 New article on this #JCAGJeudi. 📰 Biomarkers That Predict #CrohnsDisease Outcomes. ✍️ @poliverasendra @guthealthmd . 🔗 @JCanAssnGastro.
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The CAG extends their well wishes to Norm Marcon for a wonderful and well deserved retirement!.
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CAG partners with #Pendopharm to deliver high quality endoscopic care to patients across Canada
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🙌 And that's a wrap! #CDDWCLM2024 🙌 Thank you to all our presenters, delegates, members, staff, volunteers, MCI and sponsors for an amazing 6 days of camaraderie, learning, networking and fun!! 🤗We hope to see you at #CDDWCLM2025 in beautiful Quebec City!
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! We're proud to celebrate the contributions, collaborations, and commitments of women throughout the GI community. Thank you for all that you do 🙌. #IWD2022 #WomenInMedicine #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM.
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We conclude Day 1 of GRIT at #CDDWCLM2023 with our annual Ivan T. Beck Memorial Lectureship. Congratulations to Dr. Anne Griffiths for being this year's recipient 🏆 @annegri50789035.
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Aren’t they so cute in their #CAGswag!? 🥰 #CDDWCLM2024 @McMasterU @Bercik_Collins @AlbertoCaminer7 @VerduLab
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At the CAG AGM Dr. Nicola Jones introduces the next CAG President Dr. Kevin Waschke!! #CDDW2020
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Hey, that's our VP Treasurer @VerduLab! Congratulations 🏆.
McMaster researcher wins recognition for Irritable Bowel Disorder research via @bayobserver #Hamont #BurlON #DrElenaVerdu #IrritableBowelDisorder #Pfizer #ChronsandColitisCanada
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📢 New article on this #JCAGJeudi. 📰 The 2023 Impact of #IBD in Canada: Executive Summary. ✍️ @LingJWWindsor @gijonesns @KateLeeIBD @laura_targownik @Juan_Nicolas_PS @Prof_Rohatinsky @sghandeh @ericbenchimol @gilkaplan and peers. 🔗 @JCanAssnGastro.
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Thank you again to @DCharabaty for her empowering talk at the GIWomenCAN! Luncheon #CDDWCLM2024 Shoutout to the two men who also joined - allyship is important! @DrHArmstrong @laura_targownik
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A HUGE congrats to our CAG members @AlbertoCaminer7, @JEGhia, @KarenMadsen1, @GeoffCNguyen, @amandaricciuto, @DrTedSteinerUBC. & Dr. Kirk Bergstrom on being @getgutsycanada's grant recipients! 🎉🙌.
We recently awarded $2.5 million in grants to 8 Canadian researchers & their teams! These projects will continue to build our knowledge of IBD, opening up new avenues to treat and, eventually, cure these diseases:
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Day 3 is underway! #CDDWCLM2024 Our last Basic Science Symposium is on New Technologies & Approaches used in GI diseases. @Hirota_Lab speaking on the curation and utility of intestinal organoid cohorts @dufourlab @AGregorieff
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We're proud to announce the Visiting Clinical Professorship for 2022/2023 is @Hookeyl! 🙌 . Click below to view bio, presentation topics, and to request a visit 👇. 🔗
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We like to party 🎉 #CDDWCLM2024 Delicious food, dancing and so much fun at the 2nd annual Presidents’ Gala - thank you @PaulMoayyedi & #MarkSwain for a wonderful night!
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2024 CAG Recognition Awards 5/7 🧵. 🌟 Research Excellence Award – @ericbenchimol. 🌟 @JCanAssnGastro’s Thomson-Williams Award, Best Paper – @alan_barkun. 🌟 @JCanAssnGastro’s Thomson-Williams Award, Certificate of Merit – #MahsaTaghiakbari.
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📢New article from @JCanAssnGastro. 📰 Declining Corticosteroid Use for #IBD Across Alberta: A Population-Based Cohort Study. ✍️ @SeowCynthia @Stephanie_Epi @laura_targownik @ChrisMa_YYC @colitiscrohn @ericbenchimol @gilkaplan @RPanaccione and peers!. 🔗
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Join us for the upcoming CAG Webinar: . 💻 Artificial Intelligence in Gastroenterology & Colonoscopy. Date: June 17, 2021.Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. EST. Featuring speakers @DrMikeByrne, @sravmd, @DrOmerAhmad . Register below 👇
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We’ve got a new guideline! 🤩 Check it out in the #JCAG below 👇.
