News & Events

Check this page for upcoming events hosted or sponsored by the Vancouver Island Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic.

IBD Forum 2025

Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville Street, Victoria BC

Thursday, April 24, 2025
17:00 - 20:40 PST

Early Registration opens February 15th

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The eighth annual Vancouver Island IBD Forum features short snappers with Genelle Lunken and Dr. Matt Smyth. Keynote speakers include Dr. Brenden Smith, Dr. Jenny Chu, Dr. Nathan Schneidereit, and Dr. Chris Ma. The IBD Forum offers professional development to gastroenterologists, general surgeons, family physicians, pediatricians, and nurses. Register early to secure your spot and to take advantage of the special hotel rates.

IBD Forum 2024

Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina, 146 Kingston Street, Victoria BC

Thursday, April 4, 2024
17:00 - 20:40 PST

Registration Closed

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The seventh annual IBD Forum features short snappers with Dr. Pierre Nel, Dr. Connie Zhang, and Dr. Ashley Jewett. The keynote speakers are Dr. Tiffany Chan on Optimizing Surgical Outcomes and Dr. Clarence Wong on Checkpoint Inhibitor Colitis. The IBD Forum offers professional development to gastroenterologists, general surgeons, family physicians, pediatricians, and nurses. The sponsored event is free of charge.

IBD Forum 2023

Delta Ocean Pointe, Victoria

Thursday, April 13, 2023
17:00 - 20:30 PST

Registration Closed

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Our annual IBD Forum offers professional development to gastroenterologists, general surgeons, family physicians, pediatricians, and nurses. This year's speakers are Dr. Anu Ghuman, Dr. Alex Bond, and Dr. Kevin Rioux. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Julia Tan, will speak about 'Combined GI and rheumatologic disease: which drug where?'

IBD Forum 2022

Delta Ocean Pointe, Victoria

Thursday, April 21, 2022
17:30 - 20:45 PST

Registration Closed

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Happy to announce that our fifth annual IBD Forum will be live and in person! Our annual IBD Forum offers professional development to gastroenterologists, general surgeons, family physicians, pediatricians, and nurses. This year's speakers are Dr. Sunny Singh and Dr. Yvette Leung, with keynote speakers Dr. Bertus Eksteen, “Pushing the envelope of therapies in PSC”; Dr. Shauna Correia, “Sexual health & IBD”; and Dr. Brendan Halloran, “Cutting edge concepts and clinical pearls of Crohn’s dilations”.

IBD Forum 2021

Thursday, April 8, 2021
17:30 - 19:45

Registration Closed

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Our annual IBD Forum offers professional development to gastroenterologists, general surgeons, family physicians, pediatricians, and nurses. This year's speakers are Dr. Sally Lawrence, Dr. Rohit Pai, Dr. Sepehr Khorasani, and Dr. Nancy Fu with this year's keynote 'Sticking it where it counts: Vaccinations for IBD patients in 2021'.

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