8:40 am – 8:50 am 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Emily Ching received her medical degree at McMaster University. She then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. She went on to complete her gastroenterology training at McMaster University in 2010, where she also served as Chief Gastroenterology Resident.

Dr. Ching has been a community gastroenterologist and a co-founder of an outpatient-based gastroenterology clinic, GI Health Centre in Burlington, Ontario, since 2012.  She is a member of the OAG Board of Directors and serves as its current President.  Dr. Ching is also the current Chair of the OMA Section on Gastroenterology.
 

Dr. Daniel Green is a staff gastroenterologist at Lakeridge Hospital and holds an academic appointment of Assistant Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University. He also serves as Division Head, Gastroenterology for the Lakeridge Health Corporation. He completed his gastroenterology training at the University of Toronto and a fellowship in advanced therapeutic endoscopy at St. Michael’s Hospital. In addition to his expertise in general gastroenterology, hepatology, and endoscopy he has an interest in clinical research and is the Principal Investigator for several Phase III studies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and various other gastrointestinal conditions. He is the medical advisor for the Durham East Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada and serves on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Association of Gastroenterology. He has won several competitive funding awards and has multiple publications in peer reviewed journals.