PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Subject to changes without notice

Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Introductory remarks by Premysl Bercik & Carolina Tropini

  • ABSTRACT: Helminth-Induced IL-33 Promotes Tissue-Repair Macrophages That Protect Against Colitis Independent if IL-4 Signaling with Lucas Kraemer
  • ABSTRACT: Escherichia Coli Pathobionts Isolated from Ulcerative Colitis Patients Harbour Numerous Proteins that Degrade Human Colonic Mucus with Ashley Gilliland
  • ABSTRACT: Exploring the Effects of Commonly Used Artificial Food Colourants in the Pathogenesis of Colitis with Tyler Seto
  • ABSTRACT: Carboxymethylcellulose Sensitive Gut Microbiome Signatures and their Immuno-Metabolomic Links to Crohn's Disease with Jeongseok Kim
  • ABSTRACT: Maternal IBD-Associated Microbiota Shapes Immune System in Offspring with Xavier Mas Orea
  • ABSTRACT: Glycocaging Improves the Therapeutic Index of IBD Drugs with Wei Jen Ma
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Heiko Pohl and Nauzer Forbes 

  • Z-POEM with Christopher Teshima
  • Barretts Optical Diagnosis with Gary May
  • Pharyngeal ESD vs Gastric ESD with Robert Bechara
  • Colon EMR and Closure with Jeff Mosko
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Onyinye Esenwa & Raina Kim

  • Beyond Access: Advancing Black Health Equity in Gastroenterology with OmiSoore Dryden
  • Can We Address EDIRA in Gastroenterology? with Cynthia Seow
  • Equitable care in diverse patient populations with Eytan Wine
  • Leadership, gender, and systemic change with Laura Targownik
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanHepC

Moderated by Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

Opening Remarks with Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

  • New Horizons in HCV Prevention, in Canada and Globally with Jason Grebely
  • Has 'treatment as prevention' delivered on its promise? with Natasha Martin
  • Q&A 
  • ABSTRACT: Montréal Sans HépC: Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus in Montreal Through a Community Focused, Population-Tailored, Multi-Pronged Approach with James O'Grady
  • ABSTRACT: Adapting and Pivoting: Transforming Micro-Elimination  Within a Nurse-Led Hepatitis C Treatment Program in Victoria, B.C. with Tamara Barnett
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Cynthia Tsien

  • Long-term post transplant complications with Rahima Banji
  • Oncology & liver transplant with Arndt Vogel
  • Equity policies with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee 
  • AI in Transplant with Mamatha Bhat 
  • Living Donor in High Meld and Oncology Patients with Nazia Selzner
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Yasmin Nasser & Vivian Huang

  • ABSTRACTS: Crohn Disease Exclusion Diet Maintenance Therapy Induces Sustained Microbiome Changes with Anissa Armet
  • ABSTRACTS: Non-Invasive Peptidomic Signature Distinguishing Active and Remissive IBD Using a Nested Cross-Validated Machine-Learning Study with Elmira Shajari
  • ABSTRACTS: The Use of HLADQA1*05G>A Screening for the Selection of Non-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonist Advanced Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Study with Virginia Guisandes Bueno
  • ABSTRACTS: Time-Trajectory Analysis of Proteomics Reveals Potential Pre-Clinical Stages of Crohn's Disease with Rirong Chen
  • ABSTRACTS: Wait Times for Colonoscopy According to Subsequent Pathology to Improve a Colonoscopy Referral Sheet with Alan Barkun
  • ABSTRACTS: Impact of CADX on Optical Diagnosis of Serrated and Advanced Colorectal Lesions: A Prospective Implementation Study with Megan Oleksiw
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
 

This workshop offers participants a practical and accessible introduction to intestinal ultrasonography (IUS), an increasingly valuable tool in the real-time assessment and management of inflammatory bowel disease. Attendees will build a strong foundational understanding of IUS principles, image acquisition, and interpretation, while gaining insight into how this modality enhances clinical decision-making in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Through focused instruction and applied learning, the session equips clinicians with the knowledge to integrate IUS into routine practice, improving disease monitoring, patient engagement, and overall quality of care.

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Fernand Pierre Gendron and Laura Sly

  • Live bacterial therapeutics for detection and treatment of colorectal cancer with Amir Zarrinpar
  • “Glycocaging” IBD drugs for targeted GI delivery with Laura Sly
  • Culturing Colonic Organoids with a Minimal Mimetic Matrix: Because Organoids Need the Right Support! with Nathalie Perrault
  • ABSTRACT: Precision Phage Therapy Mitigates Colitis and Enhances Steroid Efficacy Through Suppression of Crohn’s-Associated Bacterial Virulence with Kyle Jackson
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Heiko Pohl and Nauzer Forbes 

  • ERCP/Choloangioscopy with Jeff Mosko
  • EUS Drainage BD with Natalia Calo
  • Ampullectomy with Gary May
  • Colon EMR and Closure with Yen-I Chen
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Juan Abraldes and Angela Crawley

  • Global Perspectives on MASLD: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Future Directions with Ming-Hua Zheng 
  • Unraveling the Natural History of MASLD: The Interplay of Genetics, Sex, and Ethnicity with Luca Valenti 
  • Sex considerations in animal and experimental models of MASLD with Angela Crawley
  • ABSTRACT: Dynamic Steatotic Liver Disease Classifications: A Descriptive Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging with Carmela Rapino
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Rivka Kushner

CanHepC Panel: Harm Reduction & HCV Prevention (facilitated by CATIE) with Jason Altenberg, Ahmed Bayoumi, Douglas Belanger, Barb Fornssler, Martin Pagé

  • ABSTRACT: Sex-Specific Patterns of Cardiometabolic and Renal Complications by Ethnicity Among People with Hepatitis C in British Columbia, Canada: A Population-Based Study with Dahn Jeong
  • ABSTRACT: Infusing Personal Perspective and Experience in Contextualizing and Strategizing HCV Care with First Nation People with Ciara Eizadirad
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
 
 
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Alberto Caminero and Vivian Huang

  • Eosinophils and adverse reactions to foods in functional dyspepsia with Tim Vanuytsel
  • The role of stress in food intolerances in IBS with David Reed
  • Microbial drivers of food sensitivities and adverse reactions to foods in IBD with Alberto Caminero
  • ABSTRACT: Saccharomyces Boulardii Cncm I-745 Synergizes with the Small Intestinal Microbiota to Boost Ahr Signaling in Celiac Disease with Kelly Kan
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Nauzer Forbes and Frances Tse

  • Malignant UGI bleeding: Moving beyond injection, cautery, and clips with Alan Barkun
  • Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: beyond Argon Plasma Coagulation with Grigorios Leontiadis
  • Dieulafoy’s and Mallory Weiss Tears: Beyond the obvious with Lawrence Hookey
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Jennifer Jones and Reena Khannah

  • Real World Precision Management of IBD: Are we there yet? with Gilaad Kaplan
  • Management of perianal Crohn’s disease: Beyond setons and anti TNFs with Jeff McCurdy
  • Breaking through the therapeutic ceiling in IBD: Strategic Successes and Pitfalls with Michael Stewart
  • Q&A
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
 

This workshop offers participants a practical and accessible introduction to intestinal ultrasonography (IUS), an increasingly valuable tool in the real-time assessment and management of inflammatory bowel disease. Attendees will build a strong foundational understanding of IUS principles, image acquisition, and interpretation, while gaining insight into how this modality enhances clinical decision-making in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Through focused instruction and applied learning, the session equips clinicians with the knowledge to integrate IUS into routine practice, improving disease monitoring, patient engagement, and overall quality of care.

