The Inside Tract® Conference

Our daylong Inside Tract® Conference takes you steps deeper into understanding the digestive tract and the diseases and disorders that could affect you. We include a wide variety of traditional and alternative information in an easy to understand format. Join us for the next conference.

Lunch is usually included and we're very careful to have a variety of disease-friendly foods available to meet the far-ranging digestive needs of attendees.

May 24, 2008 - Vancouver, BC
Digestive Diseases and Disorders

Stress - The Gut Reaction: A Close Look at the Evidence
Dr. Martin Fishman, Gastroenterologist

The Complex Life of a Carbohydrate: A Journey Through the GI Tract
Jan Greenwood, BSc, Registered Dietitian

A Pharmacist Unravels the Mysteries of Taking Medications
Dr. Alan Low, BSc (Pharm), PharmD, RPh, ACPR, FCSHP, CCD

Preventing Communicable GI Disease, at Home and While Travelling
Dr. Zita Rutkunas, FRCP(C), Pediatrics, Infectious Disease

April 21, 2007 - Vancouver, BC
You and Your Gut

Changing Approaches to Treating Digestive & Liver Disease During CSIR's 30-Year History
Dr. Frank Anderson, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist

Dyspepsia and GERD: All the right moves for the upper GI tract
Dr. James Gray, CCFP, ABIM, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

Probiotics for Your Gut: How to attract and hold the perfect flora
Dr. Denis Petrunia, Gastroenterologist

Taking Your Medications Properly: Don't take me for granted
Dr. William Haniak, Gastroenterologist

Protecting Your Liver: An owner's guide to a long and healthy relationship!
Jan Greenwood, BSc, Registered Dietitian

June 11, 2005 - Vancouver, BC
Your Digestive Tract from Top to Bottom

What's up with the upper GI tract? Dyspepsia and GERD
Dr. James Gray, CCFP, ABIM, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

What do I have to look forward to? The aging bowel
Dr. Jennifer Telford, Gastroenterologist

Waisted efforts, A history of corsetry
Ivan Sayers, Fashion Historian

How do I eat well with digestive problems? What's the diet?
Jan Greenwood, BSc, Registered Dietitian

How can I support my bowel? Supplements like probiotics and fibre
Dr. Michael Byrne, Gastroenterologist

What's my risk? Colon cancer screening
Dr. James Gray, CCFP, ABIM, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

April 17, 2004 - Vancouver, BC

Pre & Probiotics: The Battle of the Bugs
Dr. Raylene Reimer, PhD, RD

Stress Management and the Art of Bowel Maintenance
Claire Maisonneuve, Registered Clinical Counsellor

Fecal Incontinence: The Well Kept Secret
Dr. Alexandra Ilnyckyj, Gastroenterologist

Tricks & Tests to Improve Your Bowel Function: A Physiotherapy Approach
Jackie Wells, Physiotherapist

Badguts: When Drugs Work the Wrong Way in Your Body
Dr. James Gray, CCFP, ABIM, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

June 7, 2003 - Vancouver, BC

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Old Problem, New Treatments
Dr. James Gray, CCFP, ABIM, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

IBD Possible Causes & What the Future Holds
Dr. Bill Salh, MBChB, MRCP, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

Living A Healthy Life With Chronic Conditions: Program Introduction
Karen Hannah, Program Coordinator

New Developments In Prebiotics & Probiotics For Inflammatory Bowel Disease & Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. Marcia Prest, Gastroenterologist

Everything You Want To Know About Gastrointestinal Testing - But Were Afraid To Ask
Dr. Cassie Lin, Gastroenterologist

Jun 15, 2002 - Vancouver, BC

The World Within: looking for the micro flora that digest our food
Dr. Janice Joneja, RDN

Herbal Safety in Modern Times: Do you know what you're getting?
Barbara Cadario, BScPhm, MSc

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Medications - How they affect our digestive tract
Mr. Adil Saleh, BSc (Pharm), R.PEBC, Chartered Herbalist

The Wormy World: Parasites in the GI tract
Dr. Hugh Chaun, BM, DTM&H, FRCP, FRCP(C), FACG, Gastroenterologist

May 12, 2001 - Vancouver, BC

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. Grant Thompson, Gastroenterologist

Dyspepsia
Dr. Scott Whittaker, Gastroenterologist

Gut Friendly Foods
Dr. Janice Joneja, RDN

Medication Induced Nutrient Depletion
Adil Saleh, BSc (Pharm), R.PEBC, Chartered Herbalist

Treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. Martin Fishman, Gastroenterologist

Hyperbaric Ozygen in Fistulizing Crohn's Disease
Dr. Frank Anderson, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist

Osteoporosis and Steroid Usage
Dr. Alan Low, BSc (Pharm), PharmD, RPh, ACPR, FCSHP, CCD

Relaxation Methods Relevant to Gastrointestinal Disease
Louise Weiss, RN, CHHP

November 27, 1999 - Vancouver, BC

Inflammatory Bowel Disease an Overview & Nutritional Factors
Barbara Wendland, RDN

Sports Nutrition - Recovering From Chronic Illness
Patricia Chuey, RDN

The Aging Bowel
Ingrid Verduyn, RDN

Non-Prescription Therapies For Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Adil Saleh, BSc (Pharm), R.PEBC, Chartered Herbalist

Mind-Body Connection in Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. Anthony Ocana, MD, RDN

October 3, 1998 - Vancouver, BC
Medications & The Bowel

A History and Overview of Medications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. Frank Anderson, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist

A History and Overview of Medications for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. J. Scott Whittaker, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

Considerations in Generic Substitutions of Medications
Dr. Alan Low, BSc (Pharm), PharmD, RPh, ACPR, FCSHP, CCD

Advantages and Disadvantages of Natural Medicines
Adil Saleh, BSc (Pharm), R.PEBC, Chartered Herbalist

November 29, 1997 - Vancouver, BC

New Concepts & Developments in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. David Pearson, Gastroenterologist

Surgery in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. Andrew Seal, General Surgeon

Nutrition for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. Leah Gramlich, Gastroenterologist

Home Enteral - Total Parental Nutrition
Dr. Frank Anderson, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. James Gray, CCFP, ABIM, FRCP(C), Gastroenterologist

Traditional and Non-Traditional Medicines
Dr. Nilu Partovi, Pharmacotherapeutic Specialist