BREAKING 🔥.Antiplatelets, anticoagulants and #Endoscopy. New CPG & dissemination tool. An @AmCollegeGastro @CanGastroAssn co-production @AmJGastro and #JCAG. @GriLeont @BryanGSauer @NeenaSAbrahamMD @alan_barkun @ThrombosisCan @LorenLaine2 #JenTelford.
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As we wrap up #NursesWeek2021, the CAG just wants to say thank you to all nurses in GI and other departments for being true champions in healthcare 🏅.
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Congratulations to this year's Research Topics' most outstanding oral presentations at #CDDWCLM2023. 🌟 #JessicaPei from Gruenheid Lab @DrSamGru.🌟 #MariaSunil from @McMasterU .🌟 #AidanBennett from @queensu.
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Career dev session for our Research Topics trainees w/ @JEGhia on how to work as a science communicator #CDDWCLM2024
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We're honoured to announce the 2024 CAG Recognition Awards recipients! 🏆 We look forward to celebrating your efforts and dedication at #CDDWCLM2024 🎉 1/7 🧵. 🌟 McKenna Lecturer Award – @SeragHashem. 🌟 Ivan T. Beck Memorial Lecturer Award – #RobertBailey.
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Great tips for our Research Topics trainees about using social media to communicate science! Thank you for joining us @DrKimEBarrett!#CDDWCLM2024
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📢 Another one! New article on this #JCAGJeudi. 📰 Finding the needle in the haystack: localization and endoscopic treatment of diverticular-associated lower GI bleeding . ✍️ @not_shreks_wife & @RobertBechara . 🔗 @JCanAssnGastro.
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We are excited to welcome you to the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth for CDDW2020!
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This #NationalPhysiciansDay, we especially recognize our members for their hard work, dedication, and commitment towards bettering the GI community. Thank you for all that you do! 🙌 #DoctorsDay.
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🧐 Research Topics in GI Diseases presentations are underway! #CDDWCLM2024 @natperreault @JEGhia @yasipasi @VeroGirouxPhD
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We're honoured to announce the 2023 CAG Recognition Awards recipients! 🏆 We look forward to celebrating your efforts and dedication at #CDDWCLM2023 🎉 1/6 🧵. 🌟 McKenna Lecturer Award – @NJTalley01. 🌟 Ivan T. Beck Memorial Lecturer Award – @annegri50789035.
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Happy International Women's Day! 🎉.Our GI Women CAN! committee advocates for the needs of Canadian women gastroenterologists. Stay tuned for details on our Career Resilience workshop series coming up in April and May!
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We are pleased to announce that the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (JCAG) is now indexed in PubMed! Click here to sign up for e-TOC!
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Day 2 is underway! #CDDWCLM2024.
Starting off the @cddw_clm Celiac Symposium strong this morning with a talk on celiac pathogenesis with @AlbertoCaminer7 !! @CanGastroAssn @McMasterU #cddwclm2024
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Happening soon are some of our big symposiums at #CDDWCLM2023 . 📝 Clinical - Polyps and Such . 👥 @natalia_calo.👥 @RobertBechara.👥 #NauzerForbes.👥 #AlaaRostom.👥 @jmosko29.
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📢 New article from @JCanAssnGastro #JCAG. 📰 Biologic Therapies for the Treatment of Post-ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis Surgery Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. ✍️ @dr_ibd @DCharabaty @TBessissow and peers!. 🔗
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New announcement alert ❗️ . @CanGastroAssn and @CASLupdates renew partnership for 2023 annual conferences. Joint planning is underway! 🙌.
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2023 CAG Recognition Awards 3/6 🧵. 🌟 Excellence in Quality Innovation Award – @NaziaSelzner . 🌟 Research Excellence Award – #JohnBrumell. 🌟 Thomson-Williams Award (@JCanAssnGastro), Best Paper – @ptandonGI.
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Check out the latest JCAG issue!.
