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Nutritional Management of IBD

Sunday, September 13, 2026
8:05 AM - 8:25 AM
Newbridge I

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Dr. Maitreyi Raman


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Dr. Maitreyi Raman
Professor Of Medicine
University Of Calgary

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Biography

Dr. Maitreyi Raman is a Gastroenterologist and Physician Nutrition Specialist, Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Calgary, and medical director of Alberta's Collaboration of Excellence in Nutrition and Digestive Diseases. Dr. Raman has clinical and research interests in diet, nutrition and lifestyle as therapeutic targets for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. She investigates using dietary patterns and components in the management of digestive health disorders, and investigates the role of diet to modulate the gut microbiome, intestinal permeability and brain-gut connections in IBD and IBS.  In addition, Dr. Raman explores the role of the brain-gut axis through mind body interventions, and its impact on chronic disease outcomes.  She was the recipient of the Crohn's Colitis Canada Women in IBD, outstanding researcher award in 2021.

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I have/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a for-profit or not-for-profit organization.
- Member of an advisory board or speakers’ bureau: Celltrion - Speaker
- Received payment from an organization (including gifts or other consideration, or in-kind compensation): LyfeMD - Cofounder, CMO
- Received/will receive a grant or an honorarium from a for-profit or not-for-profit organization: JNJ - Unrestricted Education Grant Eli Lilly - Speaker's Bureau

I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (ie, “off-label” use of medications).
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