LIVING WELL WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS WEBINARS
The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) recently hosted two free online webinars for people living with ulcerative colitis (UC). These webinars explored how to manage symptoms, how to keep on track with therapies, different ways to treat UC and how to live well with UC. To view the recordings of each session, click on the Webinar names below. Managing colitis symptoms
The extra benefits of nutrition, exercise and stress management
Thank you to those who attended the Living Well with Ulcerative Colitis Webinar!
PRESENTERS:
A. Hillary Steinhart
MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Head, Combined Division of Gastroenterology
Mount Sinai Hospital/University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario
|
Dr. Hillary Steinhart is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is also Head of the Combined Division of Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network in Toronto. He received his MD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and his MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Toronto.
Dr. Steinhart’s research interests include the evaluation of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, meta-analysis and clinical trials methodology, disease severity evaluation, complications of inflammatory bowel disease and phenotype-genotype interactions in inflammatory bowel disease. He has published over 100 research papers as well as two books on Inflammatory Bowel Disease for patients and families.
Dr. Steinhart is the chair of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada IBD Research Institute and is Clinical Section editor for the journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
|
Joan Nadin
RN, BScN, MN, ACNP
University of Calgary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta |
Joan Nadin is an acute care nurse practitioner at the University of Calgary's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic. In this role she participates in the care of over 1000 patients with IBD in the management of their disease. She also coordinates the care of patients admitted to the Foothills medical centre in Calgary.
Joan's interests include the development of patient and nursing educational programs to advance the care of individuals living with IBD. She participates as a sub-investigator of clinical trials at the University of Calgary Inflammatory Bowel Research Clinic. A strong advocate of nursing, Joan often is a mentor to nurses working towards advance practice degrees. |
|
|
Nina Watt
CCFC Volunteer
Abbotsford, British Columbia |
Nina Watt of Abbotsford, BC began experiencing IBD symptoms in 2003, around the time she and her husband were trying to get pregnant with their second child. She did her best to keep working as a medical imaging technologist and caring for her toddler, but was becoming run down from the chronic bleeding and diarrhea she experienced. She booked sick leave to rest while waiting to see a gastroenterologist, but following her last hospital shift – which she had to leave several times to use the washroom – she walked down the hall and checked into emergency. Within a few weeks she was diagnosed with severe ulcerative colitis, and was soon after hospitalized for two weeks with toxic megacolon. Her first night in hospital, the doctors told her family she may not make it through the night.
Fast forward many years, and Nina is still dealing with her disease on a daily basis. Her best health comes when she carefully manages her energy output, stress, diet, rest and adherence to medications. She has been an active and informed patient, researching and trying many things to improve her health and over the years.
Part of Nina’s recovery has included working with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada as a volunteer for the past five years, undertaking various executive positions in her local chapter. |
|
|
 |
CCFC gratefully acknowledges the unrestricted educational grant provided by Shire Canada Inc. |
|
Share
