Conference Chair
Laura Targownik MD, MSHS, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Departmental Division Director (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), University of Toronto
Past Chair, Diversity and Equity, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Staff Gastroenterologist, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)
Scientific Planning Committee
Oksana Boychuk MD, CCFP
Family physician, licensed in ON and AB
Family practice in St.Catharines, ON
Maya Deeb
PGY5 resident, Adult Gastroenterology residency program,
University of Toronto
Scott Fung MD, FRCPC, FAASLD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of GI & Hepatology, University of Toronto
Hepatology Lead, GI Residency Program Committee, University of Toronto
Hepatology Fellowship Committee, University of Toronto
Site Director for GI Education, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
GI Education Coordinator for GIM, University Health Network & Sinai Health System
Education Director, Toronto Center for Liver Disease
Steering Committee, Canadian Hepatitis B Network
Education Committee, Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver
Examination Board, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Thurarshen Jeyalingam MD MSc FRCPC
Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy, University Health Network
Education Site Director, Toronto Western Hospital
Clinician Educator and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Toronto
Michelle Mason BHSc, MSc, MD, CCFP
Naomi Pliamm MD, CCFP
Laura Targownik MD, MSHS, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Departmental Division Director (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), University of Toronto
Past Chair, Diversity and Equity, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Staff Gastroenterologist, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)
Talia Zenlea MD
Gastroenterology, Women’s College Hospital
Assistant Professor, U of T
Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, U of T
Regional Lead, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Endoscopy, Ontario Health-CCO