The new issue of @JCanAssnGastro!.Highlights of the issue include:.- Details of @CanGastroAssn new Climate Change Committee.- Scoping review on patient and public involvement in IBD research.- Measuring the impact of patient engagement from @IMAGINE_SPOR
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📢 New article on this #JCAGJeudi. 📰 White Globe Appearance in Autoimmune Atrophic Gastritis. ✍️ #KareemKhalaf #CarmenChingHuiYee #TaoWang @RobertBechara. 🔗
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Sometimes you just gotta vent #CDDWCLM2024.
I always thought that Tony @dufourlab had the best Twitter posts, turns out he also has the best slides. Great career development session with @JEGhia at #CDDW2024 @CanGastroAssn
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For those celebrating, we wish you a very Happy Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas and Nutan Varshabhinandan! ✨.
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Join us for the upcoming #CAG Accredited Webinar co-developed with @TakedaPharma . 💻 #IBD Update: #ECCO2023.📅 April 18, 2023.⏰ 7:15-8:45 p.m. ET. 👥 @MRegueiroMD @GI_JeffMD @waqqasafif and #SallyLawrence. 🔗
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Oral Abstract Presentation by GRIT trainee Fiona Milne @not_shreks_wife #CDDWCLM2024 you can read the abstract here:
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It's 2/22/22! Celebrate today's palindrome by checking out abstracts accepted to #CDDW2022 🥳.
We have some exciting news this Twosday 🤩. #CDDW2022 abstracts are now available through the @JCanAssnGastro supplement! Click below to access 👇. 🔗
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Thank you, @CIHR_IRSC! 🎉. The CAG is proud to be a supporting partner in the #TRIANGLE program: Training Researchers In the Next generation in Gastroenterology and Liver, led by @NicolaJGI. #GITwitter #LiverTwitter.
We’re proud to support the next generation of health researchers. The #GoC is investing $31.1M to provide training and development opportunities for trainees and early career researchers. Learn about the 13 funded training programs:
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2024 CAG Recognition Awards 4/7 🧵. 🌟 Early Career Educator Award – @DrJSilverman. 🌟 Education Excellence Award – #LeannaMcKenzie. 🌟 Excellence in Quality Innovation Award – @novakkerri.
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👉We kick off #cddwclm2024 later today with our GRIT trainees! Join us for coffee ☕️at 2:30pm and a case discussion on Pancreatitis at 3. Followed by workshops on Advanced Therapies for IBD by @GastroStew, Ph Impedance by #StephanieCanning, AI w/ @Samir_Grover and more! @cddw_clm.
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Recognizing our departing committee members at the AGM #CDDWCLM2024.
Congratulations to research committee members stepping down and to Dr Premysl Bercik @Bercik_Collins as the new VP Research @CanGastroAssn @machealthsci @MacDeptMed
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The next basic science symposium at #CDDWCLM2023 is happening in a few minutes. 📝 Cancer and the Microenvironment . Featuring speakers:. 👥 #MarieJoseeBoucher.👥 #SamuelAsfaha.👥 #AlexGregorieff.👥 @JeanetteEB.👥 @MaudeHamilton_.
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Good morning! It's Day 1 of our GRIT Program at #CDDWCLM2023 🤩 We look forward to seeing you, Trainees!.
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Want to know more about liver cancer? Join us on October 27 at 7pm for an educational webinar on liver cancer. More info: #LiverCancer #LiverCancerAwarenessMonth
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2023 CAG Recognition Awards 4/6 🧵. 🌟 Thomson-Williams Award (@JCanAssnGastro), Certificate of Merit – @Juan_Nicolas_PS . 🌟 Visiting Clinical Professorship Award – @tsewingman . 🌟 Visiting Research Professorship Award – @Hirota_Lab.
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Happy #WomenInScience Day! 🙌 Today, we take an extra moment to recognize the efforts of all women in science who continue to inspire girls and #WomenInSTEM here in Canada and world-wide 🌎.
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Act Your Science workshop w/ @JeffreyFDunn giving our Research Topics trainees insights into social dynamics and how to overcome discomfort in a variety of interactions #CDDWCLM224
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NEW PODCAST POSTED! Episode 7: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and its Implications for Functional Bowel Disorders - Dr. Elena Verdu and Dr. Premysl Bercik, McMaster University. Listen today
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Here's one of the newest articles published in this month's #JCAG. Check it out below 👇.
Decreased Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Incidence-Based Mortality in the Screening-Age Population of Ontario @CanGastroAssn @JillTinmouth #jcag.
