Gastroenterologist, Director, Advanced IBD Training #UBC Chief Medical Officer @Discovertherapies Patient-centric, advocate of patient-doctor team
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined January 2018
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Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Must-read in @TheFP:
EXCLUSIVE: Yaniv Hayoun was on a flight from Dubai to Israel with his family when one of the co-pilots stabbed the other and sent the plane into a nosedive.
He told us how he and a group of other passengers saved the lives of all 180 people on board while flying at 17,000 feet.
Read @NeriaKraus's interview here: bit.ly/4zcVtyl
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
It was a special day today to witness George and Sylvia Melville’s incredibly generous $10M gift to the Digestive Health Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital.
Proud as a board member and deeply thankful as a patient.
vancouversun.com/news/local-…
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Only Cowards Tolerate Conspiracy Theorists.
@benshapiro delivered a barnburner tonight @TPUSA.
Read the whole thing in @TheFP:
thefp.com/p/ben-shapiro-only…
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
We live in a divided country. A country where many people feel they can’t talk to those with whom they disagree. Where people can’t speak across the political divide—or even sometimes across the kitchen table.
Things That Matter aims to change that.
Launched as a collaboration between CBS News and @TheFP, and sponsored by @BankofAmerica, Things That Matter is a series of town halls and debates that will feature the people in politics and culture who are shaping American life. The events will be held across the country, in front of audiences who have a stake in the topics under debate. Debuting in 2026.
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Are we still capable of talking to each other?
@CBSNews and @TheFP think so.
Introducing: Things That Matter.
Debates. Town halls. Live audiences. Hard questions.
Debuting in 2026.
Brought to you by @BankofAmerica.
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Insightful discussion last night of challenging cases @UmaMahadevanIBD @BattatMD4IBD @SeowCynthia @DiscoverIBD
🔺When do you give 👍🏼 for #pregnancy in pts w difficult to treat #IBD
🔺How do you counsel women in remission on JAKi for refractory IBD who wish to get🤰🏻
#Milestone🇨🇦
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Join us for the Digestive Health Forum, an exclusive event for healthcare professionals to explore the latest advancements in digestive health.
📌Nov 24 & 25, 2025
📍 Vancouver, BC
Stay tuned, registration opens soon!
#DHCF25 #DigestiveHealth #HealthcareProfessionals
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
We’re thrilled to share that the Digestive Health Centre Forum (DHC Forum 2025) will take place Nov 24–25, in Vancouver.
On behalf of the DHC 2025 Organizing Committee, we can’t wait to welcome you to Vancouver—a city as vibrant as the discussions we’ll share!
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Excited to share our new review published in Gut Microbes (@tandfonline)!
It highlights how diet influences gut fungi and their potential role in IBD - doi.org/10.1080/19490976.202…
#gutfungi #diet #IBD
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
This is not just one person's experience. This is now the experience of the majority of Jewish medical students and young doctors @UofT. There was no anti semitism when I was there - or least I never felt it. In the last 5 years or more it's been pervasive, systematic and getting worse. The question is why? Ask yourselves what has changed in our society that now makes this acceptable again. Hint - it's not about Israel. The demonization of Israel is just the new way to justify it.
Canadian medicine has an antisemitism problem.
A heart-wrenching read of the lived experience of a physician who faced antisemitic discrimination in Canadian medical education published in the Canadian Medical Education Journal (@CmejEditor) today.
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
In today's @WinnipegNews by Dr. Charles N. Bernstein, of the Max Rady College of Medicine, @umanitoba 👇
"It concerns me that a physician would make a judgment on a complex conflict without facts. He must have missed the problem-solving tutorials."
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
The misuse of a medical school valedictory speech – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/opinio…
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
On Thursday @marcomendicino and I visited the encampment at UBC and saw signs glorifying violence and terrorist organizations. We are a country of law. The laws protect all of us. They need to be applied.
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Today, Vancouver City Hall and Burrard Bridge will be illuminated for Israel's 76th Independence Day.
We recognize and uphold fundamental freedoms of speech and the ability to peacefully protest whether at City Hall, or across Vancouver. That being said, it’s equally important to emphasize that our city maintains a zero-tolerance stance towards hateful speech and violent demonstrations.
Read my full statement: vancouver.ca/files/cov/offic…
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
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#LetThemGoNow
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
This letter by Selina Robinson to her former @bcndp colleagues is a stunning indictment of the #Antisemitism taking hold of the #NDP
To hold Jews to a double standard is Antisemitism
To ignore, as a government, a clear and present threat to a minority group is inexcusable
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
Rule of thumb that's easy to follow.
The people holding a baby hostage for 144 days are the bad guys.
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
After 121 days being held hostage in Gaza, Liri Albag will mark her 19th birthday in Hamas captivity. Her sister Roni said “we used to celebrate every birthday by all of us being together. I can’t imagine what she is going through, we can’t believe she’s still not home.”
Dr Brian Bressler retweeted
No @UNRWA.
You’re paying the price for employing literal murderers.
“Are we paying the price for having been vocal in drawing attention about the plight of people in📍#Gaza, of this humanitarian disaster, unfolding on our watch?"
@UNLazzarini @FT "This might have contributed to, accelerate or amplify, the criticism.”⬇️
on.ft.com/3HM49mI