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CASL

Opening Greetings by Carla Coffin and Giada Sebastiani

Presentation of Education Awards by Mayur Brahmania & Aldo Montano-Loza

 

  • 2026-2027 CASL Clinical Hepatology Fellowship Award
    Louis Huynh 
     
  • CASL Education Excellence Award
    Hin Hin Ko

Presentation of Research Awards by Christopher Rose & Mamatha Bhat

  • CASL Research Excellence Award​​​​​​​
    Jordan Feld
     
  • CASL Travel Grant Awards
    Poshika Dhingra and Yvette Ysabel Yao 

Presentation of Collaborative Awards Giada Sebastiani

  • CMDO Network Competition Winner
    Matthieu Lepage
     
  • Baveno Consensus Workshop Collaboration Grant
    TBD

Presentation of CIHR-INMD-CASL Prize by Mary Jung 

  • CIHR-INMD-CASL Early Career Researcher Partnership Award
    Daljeet Chahal

Presentation of PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Award by Mary Pressley Vyas

  • PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Award 
    Natassia Tan

Presentation of Distinguished Service Award by Carla Coffin & Ed Tam

  • CASL Distinguished Service Award
    Stephen Wong

CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Introduction by Carla Coffin & Jennifer Nebesky ​​​​​​​

Presentation of CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Winner by Kelly Burak

  • CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Recipient Lecture
    Ray Kim
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Jennifer Flemming and Jordan Francheville

  • The Liver Landscape: A Year in Review and the Road Ahead with Mayur Brahmania
  • What’s New in Focal Liver Lesions with Tasha Kulai
  • Preventing Complications in Cirrhosis with Juan Abraldes
  • Gastrointestinal care after liver transplantation with Vladimir Marquez

 

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW

Introductory remarks by Premysl Bercik and Geoff Nguyen

  • Early Research Awardee Lecture on Regulation of intestinal immune homeostasis - from animal models to patients presented by Arthur Mortha
  • Research Excellence Awardee Lecture on Defining the Global Epidemiology of IBD: A Journey Fueled by Collaboration and Mentorship presented by Gilaad Kaplan
  • Early Career Scholar in Quality Awardee Lecture on Bridging the Gap: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities presented by Paul Tandon
  • Excellence in Quality Innovation Awardee Lecture on The Liver Landscape: A Year in Review and the Road Ahead presented by Mayur Brahmania
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Narges AshrafiniaEric Benchimol 

  • Adverse Events, Success, and Tolerability of Biliary ERCP with Conscious Sedation vs. Anesthesia: a Multi-center Prospective Study with Nauzer Forbes
  • Assessing colorectal cancer screening and outcomes among First Nations people in Alberta with Lea Bill
  • GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical, Nutritional, and Emerging Therapeutic Considerations with Alice Che and Joelle St.Pierre
  • Panel Discussion with Cynthia Seow
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Curtis Cooper

  • Lab Testing with Emma Lee
  • Screening for HBV + HDV with Hin Hin Ko
  • Expanded Treatment Indication with Scott Fung 
  • Viral Co-Infection: HCV/ HDV/HIV with Curtis Cooper
  • Pediatric HBV with Fernando Alvarez

 

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by James Kim and Elizabeth Lee 

  • Non-invasive biomarkers for risk stratification with Keyur Patel
  • Innovations in MASLD Imaging and artificial intelligence Integration with Mamatha Bhat
  • Integrating Sex and Gender in Models of Health Delivery for MASLD with Saumya Jayakumar
  • ABSTRACT: Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Sex-Specific Molecular Zonation Signatures in F2 Masld Fibrotic Livers with Mohamed Abdelnabi
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
JOINT CAG

Moderated by Francois Boudreau and Linda Rabeneck

  • Epidemiology of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer with Jill Tinmouth
  • Genotoxic bacteria in colorectal cancer development and metastasis with Christian Jobin
  • Diet and Gut Microbes: Converging determinants of Colorectal Cancer development with Bhupesh Kumar Thakur

 

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW

Moderated by Laura Targownik and Milli Gupta

  • Gut Instincts: Women Driving Entrepreneurship in GI and Hepatology Panel with Nicky Marwaha, Maitreyi Raman, Sarah Robbins, Elena Verdu, and Talia Zenlea
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Mohit Kehar and Cindy Wen

  • Understanding and Addressing MASLD Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee
  • Epidemiological Insights into MASLD in the Canadian Diverse Population with Sahar Saeed 
  • Introducing a White Paper on Liver disease in Gender-Diverse and Sexual Minority Populations with Felice Cinque 
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Nadine Kronfli

  • Canada's successes and failures in HCV prevention with PWUD/PWID with Julie Bruneau
  • Q&A
  • ABSTRACT: Perspectives on Hepatitis C Self- Testing Among First Nations Populations in Ontario with Kate Dunn
  • ABSTRACT: Acceptability of Dried Blood Spot Testing for Hepatitis C Virus and Other Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among People Incarcerated in Quebec Provincial Prisons with Olivia Price
  • ABSTRACT: Increasing Burden of Syphilis Among People with Hepatitis C in British Columbia with Sofia Bartlett
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
CDDW

Introduction and welcoming remarks by Laurence Hookey 

Awards Presentation

Closing Remarks by Laurence Hookey

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
Saturday, February 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by 

  • Clinical Value of Quantitative HBsAg Testing in Hepatitis B Care with Stephen Congly
  • Panel Discussion with Curtis Cooper, Julian Hercun, and Tony Mazzulli
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Genelle Lunken and Maitreyi Raman

  • Reframing nutrition in obesity management in the era of GLP-1–based therapies with Flavio Teixeira Vieira
  • Obesity & celiac disease with Maria Ines Pinto Sanchez
  • GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Evidence and Clinical Considerations with Stephanie Gold
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Kirk Bergstrom and Giada de Palma

  • The Vascular barrier in the GI tract with Giovanni Barbara
  • Immune system as the second line of defense with Andrew Macpherson
  • The Potential of Glycan-Rich Gel-Forming Mucins as a Novel Therapeutic Platform for Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Kirk Bergstrom
  • ABSTRACT: CX3CR1+ Myeloid Cell-Intrinsic NOD2 Signaling Limits Crohn's Disease-Associated Intestinal Fibrosis with Tapas Mukherjee
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Nazia Selzner

  • Post Operative Medical Care Therapy: Risk Stratification vs Treatment for all argued by Karen Kroeker and John Marshall
  • Transplant More or Transplant Less: Expanding Criteria for Transplant in Liver Disease argued by Aldo Montano-Loza and Cynthia Tsien
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanHepC