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The Distinguished Service Award is given to individuals who have provided distinguished service to the field of gastroenterology and the CAG. Congratulations to this year's awardees @alan_barkun, Ron Bridges, Stephen Collins, and Derek McKay!.
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Join us for the upcoming CAG Webinar: . 💻 Implementing AI Into Your Institution. Making AI Real, brought to you by @Medtronic . 📅 November 18, 2021.⏰ 7:00-8:30 p.m. EDT. 👤 Featuring @DrMikeByrne, @tberzin, @alan_barkun @sravmd, @jglissenbrown, Dr. von Renteln & Dr. Ménard
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📢 On this #JCAGJeudi, we have a new article. 📰 An Exploratory Study of Health-related Quality of Life and Care Experiences in Older Adults with #IBD. ✍️ @Prof_Rohatinsky @traciewashere @Juan_Nicolas_PS and peers. 🔗 @JCanAssnGastro.
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We're so excited to have @CaulfieldTim to speak with on on his topic "Infodemic! Is Misinformation Killing Us?". Don't miss out!. 🔗
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We are pleased to announce that the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (JCAG) is now indexed in PubMed! Click here to sign up for e-TOC!
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#JCAG @JCanAssnGastro image of the month:. 📸 A Case of Pill-induced #Esophagitis. ✍️ @RobertBechara and #MarySedarous. 🔗
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During this National Nursing Week the CAG would like to send a big Thank You to all nurses for your hard work, dedication, care and compassionate service provided to all the lives you touch. #CNA2020 #Nurses2020 #NationalNursingWeek
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We are so pleased to congratulate Dr. @amandaricciuto and Dr. Raman (@SnyderInstitute), the 2021 recipients of the Women in IBD Awards! Together with @PfizerCA, we celebrate the advances these researchers have made in our understanding of #IBD:
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The CAG remembers and honours the sacrifices that brave soldiers have taken for the freedom we have today #LestWeForget.
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Congratulations to Palma Colacino on her 10 year anniversary with the CAG! Palma has been instrumental in the success of many programs at the CAG including the Skills Enhancement for Endoscopy (SEE) Program. We are extremely lucky to have her on our team!
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Our President @MdWaschke and Past President @NicolaJGI connected with @UofT_GI_Head Diversity & Equity committee last night. We heard great ideas on improving diversity in the CAG’s programs and services and the broader industry. Great work everybody!.
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It's Day 1 of #CDDW2022! 🙌 Be sure to follow @CDDWcanada for info and updates and use #CDDW2022 as you share your conference experience.
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@DrJSilverman welcoming our GRIT trainees and introducing the discussion panel #JenniferJin @UAlbertaGI #StephanieCanning @uOttawa #OrleeGuttman @UBCDoM #JordanGreen @thenosm @GastroStew @DalhousieU #cddwclm2024
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❗️New CAG guidance surrounding COVID-19 vaccination patients with IBD 👇.
Timely! The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology @CanGastroAssn has just provided guidance for mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Will be published in JCAG soon.
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Cong Phi Dang @The_GEMProject presenting at CAG student paper prize session about “Preclinical Crohn’s disease microbiome promoting inflammation in gnotobiotic mice” .@CDDWcanada @KenCroitoru @TurpinWilliams @jeremiahfaith1
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Announcing the launch of the CAG Podcast! Episode 1: Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis for the Treatment of GI Disease - Dr. Chris Andrews and Dr. Keith Sharkey, University of Calgary. Listen on your favourite podcast app or online here
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2023 CAG Recognition Awards 5/6 🧵. 🌟 Young Educator Award – #EdwinCheng. 🌟 Young Scholar in Quality Innovation Award – @vwaimeih.
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Happening tomorrow! 📅. Register for #CAG/@Medtronic's newest webinar, featuring @DrMikeByrne, @tberzin, @alan_barkun, @sravmd, @jglissenbrown, Dr. von Renteln & Dr. Ménard 👇. 🔗
Join us for the upcoming CAG Webinar: . 💻 Implementing AI Into Your Institution. Making AI Real, brought to you by @Medtronic . 📅 November 18, 2021.⏰ 7:00-8:30 p.m. EDT. 👤 Featuring @DrMikeByrne, @tberzin, @alan_barkun @sravmd, @jglissenbrown, Dr. von Renteln & Dr. Ménard
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