Program Snapshot

The 2026 St Vincent’s National IBD Symposium will bring together surgical and medical expertise for concurrent and collaborative programs over the one day program.

SURGICAL FINAL PROGRAM

  1. View the Gastroenterology Symposium Provisional Program 

Saturday 28 March, 2026:

  • Concurrent Surgical Symposium (approx. 08:30 – 15:00)
  • Concurrent Medical Symposium (approx. 08:30 – 15:00)
  • Combined Surgical & Medical Session (approx. 15:30 – 17:30)

Program Highlights

  1. Evolving Paradigms in Expert Care for the Management of Acute Severe Colitis
  2. IBD Prevention and Microbiome Engineering in IBD
  3. Everyday Challenges in IBD Care
  4. Strategic Positioning of Drug Therapies
  5. Precision Management of complicated IBD, medical and surgical approaches

International Speakers

  1. Prof Steven Brown, Colorectal Surgeon, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the University of Sheffield, UK
  2. Dr Tim Raine, Gastroenterologist and IBD Lead, Cambridge University Hospitals, UK.
  3. Dr Joanna Torres, Gastroenterologist, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal 

Organising Committee

  1. Dr Corina Behrenbruch – Consultant Colorectal & General Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital
  2. Dr Michael Johnston – Consultant Colorectal Surgeon – St Vincent’s Hospital
  3. A/Prof Emily Wright – Gastroenterologist & Head of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Unit – St Vincent’s Hospital

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