SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026
12:00pm - 12:20pm

IBD

Question and Answer Period

Moderator:

Dr. Cassandra Townsend MB BCh BAO MSc FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
London Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Cassandra Townsend is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Western University. She completed her undergraduate studies in Physiology at Western University and then completed her Medical Degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr. Townsend returned to Western University to complete her Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology training. She then went on to complete an Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Fellowship at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom. She and recently completed her Masters in Evidence Based Health Care through Oxford University. She has a practice focused on IBD and is particularly interested in care of young adults with IBD. Her academic interests are focused on Undergraduate Medical Education.