The 2016 Dudrick Award Winner, Paul Wales, BSc, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, is a Neonatal and Pediatric Surgeon at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). He completed medical school and his general surgery residency at the University of British Columbia. He then completed a Pediatric General Surgery Fellowship at SickKids in Toronto followed by a Master's of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at The University of Edinburgh, Scotland/UK. Since beginning his practice in 2002, Dr. Wales has been interested and invested in the care of infants and children with short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure. Dr. Wales was instrumental in the establishment of the GIFT (Group for Intestinal Function and Treatment) program at SickKids, which remains the only formal intestinal rehabilitation program in Canada and where he remains Director of Operations. Being in such a position allowed Dr. Wales to bring to light the impact of intestinal rehabilitation programs on reducing mortality from both intestinal failure and associated liver disease and the need for liver transplantation. He also founded the Intestinal Failure fellowship at SickKids Hospital, recognizing the need to develop clinicians with the expertise and skills set to care for infants with intestinal failure. Dr. Wales has assembled a panel of experts to present on intestinal failure and intestinal adaptation. You will not want to miss this opportunity learn from leaders in the field.

Objectives:

Describe the physiological mechanisms associated with intestinal adaptation
Summarize the role of the microbiome in health and disease as it pertains to intestinal failure.
Utilize the study of metabolites to understand intestinal physiology and a potential target for future therapies
Identify appropriate prebiotic sources for use in patients with short bowel syndrome associated intestinal failure

Karen Madsen PhD, MSc, BA

Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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