Moderated by Che Colpitts

  • Pipeline for B-cell based HCV vaccines with Justin Bailey
  • Pipeline for T-cell based HCV vaccines with Naglaa Shoukry
  • Q&A
  • ABSTRACT: Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Il-32-Expressing Cd8 T Cells and Mait Cells as Distinctive Features of Spontaneous Resolution During HCV Reinfection with Nicol Flores
  • ABSTRACT: Characterizing the Escape Barrier of Vaccine-Induced Antisera Against Hepatitis C Virus with Farnaz Aligolighasemabadi
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Clara Long and Alnoor Ramji

  • Gender-Sensitive Lifestyle Approaches to MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
  • Incretin-based Therapy for MASLD with Harpreet Bajaj 
  • MASH-targeted Therapy for MASLD with Mark Swain
  • ABSTRACT: Non-Invasive Two-Step Triage Reduces Access Delays to Liver Services for People with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Tertiary Program Evaluation with Yasamin Farbod
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Adriana Lazarescu and David Rodrigues

  • Biofeedback/Breathing with Jordi Serra
  • Use of Antibiotics with Paul Moyyaedi
  • Management of Constipation with Christopher Andrews

 

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
JOINT CAG

Moderated by Tae-Hee Kim & Alex Gregorieff

  • Gastric stem cells, regeneration and cancer with Michael Sigal
  • Understanding disease pathogenesis to drive drug discovery for H. pylori infection with Nicola Jones
  • Esophageal tumor microenvironment with Lorenzo Ferri
  • ABSTRACT: BAF Complex Recruits Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors to Terminate Gastric Regeneration and Prevent Cancer with Adrian Loe
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW

Moderated by Simone Kortbeek and Veronique Morinville

  • Bringing Healthcare into the Kitchen: Harnessing the Power of Food as Medicine with Debora Duro
  • Development of a Culinary Medicine Program - University of Toronto Experience with Christopher Tomlinson
  • Plate to Patient: Modulating the Microbiome in Gastrointestinal Disease with Nikhil Pai
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
 
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Marc Bilodeau and Tianyan Chen

  • MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
  • Portal hypertension with Amine Benmassaoud
  • Hepatitis B with Julian Hercun
  • Identification de nouveaux substrats de TMPRSS6, une protéase hépatique émergente dans la MASLD (Identification of novel substrates of TMPRSS6, an emerging hepatic protease in MASLD) with Matthieu Lepage
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Jordan Feld

  • Lessons learned from HCV vaccine trials with Kim Page
  • Why participate in an HCV controlled human infection model? with Paul Zimmer-Harwood
  • Ethics of Controlled Human Infection Modelling with Charles Weijer
  • Building Confidence in Vaccinations in Diverse Populations with Eve Dube
  • Q&A

Closing remarks by Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CanHepC
 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Stephanie Carpentier and Melissa Kelley 

  • Diagnostics at the Gut-Liver Interface with Mark Swain 
  • MASLD and IBS/IBD: Overlapping Patient Populations, Diverging Strategies with Giada Sebastiani
  • Multidisciplinary Approaches in Transplant Programs for Metabolically dysregulated-associated Steatohepatitis with Nazia Selzner
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CanHepC

Please note that this is an expression of interest, NOT a confirmed workshop registration. Should the workshop move forward, spots will be limited and offered to those who expressed interest during registration. If this workshop becomes available, the organizers will reach out to interested delegates with an official invitation to confirm their participation. This workshop WILL NOT have any additional cost associated beyond registration fees. 

 

  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Aldo Montano-Loza

  • IgG4 hepatobiliry and biliary disease with Emma Culver 
  • New treatments for PBC with Gideon Hirschfield
  • Current status of treatment for PSC with Palak Trivedi 
  • Gaps of treatment and diagnosis in autoimmune hepatitis with Ye Htun Oo
  • Gut liver axis in PSC with Palak Trivedi 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW

Hosted by Lawrence Hookey

  • Presentation of CAG Fellowship Awards
  • McKenna Lecture on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Progress and Potential by Linda Rabeneck
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Orlee Guttman

  • Interventional Radiology and the Hepatic Mass with Antonio Hernandez Villegas
  • Surgical considerations in hepatoblastoma with Nicolas Goldaracena
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Tasha Kulai and Fernanda Onofrio

  • ALD pharmacotherapy: targeting inflammation, gut-liver signaling and fibrosis with Suthat Liangpunsakul
  • Sex, hormones and susceptibility: understanding why women are developing ALD faster with Jennifer Flemming
  • Liver Transplantation for ALD: navigating controversy, complexity, and change with Nazia Selzner
  • Turning evidence into action: alcohol policy and its implications on liver health with Juan Pablo Arab
  • Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Transforming Lived Experience into Liver Health Advocacy with Vanessa Wojtala
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Stephanie CanningLouis Liu

  • ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2025) with Milli Gupta
  • ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2025) with Colleen Parker
  • AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Gastroparesis (2025) with Christopher Andrews
  • AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Gastroparesis (2025) with David Yang
  • AGA Clinical Practice Update on GI Manifestations and Autonomic or Immune Dysfunction in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Expert Review (2025) with Yvonne Tse
  • AGA Clinical Practice Update on GI Manifestations and Autonomic or Immune Dysfunction in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Expert Review (2025) with Laurence Guay
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Genelle Lunken and Lisa Reynolds

  • The mycobiome in IBD and Inflammation with Iliyan Iliev
  • Helminths as a source of therapeutics for IBD with Derek McKay
  • Viruses in Gut Health with Katharina Lahl
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW

Hosted by Nicola Jones

  • Kopelman Lecture by Alexander Miethke

 

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
7:45 PM - 9:45 PM
7:45 PM - 9:45 PM
 

Tickets available for purchase via the registration portal.

Sunday, March 1, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Carolina Tropini and Elena Verdu

  • The small bowel as a key immune organ with Andrew MacPherson
  • Studying the small intestinal microbiome: gaps, opportunities and implications for food sensitivities with Alberto Caminero
  • Culture-enriched molecular profiling of the duodenal microbiome and potential role in host metabolic function in healthy and prediabetic subjects with Andre Marette
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW

Moderated by Milli Gupta and Matt Miles

  • Achalasia and other Esophageal motor disorders underlying dysphagia with Louis Liu
  • Defining Pharyngeal and Upper Esophageal Sphincter Disorders with Nathalie Rommel
  • Measure twice, cut once: POEM vs. Surgery with Neal Shahidi
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Vladimir Marquez

  • Introduction / Launch of Canadian Hepatitis B Peer Support Group with Colina Yim and Hin Hin Ko
  • To Advance Research in Cis & Trans Diverse Minority Communities with Devan Nambiar
  • Research and connection with Indigenous communities with Kate Dunn
  • Panel on Building CASL and AASLD joint community advocacy with Tzu-Hao (Howard) Lee
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Angela Crawley and Adam Gehring

  • Treg biology in chronic autoimmune liver disease with Ye Htun Oo
  • Single cell profiling of Tregs with Sonya Macparland 
  • Engineering antigen‐specific Tregs for targeted tolerance in transplantation or Clinical‐translational challenges / early human data with Elmar Jaeckel 
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CLM
 
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW

Moderated by Desmond Leddin and Harminder Singh

  • The impact of environmental change on digestive health and digestive healthcare on the environment with Paul Moayyedi
  • Carbon and environmental footprint of GI endoscopy with Heiko Pohl
  • CAG-ASGE quality improvement program for sustainable endoscopy with Neal Shahidi
  • Cost savings of going green. Can we save the environment while saving money? with Desmond Leddin

