Chadwick "Chad" Williams is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University and a Gastroenterologist and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Specialist at Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, NS. Dr. Williams completed his BSc and MD degrees at Dalhousie University prior to completing Internal Medicine and GI residencies at the University of Calgary. He completed an IBD fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA. Dr. Williams is a member of several organizations including the RCPSC, CAG, and AGA. He is currently the Internal Medicine Site Lead and the Endoscopy Site Lead at the Dartmouth General Hospital. Dr. Williams is the current chair of the CAG Diversity, Equity and Inclusion subcommittee. Moreover, Chad is a proud African Nova Scotian with his forbearers having come to Nova Scotia over 400 years ago through the fall out of the American (and Canadian) trading of enslaved Africans.

Dr. Turnbull did his medical degree at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and then completed his Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology residencies at University of Western Ontario and Dalhousie University then completed another 2 years of training in Gastroenterology at St. Mark's Hospital in London, UK. He retired as Professor of Medicine from Dalhousie University in 2020 after 35 years of practice.

I grew up in Victoria and attended the University of British Columbia for medical school before moving to the east coast for residency. I completed internal medicine and gastroenterology residency at Dalhousie University. I then completed a motility and nutrition fellowship at the University of Calgary. I am now working as a gastroenterologist in the Division of Digestive Care and Endoscopy at the QEII in Halifax where I am acting as director of the Halifax motility program and the Nova Scotia home parenteral nutrition program.

Dr. Rachael Chan is a fifth year Gastroenterology Fellow at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She completed Internal Medicine training at Dalhousie University's Saint John, NB site and obtained her medical degree from the University of Calgary.

Dr. Simon Houston is a Respirologist at the QE-II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University. He is cross appointed to the division of Thoracic Surgery. He is the Medical Director for the Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Service. His clinical focus is Interventional Pulmonology. Dr. Houston graduated from Queen's University School of Medicine in 2009. He then did his Internal Medicine and Respirology residencies at the University of Toronto. He completed a fellowship in Interventional Thoracic Surgery at the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, and is certified in Interventional Pulmonology through the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. He has a Master of Science in Community Health â€" Health Practitioner Teacher Education through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.

Dr. French is a thoracic surgeon and assistant professor at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering degree at Dalhousie University, followed by a Masters of Applied Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees at the University of British Columbia. His surgical training includes completing the general surgery residency program at Dalhousie University and a thoracic surgery residency program at the University of Ottawa. His clinical and research interests are focused on quality outcomes for thoracic malignancies. He has been a trauma team leader since 2017 at the QEII in Halifax. He co-chairs the Nova Scotia Thoracic Tumor Board, chairs the Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons National Quality Improvement Committee and is a member of the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and the Nova Scotia Lung Association Medical Advisory Committee.

Dr. Kenyon is an assistant professor of surgery at Dalhousie University in the Division of General Surgery with a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery. He completed Medical School and General Surgery Residency at Dalhousie University and subsequently completed fellowship training in Colon and Rectal surgery at the University of Calgary. He has been an attending physician in both Saskatoon at the University of Saskatchewan and most recently at Dalhousie University.

His interests include measuring quality of colonoscopy performance, surgical management of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and resident education. He is the assistant Program Director for General Surgery Residency at Dalhousie University and is the Vice chair for the Surgical Foundations Test Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is the father to two girls and two dogs!

James Ellsmere MD MSc FRCSC FACS is the head of the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery at the QEII Health Sciences Centre where he also serves as the co-director of the Nova Scotia Health Bariatric program and the director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship. He is an associate professor of surgery at Dalhousie University. He received his electrical engineering degree, medical degree and surgery residency from Dalhousie and clinical fellowships in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapeutic Endoscopy from Harvard Medical School. He also received a Masters in Medical Informatics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research program is focused on developing and evaluating novel techniques to improve the management of gastrointestinal and metabolic disease.

Dr. Dana Farina completed his medical degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He then did his Internal Medicine Residency, Gastroenterology Residency, and ERCP fellowship at Dalhousie University. His subspecialty areas of interest include chronic pancreatitis, spyglass cholangioscopy for hilar/intrahepatic biliary malignancy, and advanced polypectomy. Dr. Farina continues to be heavily involved in Endoscopy education. He has been part of the CAG Skills Enhancement for Endoscopy™ (SEE™) Faculty since its conception, being involved also as faculty at the CAG polypectomy course. Dr. Farina currently serves as the Chair of the Royal College GI exam board, and as a lecturer and clinical teacher at Dalhousie Medical School for medical students, residents, and fellows. Locally, he serves as the Central Zone Endoscopy Co-Lead.

Dr. Ali Kohansal obtained his medical degree at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. He then did residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alberta and Gastroenterology training at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He completed his Therapeutic Endoscopy training at the University of Alberta, while completing a Master of Education at Acadia University. Dr. Kohansal's clinical areas of interest include ERCP, Endoscopic Ultrasound, advanced polypectomy, enteral stenting for malignant and non-malignant strictures, and quality and training in endoscopy. Dr. Kohansal previously held an academic appointment at University of Alberta before moving home to Dalhousie University in 2019. Dr. Kohansal is the Program Director of the Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship program and the Assistant Program Director of the core GI training program at Dalhousie University.

Dr. Williams completed his Medical Degree at Memorial University in 2002, followed by Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology residency training at Dalhousie University. He did a fellowship in Therapeutic Endoscopy at the University of Calgary in 2008 and then returned to Dalhousie University and became a full time academic clinician. He is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine, with clinical focus in Pancreaticobiliary disease, therapeutic endoscopy and an academic focus in education administration.

Laurette was trained in South Africa, has master's degrees in Anatomical Pathology and Medical Education, and is a Professor at Dalhousie University in Nephropathology. She is a former Division Head of Anatomical Pathology at Nova Scotia Health, and is a Past President of the Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP), Chair of the CAP-ACP National Specialty Network on the Environment, Secretary of the Doctors NS Section on Planetary Health, Chair of the Nova Scotia Regional Committee of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE NS), and member of the Lab Green Team, the Board of CAPE, the Board of the Ecology Action Centre, and St. Matthew's United Church Earth Spirit Action Team. She is interested in the greening of health care, the health effects of the climate emergency, and the beneficial health effects of spending time in nature. Her three lovey daughters, her two adorable grandsons, and her love of nature inspire her in her planetary health advocacy.