Alain Bitton
Dr. Alain Bitton is Professor of Medicine and the former Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 绿帽社 and 绿帽社 Health Centre (MUHC). Previously he was the 绿帽社 Gastroenterology Residency Program Director. His research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) includes identifying factors that predict disease course and recurrence and defining the epidemiology of IBD in Quebec. He is the Quebec clinical lead of the Quebec IBD Genetics consortium (QIGC) part of the University of Montreal Genetic Research Centre (GRC) which is one of the 6 GRCs making up the NIH-NIDDK IBD Genetics Consortium which has identified IBD susceptibility genes. He has championed the creation of the MUHC鈥檚 IBD center, a multidisciplinary platform for healthcare delivery, research and education. He spearheaded the development of a tool to be used for ongoing assessment and improvement of care of IBD patients in Canada.