Panel

  • Adult Perspective with Frances Tse
  • Pediatrics Perspective with Mary Zachos
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Charles Bernstein and Yasmin Nasser

  • Brain/Gut Axis in IBD with Charles Bernstein
  • Yoga - an effective tool for disorders of gut-brain interaction with Yasmin Nasser
  • Neuroimaging correlates of depression and anxiety in IBD with Jennifer Kornelsen
  • ABSTRACT: Systems-level Pathway Mapping Reveals Gut–Brain and Immune Signatures in Flares of IBS with Vidhyalakshmi Mohan
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Mamatha Bhat and Christopher Rose

  • ABSTRACT: Immune Failure as Part of the Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Syndrome in Hospitalised Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis with Niamh Mehigan Farrelly
  • ABSTRACT: Predictors of Inadequate Protein Intake and Malnutrition in Patients with Cirrhosis with Poshika Dhingra
  • ABSTRACT: TREM2⁺ Macrophage Persistence, Location and Efferocytosis-Induced Activation in Aggressive Cases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Ariya Shiwram
  • ABSTRACT: Higher One Year Graft Failure in Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) vs Donation After Brain Death (DBD) Liver Transplantation in Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) with Yvette Ysabel Yao
  • ABSTRACT: Generation of Patient-Derived Human Liver Organoids from Fresh and Cryopreserved Human Liver Homogenate with Michelle Sue
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Scott Fung and Erin Kelly

  • Trends in Alcohol Hepatitis with Juan Pablo Arab 
  • Universal Infant Vaccination for HBV with Carla Coffin
  • Obesity in Children with Mohit Kehar
  • Public Health and MASLD/MASH with Giada Sebastiani
Friday, February 27, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Onyinye Esenwa & Raina Kim

  • Beyond Access: Advancing Black Health Equity in Gastroenterology with OmiSoore Dryden
  • Can We Address EDIRA in Gastroenterology? with Cynthia Seow
  • Equitable care in diverse patient populations with Eytan Wine
  • Leadership, gender, and systemic change with Laura Targownik
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Introductory remarks by Premysl Bercik & Carolina Tropini

  • ABSTRACT: Helminth-Induced IL-33 Promotes Tissue-Repair Macrophages That Protect Against Colitis Independent if IL-4 Signaling with Lucas Kraemer
  • ABSTRACT: Escherichia Coli Pathobionts Isolated from Ulcerative Colitis Patients Harbour Numerous Proteins that Degrade Human Colonic Mucus with Ashley Gilliland
  • ABSTRACT: Exploring the Effects of Commonly Used Artificial Food Colourants in the Pathogenesis of Colitis with Tyler Seto
  • ABSTRACT: Carboxymethylcellulose Sensitive Gut Microbiome Signatures and their Immuno-Metabolomic Links to Crohn's Disease with Jeongseok Kim
  • ABSTRACT: Maternal IBD-Associated Microbiota Shapes Immune System in Offspring with Xavier Mas Orea
  • ABSTRACT: Glycocaging Improves the Therapeutic Index of IBD Drugs with Wei Jen Ma
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Heiko Pohl and Nauzer Forbes 

  • Z-POEM with Christopher Teshima
  • Barretts Optical Diagnosis with Gary May
  • Pharyngeal ESD vs Gastric ESD with Robert Bechara
  • Colon EMR and Closure with Jeff Mosko
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Fernand Pierre Gendron and Laura Sly

  • Live bacterial therapeutics for detection and treatment of colorectal cancer with Amir Zarrinpar
  • “Glycocaging” IBD drugs for targeted GI delivery with Laura Sly
  • Culturing Colonic Organoids with a Minimal Mimetic Matrix: Because Organoids Need the Right Support! with Nathalie Perrault
  • ABSTRACT: Precision Phage Therapy Mitigates Colitis and Enhances Steroid Efficacy Through Suppression of Crohn’s-Associated Bacterial Virulence with Kyle Jackson
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Yasmin Nasser & Vivian Huang

  • ABSTRACTS: Crohn Disease Exclusion Diet Maintenance Therapy Induces Sustained Microbiome Changes with Anissa Armet
  • ABSTRACTS: Non-Invasive Peptidomic Signature Distinguishing Active and Remissive IBD Using a Nested Cross-Validated Machine-Learning Study with Elmira Shajari
  • ABSTRACTS: The Use of HLADQA1*05G>A Screening for the Selection of Non-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonist Advanced Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Study with Virginia Guisandes Bueno
  • ABSTRACTS: Time-Trajectory Analysis of Proteomics Reveals Potential Pre-Clinical Stages of Crohn's Disease with Rirong Chen
  • ABSTRACTS: Wait Times for Colonoscopy According to Subsequent Pathology to Improve a Colonoscopy Referral Sheet with Alan Barkun
  • ABSTRACTS: Impact of CADX on Optical Diagnosis of Serrated and Advanced Colorectal Lesions: A Prospective Implementation Study with Megan Oleksiw
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Heiko Pohl and Nauzer Forbes 

  • ERCP/Choloangioscopy with Jeff Mosko
  • EUS Drainage BD with Natalia Calo
  • Ampullectomy with Gary May
  • Colon EMR and Closure with Yen-I Chen
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Nauzer Forbes and Frances Tse

  • Malignant UGI bleeding: Moving beyond injection, cautery, and clips with Alan Barkun
  • Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: beyond Argon Plasma Coagulation with Grigorios Leontiadis
  • Dieulafoy’s and Mallory Weiss Tears: Beyond the obvious with Lawrence Hookey
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Alberto Caminero and Vivian Huang

  • Eosinophils and adverse reactions to foods in functional dyspepsia with Tim Vanuytsel
  • The role of stress in food intolerances in IBS with David Reed
  • Microbial drivers of food sensitivities and adverse reactions to foods in IBD with Alberto Caminero
  • ABSTRACT: Saccharomyces Boulardii Cncm I-745 Synergizes with the Small Intestinal Microbiota to Boost Ahr Signaling in Celiac Disease with Kelly Kan
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Jennifer Jones and Reena Khannah

  • Real World Precision Management of IBD: Are we there yet? with Gilaad Kaplan
  • Management of perianal Crohn’s disease: Beyond setons and anti TNFs with Jeff McCurdy
  • Breaking through the therapeutic ceiling in IBD: Strategic Successes and Pitfalls with Michael Stewart
  • Q&A
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW

Introductory remarks by Premysl Bercik and Geoff Nguyen

  • Early Research Awardee Lecture on Regulation of intestinal immune homeostasis - from animal models to patients presented by Arthur Mortha
  • Research Excellence Awardee Lecture on Defining the Global Epidemiology of IBD: A Journey Fueled by Collaboration and Mentorship presented by Gilaad Kaplan
  • Early Career Scholar in Quality Awardee Lecture on Bridging the Gap: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities presented by Paul Tandon
  • Excellence in Quality Innovation Awardee Lecture on The Liver Landscape: A Year in Review and the Road Ahead presented by Mayur Brahmania
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW - Post-Grad Course

