Professional Advisory Board

Purpose

The Professional Advisory Board also advises the association on the direction of funding for research and encourages support for the Association in furthering its goals.

Responsibilities

PAB Members

• Connie M. Switzer, M.D., FRCPC, Clinical Professor of Medicine - Chair
• Vernon Burrows, C.M., PhD, FAIC, PAg
• J. Decker Butzner, M.D., FRCPC
• Shelley Case, B.Sc., RD
• Mavis Molloy, B.Sc., M.Ad.Ed., RDN
• Mohsin Rashid, MBBs, M.Ed, FRCPC
• Ralph Warren, M.D., FRCPC, DTM & H
• Marion Zarkadas, M.Sc., RD

PAB Adivsors

• George F. Davidson, M.D., FRCPC
• Alexandra Anca, MHSc., RD
• Suzanne Simpson, BaSC, BAH, RD

Published Papers and Articles

• April 2007 The Canadian Celiac Health Survey (PDF Document) Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences.
• January 31, 2006  Impact of a Gluten-Free Diet on Adults with Coeliac Disease: Results of a National Survey.


• December 2005 Celiac Disease: Evaluation of the Diagnosis and Dietary Compliance in Canadian Children.


• May 11, 2003. The Canadian Celiac Health Survey - Ottawa Chapter Pilot

Papers/Articles by Our PAB Members

• February 2009 - Home Blood Testing for Celiac Disease: Recommendations for Management - Rashid et al., Canadian Family Physician, February 2009


• December 2008 - Infertility and Celiac Disease by Dr. Ralph Warren. Creating Families, Winter 2008 (Canadian Magazine of Reproductive Health).


• September 2006  Celiac Disease - Hidden and Dangerous by Shelley Case. Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, September 2006, Volume 20, Number 9: 561-616


• Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) - Clinical Practice Guidelines for Celiac Disease  Dr. Connie Switzer and Dr. Decker Butzner. This is of interest to doctors.


• Celiac Disease - Still Vastly Under-Diagnosed  by Shelley Case, Badgut Newsletter, Vol 170, 2009 (Canadian Society of Intestinal Research )