Division of Gastroenterology
St. Michael's Hospital (SMH)

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Dr. Jeffrey P. Baker

Dr. Baker is a native of Toronto, Canada. He received his MD from The University of Toronto in 1973. He subsequently trained in Internal Medicine in Toronto and then Gastroenterology at The Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, California. Dr. Baker then completed a Therapeutic Endoscopy fellowship in Toronto with Dr. Norman Marcon and Dr. Greg Haber followed by two years of research in clinical nutrition under the supervision of Dr. Jeejeebhoy.

Dr. Baker took his first position as a consultant in Gastroenterology and Lecturer at the University of Toronto at Toronto Western Hospital. In 1985 he moved to St. Michael's Hospital where he served as Division Head from 1992-2003. Between 1998 and 2000 Dr Baker was also Chief of Endoscopy at King's Health Center in Toronto.

Dr. Baker has been listed in Canadian Who's Who since 1996 and was included in "Best Doctors in Canada 2002-2003". He is currently the Medical Editor for "Gastroenterology Canada" and also a member of The Council of Experts (Gastroenterology) for The United States Pharmacopia. Dr. Baker has published more than 35 papers, 9 book chapters and 40 abstracts. He has received numerous peer reviewed and industry sponsored research grants. Dr. Baker's major interests are colonoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer and clinical nutrition.

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Dr. E. Jan Irvine

Dr. E. Jan Irvine is a Professor of Medicine & Division Head of Gastroenterology at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada. She completed undergraduate, MD, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology subspecialty training at the University of Toronto and received a MSc from McMaster University in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her interests focus on outcomes and technology assessment in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), functional bowel disorders (FBD) and colorectal cancer. She has had a leading role in developing outcome assessment tools such as the IBDQ, a Quality of Life instrument for patients with IBD and is involved in designing studies, assessing new technologies, therapies and pharmacoeconomics. Dr. Irvine serves on several international committees promoting research in IBD and FBD, is editor of a textbook Evidence Based Gastroenterology and has mentored many trainees and post-doctoral fellows in Gastroenterology in research projects. She currently has over 90 peer-reviewed publications, 19 book chapters and 129 abstracts.

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Dr. Gabor Kandel

Dr. Kandel received his MD from the University of Toronto (1978) where he also completed his Internal Medicine residency. He completed his Gastroenterology clinical and research training at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston (1982-1987). He is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Kandel's interests are in diarrheal illnesses and diagnostic problems. He has particular expertise in Therapeutic Endoscopy. Dr. Kandel is the recipient of the inaugural Dr. Louis J. Cole University of Toronto Teaching Award (2004) for his superb contributions to teaching.

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Dr. Paul Kortan

Dr. Kortan graduated from McMaster Medical School in Hamilton and completed his Gastroenterology training at the University of Toronto. He completed 2 years of post-graduate training at the University of Leuven, Belgium and 1 year of Therapeutic Endoscopy in Hamburg, Germany. He joined the Division of Gastroenterology at The Wellesley Hospital, University of Toronto in 1982. Drs. Marcon, Haber, Kandel and Kortan established a very successful training programme in Therapeutic Endoscopy, which moved to St. Michael's Hospital in 2000. Each year the Therapeutic Endoscopy group at St. Michael's Hospital trains 3 clinical fellows and 1 research fellow.

Dr. Kortan's expertise is in endoscopic management of pancreaticobiliary diseases, as well as endoscopic treatment of early gastrointestinal cancer and palliative modalities for malignancies. Dr. Kortan is also on staff at The Hospital for Sick Children where he performs all of the paediatric ERCPs and advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy procedures.

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Dr. Norman Marcon

Dr. Marcon is a graduate of Queens University in Kingston. Dr. Marcon previously served as Chief of Gastroenterology at The Wellesley Hospital. In 2001 he and the Therapeutic Endoscopy group moved to St. Michael's Hospital where they continue the Wellesley tradition of innovative endoscopy.

Dr. Marcon serves as the Director of the Therapeutic Endoscopy Training Program at St. Michael's Hospital, which is one of the largest in North America.

Dr. Marcon and colleagues established a highly successful annual International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy, now in its 17th year. Faculty and attendees come from around the world to this major educational event.

Dr. Marcon's research interests include endoscopic oncology, the early detection of dysplasia using novel optical devices, photodynamic therapy, and treatment of endoscopic mucosal resection. Dr. Marcon is involved in the development and application of experimental devices for low friction endoscopy and for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Dr. Marcon travels widely lecturing and demonstrating therapeutic endoscopy procedures.

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Dr. Gary May

Dr. May received his MD from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta (1985), completed his Internship and Internal Medicine training at the University of British Columbia, and his Gastroenterology training at the University of Calgary (1991). Dr. May completed his fellowship training in biliary and advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy at Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina (1993). From 1993 to 2004, Dr. May was on the faculty at the University of Calgary where he practiced at the Foothills Hospital. In 2004, Dr. May was recruited to the University of Toronto where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine.

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Dr. Terrence L. Moore

Dr. Moore is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his subspecialty training in Gastroenterology in Boston, Massachusetts prior to joining the faculty over three decades ago. He has a broad-based interest in general Gastroenterology with an emphasis on endoscopic investigation. He shares his interests and expertise with students, residents, fellows and colleagues as an excellent clinician-teacher.

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Dr. Clifford A Ottaway

Dr. Ottaway's interests include inflammatory bowel disease and ethical aspects of gastroenterological practice, research and education.

Dr. Ottaway is currently the Director of Gastroenterology Education at St. Michael's Hospital and Chair of the Research Ethics Board of St. Michael's Hospital.

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Dr. Young-In Kim

Dr. Young-In Kim is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kim received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1987. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency in 1990 (University of Toronto) and subspecialty training in Gastroenterology in 1992 (University of Toronto). He completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Clinical Nutrition at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston (1992 - 1995) and in Molecular Biology in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School (1994 - 1995). Dr. Kim is a clinician scientist with 75% of his time committed to research and 25% to teaching and clinical activities. He is appointed to 2 graduate departments (Nutritional Sciences and Institute of Medical Science) at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Kim is an active member of many clinical and research organizations, including the American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for Cancer Research, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, and Canadian Society for Clinical Nutrition. He is the treasurer and an executive council member of the Canadian Society for Clinical Nutrition and a member of the Research Committee of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. He serves as an internal and external reviewer for several peer-reviewed funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, California Cancer Research Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Research Council of Austria, Dutch Cancer Society, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, and Canada Research Chairs Program. He is appointed to the editorial board of Nutrition Reviews and Nutrition in Clinical Care.

Dr. Kim has received many awards and honors, including the University of Toronto Department of Medicine William Goldie Prize and Travel Award (2004), the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Young Investigator Award (2003), the Ferring International Gastroenterology Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research (2001), the Medical Research Council of Canada Scholarship (1997 - 2002), the International Life Sciences Institute North America Future Leader Award (1997), and the Medical Research Council of Canada Research Fellowship (1993 - 1995).

Dr. Kim's research focuses on several aspects of nutrition and cancer (colorectal, breast, prostate) at the molecular, cellular and translational levels, including prevention, early detection and screening, development and validation of surrogate end point biomarkers, molecular genetics and epigenetics, pharmacogenetics, and nutrigenomics/nutrigenetics using animal models, cell culture systems and human subjects. His research program has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, US Army Breast Cancer Research Program, American Institute for Cancer Research, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, International Life Sciences Institute, and other peer-reviewed funding agencies. Dr. Kim has published over 70 peer-reviewed original research articles, reviews, editorials and book chapters.