Moderated by Jennifer Flemming and Jordan Francheville

  • The Liver Landscape: A Year in Review and the Road Ahead with Mayur Brahmania
  • What’s New in Focal Liver Lesions with Tasha Kulai
  • Preventing Complications in Cirrhosis with Juan Abraldes
  • Gastrointestinal care after liver transplantation with Vladimir Marquez

 

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Narges AshrafiniaEric Benchimol 

  • Adverse Events, Success, and Tolerability of Biliary ERCP with Conscious Sedation vs. Anesthesia: a Multi-center Prospective Study with Nauzer Forbes
  • Assessing colorectal cancer screening and outcomes among First Nations people in Alberta with Lea Bill
  • GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical, Nutritional, and Emerging Therapeutic Considerations with Alice Che and Joelle St.Pierre
  • Panel Discussion with Cynthia Seow
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
JOINT CAG

Moderated by Francois Boudreau and Linda Rabeneck

  • Epidemiology of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer with Jill Tinmouth
  • Genotoxic bacteria in colorectal cancer development and metastasis with Christian Jobin
  • Diet and Gut Microbes: Converging determinants of Colorectal Cancer development with Bhupesh Kumar Thakur

 

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW

Moderated by Laura Targownik and Milli Gupta

  • Gut Instincts: Women Driving Entrepreneurship in GI and Hepatology Panel with Nicky Marwaha, Maitreyi Raman, Sarah Robbins, Elena Verdu, and Talia Zenlea
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
CDDW

Introduction and welcoming remarks by Laurence Hookey 

Awards Presentation

Closing Remarks by Laurence Hookey

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
Saturday, February 28, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Nazia Selzner

  • Post Operative Medical Care Therapy: Risk Stratification vs Treatment for all argued by Karen Kroeker and John Marshall
  • Transplant More or Transplant Less: Expanding Criteria for Transplant in Liver Disease argued by Aldo Montano-Loza and Cynthia Tsien
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Genelle Lunken and Maitreyi Raman

  • Reframing nutrition in obesity management in the era of GLP-1–based therapies with Flavio Teixeira Vieira
  • Obesity & celiac disease with Maria Ines Pinto Sanchez
  • GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Evidence and Clinical Considerations with Stephanie Gold
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Kirk Bergstrom and Giada de Palma

  • The Vascular barrier in the GI tract with Giovanni Barbara
  • Immune system as the second line of defense with Andrew Macpherson
  • The Potential of Glycan-Rich Gel-Forming Mucins as a Novel Therapeutic Platform for Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Kirk Bergstrom
  • ABSTRACT: CX3CR1+ Myeloid Cell-Intrinsic NOD2 Signaling Limits Crohn's Disease-Associated Intestinal Fibrosis with Tapas Mukherjee
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
JOINT CAG

Moderated by Tae-Hee Kim & Alex Gregorieff

  • Gastric stem cells, regeneration and cancer with Michael Sigal
  • Understanding disease pathogenesis to drive drug discovery for H. pylori infection with Nicola Jones
  • Esophageal tumor microenvironment with Lorenzo Ferri
  • ABSTRACT: BAF Complex Recruits Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors to Terminate Gastric Regeneration and Prevent Cancer with Adrian Loe
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Adriana Lazarescu and David Rodrigues

  • Biofeedback/Breathing with Jordi Serra
  • Use of Antibiotics with Paul Moyyaedi
  • Management of Constipation with Christopher Andrews

 

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW

Moderated by Simone Kortbeek and Veronique Morinville

  • Bringing Healthcare into the Kitchen: Harnessing the Power of Food as Medicine with Debora Duro
  • Development of a Culinary Medicine Program - University of Toronto Experience with Christopher Tomlinson
  • Plate to Patient: Modulating the Microbiome in Gastrointestinal Disease with Nikhil Pai
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Stephanie Carpentier and Melissa Kelley 

  • Diagnostics at the Gut-Liver Interface with Mark Swain 
  • MASLD and IBS/IBD: Overlapping Patient Populations, Diverging Strategies with Giada Sebastiani
  • Multidisciplinary Approaches in Transplant Programs for Metabolically dysregulated-associated Steatohepatitis with Nazia Selzner
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CDDW

Hosted by Lawrence Hookey

  • Presentation of CAG Fellowship Awards
  • McKenna Lecture on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Progress and Potential by Linda Rabeneck
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW - Clinical

Moderated by Stephanie CanningLouis Liu

  • ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2025) with Milli Gupta
  • ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2025) with Colleen Parker
  • AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Gastroparesis (2025) with Christopher Andrews
  • AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Gastroparesis (2025) with David Yang
  • AGA Clinical Practice Update on GI Manifestations and Autonomic or Immune Dysfunction in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Expert Review (2025) with Yvonne Tse
  • AGA Clinical Practice Update on GI Manifestations and Autonomic or Immune Dysfunction in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Expert Review (2025) with Laurence Guay
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Genelle Lunken and Lisa Reynolds

  • The mycobiome in IBD and Inflammation with Iliyan Iliev
  • Helminths as a source of therapeutics for IBD with Derek McKay
  • Viruses in Gut Health with Katharina Lahl
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDDW

Hosted by Nicola Jones

  • Kopelman Lecture by Alexander Miethke

 

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
Sunday, March 1, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Carolina Tropini and Elena Verdu

  • The small bowel as a key immune organ with Andrew MacPherson
  • Studying the small intestinal microbiome: gaps, opportunities and implications for food sensitivities with Alberto Caminero
  • Culture-enriched molecular profiling of the duodenal microbiome and potential role in host metabolic function in healthy and prediabetic subjects with Andre Marette
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
CDDW

Moderated by Milli Gupta and Matt Miles

  • Achalasia and other Esophageal motor disorders underlying dysphagia with Louis Liu
  • Defining Pharyngeal and Upper Esophageal Sphincter Disorders with Nathalie Rommel
  • Measure twice, cut once: POEM vs. Surgery with Neal Shahidi
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW - Basic Science

Moderated by Charles Bernstein and Yasmin Nasser

  • Brain/Gut Axis in IBD with Charles Bernstein
  • Yoga - an effective tool for disorders of gut-brain interaction with Yasmin Nasser
  • Neuroimaging correlates of depression and anxiety in IBD with Jennifer Kornelsen
  • ABSTRACT: Systems-level Pathway Mapping Reveals Gut–Brain and Immune Signatures in Flares of IBS with Vidhyalakshmi Mohan
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDDW

Moderated by Desmond Leddin and Harminder Singh

  • The impact of environmental change on digestive health and digestive healthcare on the environment with Paul Moayyedi
  • Carbon and environmental footprint of GI endoscopy with Heiko Pohl
  • CAG-ASGE quality improvement program for sustainable endoscopy with Neal Shahidi
  • Cost savings of going green. Can we save the environment while saving money? with Desmond Leddin

Panel

  • Adult Perspective with Frances Tse
  • Pediatrics Perspective with Mary Zachos
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Cynthia Tsien

  • Long-term post transplant complications with Rahima Banji
  • Oncology & liver transplant with Arndt Vogel
  • Equity policies with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee 
  • AI in Transplant with Mamatha Bhat 
  • Living Donor in High Meld and Oncology Patients with Nazia Selzner
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CASL

Opening Greetings by Carla Coffin and Giada Sebastiani

Presentation of Education Awards by Mayur Brahmania & Aldo Montano-Loza

 

