SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2026
7:30 am - 7:45 am
Industry Sponsored Short Snapper Sessions #2
Beyond Anti-TNFs - Updates on Perianal Fistula Management in 2026
Learning Objectives:
- Be familiar with data on use of JAK inhibitors and IL-23 antagonists for treating patients with perianal fistulas
- Understand how surgeons can assist to co-manage patients with perianal fistulas
Speaker:
Dr. Neeraj Narula, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Director of the IBD Clinic, Hamilton Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University
Dr. Neeraj Narula is an Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and Staff Gastroenterologist at Hamilton Health Sciences, with a clinical and research focus in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD).
He completed the Present-Levison Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, NY) in 2015 and a Masters of Public Health at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (Boston, MA) in 2018.
He has over 140 peer-reviewed publications and 4 book chapters. He has been awarded over $3 million in research funding and grants. His research interests are predominantly in clinical epidemiology, nutrition, and pharmaceutical trials in IBD.
His leadership roles within several national organizations include being Past-President of the Canadian IBD Research Consortium and VP-Treasurer for the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. His recent awards include the Meeting of the Minds Junior Investigator Award (2020) and Crohn’s and Colitis Rising Star Award (2019).