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Peter Durie Memorial Lecture
This lecture is named in honour of Peter R. Durie (1944-2018), a paediatric gastroenterologist at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto. Since 1993, he has been Head of the Division of Gastroenterology and since 1998, Head of the Cystic Fibrosis Research Group at SickKids. His research focused on inherited disorders of the exocrine pancreas, in particular cystic fibrosis and Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond Syndrome (SBDS). His work on genotype-phenotype correlation and genetic modifiers in cystic fibrosis as well as clinical characterization and disease gene identification in SBDS have had a lasting impact on the field. Peter Durie was President of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) from 1990 to 1992 and received the 2003 Shwachman Award and the 2010 Henry Lynch Award.
This lecture is named in honour of Peter R. Durie (1944-2018), a paediatric gastroenterologist at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto. Since 1993, he has been Head of the Division of Gastroenterology and since 1998, Head of the Cystic Fibrosis Research Group at SickKids. His research focused on inherited disorders of the exocrine pancreas, in particular cystic fibrosis and Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond Syndrome (SBDS). His work on genotype-phenotype correlation and genetic modifiers in cystic fibrosis as well as clinical characterization and disease gene identification in SBDS have had a lasting impact on the field. Peter Durie was President of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) from 1990 to 1992 and received the 2003 Shwachman Award and the 2010 Henry Lynch Award.
The Peter Durie Memorial Lecture (June 28th) will be given by Marco Cipolli, an Italian paediatric gastroenterologist, director of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at the University of Verona. His clinical and scientific work has focused on cystic fibrosis and Shwachman syndrome for more than two decades. He contributed significantly to the understanding of this syndrome with the Italian National Registry of SBDS.
Michael Wilschanski will give the introductory lecture on Peter Durie’s life and work. He is Professor of Paediatrics at the Hebrew University and Director of the Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem. The focus of his research is all aspects of pancreatic diseases in children and his basic research laboratory investigates ion transport in vivo and in vitro.
The Peter Durie Memorial Lecture (June 28th) will be given by Marco Cipolli, an Italian paediatric gastroenterologist, director of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at the University of Verona. His clinical and scientific work has focused on cystic fibrosis and Shwachman syndrome for more than two decades. He contributed significantly to the understanding of this syndrome with the Italian National Registry of SBDS.
Michael Wilschanski will give the introductory lecture on Peter Durie’s life and work. He is Professor of Paediatrics at the Hebrew University and Director of the Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem. The focus of his research is all aspects of pancreatic diseases in children and his basic research laboratory investigates ion transport in vivo and in vitro.