  • 2026-2027 CASL Clinical Hepatology Fellowship Award
    Louis Huynh 
     
  • CASL Education Excellence Award
    Hin Hin Ko

Presentation of Research Awards by Christopher Rose & Mamatha Bhat

  • CASL Research Excellence Award​​​​​​​
    Jordan Feld
     
  • CASL Travel Grant Awards
    Poshika Dhingra and Yvette Ysabel Yao 

Presentation of Collaborative Awards Giada Sebastiani

  • CMDO Network Competition Winner
    Matthieu Lepage
     
  • Baveno Consensus Workshop Collaboration Grant
    TBD

Presentation of CIHR-INMD-CASL Prize by Mary Jung 

  • CIHR-INMD-CASL Early Career Researcher Partnership Award
    Daljeet Chahal

Presentation of PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Award by Mary Pressley Vyas

  • PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Award 
    Natassia Tan

Presentation of Distinguished Service Award by Carla Coffin & Ed Tam

  • CASL Distinguished Service Award
    Stephen Wong

CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Introduction by Carla Coffin & Jennifer Nebesky ​​​​​​​

Presentation of CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Winner by Kelly Burak

  • CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Recipient Lecture
    Ray Kim
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Curtis Cooper

  • Lab Testing with Emma Lee
  • Screening for HBV + HDV with Hin Hin Ko
  • Expanded Treatment Indication with Scott Fung 
  • Viral Co-Infection: HCV/ HDV/HIV with Curtis Cooper
  • Pediatric HBV with Fernando Alvarez

 

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
Saturday, February 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by 

  • Clinical Value of Quantitative HBsAg Testing in Hepatitis B Care with Stephen Congly
  • Panel Discussion with Curtis Cooper, Julian Hercun, and Tony Mazzulli
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Nazia Selzner

  • Post Operative Medical Care Therapy: Risk Stratification vs Treatment for all argued by Karen Kroeker and John Marshall
  • Transplant More or Transplant Less: Expanding Criteria for Transplant in Liver Disease argued by Aldo Montano-Loza and Cynthia Tsien
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Marc Bilodeau and Tianyan Chen

  • MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
  • Portal hypertension with Amine Benmassaoud
  • Hepatitis B with Julian Hercun
  • Identification de nouveaux substrats de TMPRSS6, une protéase hépatique émergente dans la MASLD (Identification of novel substrates of TMPRSS6, an emerging hepatic protease in MASLD) with Matthieu Lepage
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Stephanie Carpentier and Melissa Kelley 

  • Diagnostics at the Gut-Liver Interface with Mark Swain 
  • MASLD and IBS/IBD: Overlapping Patient Populations, Diverging Strategies with Giada Sebastiani
  • Multidisciplinary Approaches in Transplant Programs for Metabolically dysregulated-associated Steatohepatitis with Nazia Selzner
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Aldo Montano-Loza

  • IgG4 hepatobiliry and biliary disease with Emma Culver 
  • New treatments for PBC with Gideon Hirschfield
  • Current status of treatment for PSC with Palak Trivedi 
  • Gaps of treatment and diagnosis in autoimmune hepatitis with Ye Htun Oo
  • Gut liver axis in PSC with Palak Trivedi 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Orlee Guttman

  • Interventional Radiology and the Hepatic Mass with Antonio Hernandez Villegas
  • Surgical considerations in hepatoblastoma with Nicolas Goldaracena
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Tasha Kulai and Fernanda Onofrio

  • ALD pharmacotherapy: targeting inflammation, gut-liver signaling and fibrosis with Suthat Liangpunsakul
  • Sex, hormones and susceptibility: understanding why women are developing ALD faster with Jennifer Flemming
  • Liver Transplantation for ALD: navigating controversy, complexity, and change with Nazia Selzner
  • Turning evidence into action: alcohol policy and its implications on liver health with Juan Pablo Arab
  • Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Transforming Lived Experience into Liver Health Advocacy with Vanessa Wojtala
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
Sunday, March 1, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Vladimir Marquez

  • Introduction / Launch of Canadian Hepatitis B Peer Support Group with Colina Yim and Hin Hin Ko
  • To Advance Research in Cis & Trans Diverse Minority Communities with Devan Nambiar
  • Research and connection with Indigenous communities with Kate Dunn
  • Panel on Building CASL and AASLD joint community advocacy with Tzu-Hao (Howard) Lee
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Angela Crawley and Adam Gehring

  • Treg biology in chronic autoimmune liver disease with Ye Htun Oo
  • Single cell profiling of Tregs with Sonya Macparland 
  • Engineering antigen‐specific Tregs for targeted tolerance in transplantation or Clinical‐translational challenges / early human data with Elmar Jaeckel 
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Scott Fung and Erin Kelly

  • Trends in Alcohol Hepatitis with Juan Pablo Arab 
  • Universal Infant Vaccination for HBV with Carla Coffin
  • Obesity in Children with Mohit Kehar
  • Public Health and MASLD/MASH with Giada Sebastiani
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Mamatha Bhat and Christopher Rose

  • ABSTRACT: Immune Failure as Part of the Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Syndrome in Hospitalised Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis with Niamh Mehigan Farrelly
  • ABSTRACT: Predictors of Inadequate Protein Intake and Malnutrition in Patients with Cirrhosis with Poshika Dhingra
  • ABSTRACT: TREM2⁺ Macrophage Persistence, Location and Efferocytosis-Induced Activation in Aggressive Cases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Ariya Shiwram
  • ABSTRACT: Higher One Year Graft Failure in Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) vs Donation After Brain Death (DBD) Liver Transplantation in Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) with Yvette Ysabel Yao
  • ABSTRACT: Generation of Patient-Derived Human Liver Organoids from Fresh and Cryopreserved Human Liver Homogenate with Michelle Sue
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Juan Abraldes and Angela Crawley

  • Global Perspectives on MASLD: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Future Directions with Ming-Hua Zheng 
  • Unraveling the Natural History of MASLD: The Interplay of Genetics, Sex, and Ethnicity with Luca Valenti 
  • Sex considerations in animal and experimental models of MASLD with Angela Crawley
  • ABSTRACT: Dynamic Steatotic Liver Disease Classifications: A Descriptive Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging with Carmela Rapino
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by James Kim and Elizabeth Lee 

  • Non-invasive biomarkers for risk stratification with Keyur Patel
  • Innovations in MASLD Imaging and artificial intelligence Integration with Mamatha Bhat
  • Integrating Sex and Gender in Models of Health Delivery for MASLD with Saumya Jayakumar
  • ABSTRACT: Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Sex-Specific Molecular Zonation Signatures in F2 Masld Fibrotic Livers with Mohamed Abdelnabi
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Mohit Kehar and Cindy Wen

  • Understanding and Addressing MASLD Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee
  • Epidemiological Insights into MASLD in the Canadian Diverse Population with Sahar Saeed 
  • Introducing a White Paper on Liver disease in Gender-Diverse and Sexual Minority Populations with Felice Cinque 
Saturday, February 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Clara Long and Alnoor Ramji

  • Gender-Sensitive Lifestyle Approaches to MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
  • Incretin-based Therapy for MASLD with Harpreet Bajaj 
  • MASH-targeted Therapy for MASLD with Mark Swain
  • ABSTRACT: Non-Invasive Two-Step Triage Reduces Access Delays to Liver Services for People with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Tertiary Program Evaluation with Yasamin Farbod
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
Sunday, March 1, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CLM
 
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanHepC

Moderated by Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

Opening Remarks with Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

  • New Horizons in HCV Prevention, in Canada and Globally with Jason Grebely
  • Has 'treatment as prevention' delivered on its promise? with Natasha Martin
  • Q&A 
  • ABSTRACT: Montréal Sans HépC: Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus in Montreal Through a Community Focused, Population-Tailored, Multi-Pronged Approach with James O'Grady
  • ABSTRACT: Adapting and Pivoting: Transforming Micro-Elimination  Within a Nurse-Led Hepatitis C Treatment Program in Victoria, B.C. with Tamara Barnett
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Rivka Kushner

CanHepC Panel: Harm Reduction & HCV Prevention (facilitated by CATIE) with Jason Altenberg, Ahmed Bayoumi, Douglas Belanger, Barb Fornssler, Martin Pagé

  • ABSTRACT: Sex-Specific Patterns of Cardiometabolic and Renal Complications by Ethnicity Among People with Hepatitis C in British Columbia, Canada: A Population-Based Study with Dahn Jeong
  • ABSTRACT: Infusing Personal Perspective and Experience in Contextualizing and Strategizing HCV Care with First Nation People with Ciara Eizadirad
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Nadine Kronfli

  • Canada's successes and failures in HCV prevention with PWUD/PWID with Julie Bruneau
  • Q&A
  • ABSTRACT: Perspectives on Hepatitis C Self- Testing Among First Nations Populations in Ontario with Kate Dunn
  • ABSTRACT: Acceptability of Dried Blood Spot Testing for Hepatitis C Virus and Other Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among People Incarcerated in Quebec Provincial Prisons with Olivia Price
  • ABSTRACT: Increasing Burden of Syphilis Among People with Hepatitis C in British Columbia with Sofia Bartlett
Saturday, February 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanHepC

Moderated by Che Colpitts

  • Pipeline for B-cell based HCV vaccines with Justin Bailey
  • Pipeline for T-cell based HCV vaccines with Naglaa Shoukry
  • Q&A
  • ABSTRACT: Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Il-32-Expressing Cd8 T Cells and Mait Cells as Distinctive Features of Spontaneous Resolution During HCV Reinfection with Nicol Flores
  • ABSTRACT: Characterizing the Escape Barrier of Vaccine-Induced Antisera Against Hepatitis C Virus with Farnaz Aligolighasemabadi
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Jordan Feld

  • Lessons learned from HCV vaccine trials with Kim Page
  • Why participate in an HCV controlled human infection model? with Paul Zimmer-Harwood
  • Ethics of Controlled Human Infection Modelling with Charles Weijer
  • Building Confidence in Vaccinations in Diverse Populations with Eve Dube
  • Q&A

Closing remarks by Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CanHepC
 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CanHepC

Please note that this is an expression of interest, NOT a confirmed workshop registration. Should the workshop move forward, spots will be limited and offered to those who expressed interest during registration. If this workshop becomes available, the organizers will reach out to interested delegates with an official invitation to confirm their participation. This workshop WILL NOT have any additional cost associated beyond registration fees. 

 

  

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
Sunday, March 1, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CLM
 
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Cynthia Tsien

  • Long-term post transplant complications with Rahima Banji
  • Oncology & liver transplant with Arndt Vogel
  • Equity policies with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee 
  • AI in Transplant with Mamatha Bhat 
  • Living Donor in High Meld and Oncology Patients with Nazia Selzner
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanHepC

Moderated by Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

Opening Remarks with Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

  • New Horizons in HCV Prevention, in Canada and Globally with Jason Grebely
  • Has 'treatment as prevention' delivered on its promise? with Natasha Martin
  • Q&A 
  • ABSTRACT: Montréal Sans HépC: Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus in Montreal Through a Community Focused, Population-Tailored, Multi-Pronged Approach with James O'Grady
  • ABSTRACT: Adapting and Pivoting: Transforming Micro-Elimination  Within a Nurse-Led Hepatitis C Treatment Program in Victoria, B.C. with Tamara Barnett
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Juan Abraldes and Angela Crawley

  • Global Perspectives on MASLD: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Future Directions with Ming-Hua Zheng 
  • Unraveling the Natural History of MASLD: The Interplay of Genetics, Sex, and Ethnicity with Luca Valenti 
  • Sex considerations in animal and experimental models of MASLD with Angela Crawley
  • ABSTRACT: Dynamic Steatotic Liver Disease Classifications: A Descriptive Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging with Carmela Rapino
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Rivka Kushner

CanHepC Panel: Harm Reduction & HCV Prevention (facilitated by CATIE) with Jason Altenberg, Ahmed Bayoumi, Douglas Belanger, Barb Fornssler, Martin Pagé

  • ABSTRACT: Sex-Specific Patterns of Cardiometabolic and Renal Complications by Ethnicity Among People with Hepatitis C in British Columbia, Canada: A Population-Based Study with Dahn Jeong
  • ABSTRACT: Infusing Personal Perspective and Experience in Contextualizing and Strategizing HCV Care with First Nation People with Ciara Eizadirad
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CASL

Opening Greetings by Carla Coffin and Giada Sebastiani

Presentation of Education Awards by Mayur Brahmania & Aldo Montano-Loza

 

  • 2026-2027 CASL Clinical Hepatology Fellowship Award
    Louis Huynh 
     
  • CASL Education Excellence Award
    Hin Hin Ko

Presentation of Research Awards by Christopher Rose & Mamatha Bhat

  • CASL Research Excellence Award​​​​​​​
    Jordan Feld
     
  • CASL Travel Grant Awards
    Poshika Dhingra and Yvette Ysabel Yao 

Presentation of Collaborative Awards Giada Sebastiani

  • CMDO Network Competition Winner
    Matthieu Lepage
     
  • Baveno Consensus Workshop Collaboration Grant
    TBD

Presentation of CIHR-INMD-CASL Prize by Mary Jung 

  • CIHR-INMD-CASL Early Career Researcher Partnership Award
    Daljeet Chahal

Presentation of PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Award by Mary Pressley Vyas

  • PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Award 
    Natassia Tan

Presentation of Distinguished Service Award by Carla Coffin & Ed Tam

  • CASL Distinguished Service Award
    Stephen Wong

CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Introduction by Carla Coffin & Jennifer Nebesky ​​​​​​​

Presentation of CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Winner by Kelly Burak

  • CASL-Liver Canada Gold Medal Recipient Lecture
    Ray Kim
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Curtis Cooper

  • Lab Testing with Emma Lee
  • Screening for HBV + HDV with Hin Hin Ko
  • Expanded Treatment Indication with Scott Fung 
  • Viral Co-Infection: HCV/ HDV/HIV with Curtis Cooper
  • Pediatric HBV with Fernando Alvarez

 

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by James Kim and Elizabeth Lee 

  • Non-invasive biomarkers for risk stratification with Keyur Patel
  • Innovations in MASLD Imaging and artificial intelligence Integration with Mamatha Bhat
  • Integrating Sex and Gender in Models of Health Delivery for MASLD with Saumya Jayakumar
  • ABSTRACT: Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Sex-Specific Molecular Zonation Signatures in F2 Masld Fibrotic Livers with Mohamed Abdelnabi
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Mohit Kehar and Cindy Wen

  • Understanding and Addressing MASLD Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee
  • Epidemiological Insights into MASLD in the Canadian Diverse Population with Sahar Saeed 
  • Introducing a White Paper on Liver disease in Gender-Diverse and Sexual Minority Populations with Felice Cinque 
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Nadine Kronfli

  • Canada's successes and failures in HCV prevention with PWUD/PWID with Julie Bruneau
  • Q&A
  • ABSTRACT: Perspectives on Hepatitis C Self- Testing Among First Nations Populations in Ontario with Kate Dunn
  • ABSTRACT: Acceptability of Dried Blood Spot Testing for Hepatitis C Virus and Other Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among People Incarcerated in Quebec Provincial Prisons with Olivia Price
  • ABSTRACT: Increasing Burden of Syphilis Among People with Hepatitis C in British Columbia with Sofia Bartlett
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
Saturday, February 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by 

  • Clinical Value of Quantitative HBsAg Testing in Hepatitis B Care with Stephen Congly
  • Panel Discussion with Curtis Cooper, Julian Hercun, and Tony Mazzulli
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Nazia Selzner

  • Post Operative Medical Care Therapy: Risk Stratification vs Treatment for all argued by Karen Kroeker and John Marshall
  • Transplant More or Transplant Less: Expanding Criteria for Transplant in Liver Disease argued by Aldo Montano-Loza and Cynthia Tsien
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanHepC

Moderated by Che Colpitts

  • Pipeline for B-cell based HCV vaccines with Justin Bailey
  • Pipeline for T-cell based HCV vaccines with Naglaa Shoukry
  • Q&A
  • ABSTRACT: Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Il-32-Expressing Cd8 T Cells and Mait Cells as Distinctive Features of Spontaneous Resolution During HCV Reinfection with Nicol Flores
  • ABSTRACT: Characterizing the Escape Barrier of Vaccine-Induced Antisera Against Hepatitis C Virus with Farnaz Aligolighasemabadi
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CanMASLD

Moderated by Clara Long and Alnoor Ramji

  • Gender-Sensitive Lifestyle Approaches to MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
  • Incretin-based Therapy for MASLD with Harpreet Bajaj 
  • MASH-targeted Therapy for MASLD with Mark Swain
  • ABSTRACT: Non-Invasive Two-Step Triage Reduces Access Delays to Liver Services for People with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Tertiary Program Evaluation with Yasamin Farbod
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CanHepC

Moderated by Jordan Feld

  • Lessons learned from HCV vaccine trials with Kim Page
  • Why participate in an HCV controlled human infection model? with Paul Zimmer-Harwood
  • Ethics of Controlled Human Infection Modelling with Charles Weijer
  • Building Confidence in Vaccinations in Diverse Populations with Eve Dube
  • Q&A

Closing remarks by Che Colpitts and Justin Presseau

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Marc Bilodeau and Tianyan Chen

  • MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
  • Portal hypertension with Amine Benmassaoud
  • Hepatitis B with Julian Hercun
  • Identification de nouveaux substrats de TMPRSS6, une protéase hépatique émergente dans la MASLD (Identification of novel substrates of TMPRSS6, an emerging hepatic protease in MASLD) with Matthieu Lepage
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
CLM
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CanHepC
 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM

Moderated by Stephanie Carpentier and Melissa Kelley 

  • Diagnostics at the Gut-Liver Interface with Mark Swain 
  • MASLD and IBS/IBD: Overlapping Patient Populations, Diverging Strategies with Giada Sebastiani
  • Multidisciplinary Approaches in Transplant Programs for Metabolically dysregulated-associated Steatohepatitis with Nazia Selzner
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CanHepC

Please note that this is an expression of interest, NOT a confirmed workshop registration. Should the workshop move forward, spots will be limited and offered to those who expressed interest during registration. If this workshop becomes available, the organizers will reach out to interested delegates with an official invitation to confirm their participation. This workshop WILL NOT have any additional cost associated beyond registration fees. 

 

  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Aldo Montano-Loza

  • IgG4 hepatobiliry and biliary disease with Emma Culver 
  • New treatments for PBC with Gideon Hirschfield
  • Current status of treatment for PSC with Palak Trivedi 
  • Gaps of treatment and diagnosis in autoimmune hepatitis with Ye Htun Oo
  • Gut liver axis in PSC with Palak Trivedi 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLM
 
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Tasha Kulai and Fernanda Onofrio

  • ALD pharmacotherapy: targeting inflammation, gut-liver signaling and fibrosis with Suthat Liangpunsakul
  • Sex, hormones and susceptibility: understanding why women are developing ALD faster with Jennifer Flemming
  • Liver Transplantation for ALD: navigating controversy, complexity, and change with Nazia Selzner
  • Turning evidence into action: alcohol policy and its implications on liver health with Juan Pablo Arab
  • Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Transforming Lived Experience into Liver Health Advocacy with Vanessa Wojtala
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Orlee Guttman

  • Interventional Radiology and the Hepatic Mass with Antonio Hernandez Villegas
  • Surgical considerations in hepatoblastoma with Nicolas Goldaracena
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
JOINT CDDW-CLM
 
Sunday, March 1, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CLM
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Angela Crawley and Adam Gehring

  • Treg biology in chronic autoimmune liver disease with Ye Htun Oo
  • Single cell profiling of Tregs with Sonya Macparland 
  • Engineering antigen‐specific Tregs for targeted tolerance in transplantation or Clinical‐translational challenges / early human data with Elmar Jaeckel 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CASL

Moderated by Vladimir Marquez

  • Introduction / Launch of Canadian Hepatitis B Peer Support Group with Colina Yim and Hin Hin Ko
  • To Advance Research in Cis & Trans Diverse Minority Communities with Devan Nambiar
  • Research and connection with Indigenous communities with Kate Dunn
  • Panel on Building CASL and AASLD joint community advocacy with Tzu-Hao (Howard) Lee
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CLM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Mamatha Bhat and Christopher Rose

  • ABSTRACT: Immune Failure as Part of the Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Syndrome in Hospitalised Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis with Niamh Mehigan Farrelly
  • ABSTRACT: Predictors of Inadequate Protein Intake and Malnutrition in Patients with Cirrhosis with Poshika Dhingra
  • ABSTRACT: TREM2⁺ Macrophage Persistence, Location and Efferocytosis-Induced Activation in Aggressive Cases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Ariya Shiwram
  • ABSTRACT: Higher One Year Graft Failure in Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) vs Donation After Brain Death (DBD) Liver Transplantation in Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) with Yvette Ysabel Yao
  • ABSTRACT: Generation of Patient-Derived Human Liver Organoids from Fresh and Cryopreserved Human Liver Homogenate with Michelle Sue
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CASL

Moderated by Scott Fung and Erin Kelly

  • Trends in Alcohol Hepatitis with Juan Pablo Arab 
  • Universal Infant Vaccination for HBV with Carla Coffin
  • Obesity in Children with Mohit Kehar
  • Public Health and MASLD/MASH with Giada Sebastiani