| 1. |
Invited Lecture, Diabetes Research
Institute, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Islet Cell Apoptosis,
Norfolk, Virginia, 1997. |
| 2. |
Invited Lecture, Department of Surgery,
Eastern Virginia Medical School. Management Of Severe Acute
Pancreatitis in 1997, Norfolk, Virginia, 1997. |
| 3. |
Invited Lecture, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario. The Problems With Islet Transplantation,
And How To Fix Them. London, Ontario, 1997. |
| 4. |
Invited Lecture. Islet Cell Regeneration.
Ilotropin And Beyond. CDA (Scientific Section) Annual Meeting.
London, 1997. |
| 5. |
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Anatomy
and Cell Biology, Universite de Montreal. Cellular Inter-Relationships
In The Pancreas- Evidence For Transdifferentiation. Montreal,
Que, 1998. |
| 6. |
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Physiology,
University of Toronto. Intercellular Communication In The Pancreas-
Implications For Islet Cell Survival. Toronto, Ontario, 1998. |
| 7. |
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Hopital
Sacre-Coeur. Medical Approaches to Pancreatic Disease. Montreal,
Quebec, 1999. |
| 8. |
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Surgery, McMaster
University Hospital. Current Management of Pancreatic Disorders.
Hamilton, Ontario, 1999. |
| 9. |
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division
of Gastroenterology McMaster University Hospital. Cellular Cross-talk
in the Pancreas. Implications for Islet Survival and Regeneration.
Hamilton, Ontario, 1999. |
| 10. |
Guest Speaker, University of Ottawa Gut Club.
New Approaches to an Old Problem- Chronic Pancreatitis. Ottawa,
Ontario, 1999. |
| 11. |
Invited Speaker. University of Sherbrooke, Combined
General Surgery-G.I. Rounds. Current Management of Pancreatitis.
Sherbrooke, Quebec, 1999. |
| 12. |
Invited Speaker. Toronto Gut Club, Sunnybrook
Hospital. Update on New Advances in the Management of Pancreatic
Disease. Toronto, 1999. |
| 13. |
Visiting Professor, Queen’s University
Dept. of Surgery. Combined Medical/Surgical Grand Rounds: Management
of Chronic Pancreatitis. Surgical Rounds: The Future of Surgery
in the New Millenium. Kingston, 1999. |
| 14. |
Visiting Professor, National Institutes of Health,
NIDDK, Autoimmunity and transplantation Branch. The fate of
islets of Langerhans after isolation. Bethesda, 1999. |
| 15. |
Invited Speaker, University of Toronto, Division
of General Surgeon. Management of Pancreatic Disease. Toronto,
1999. |
| 16. |
Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia,
Dept. of General Surgery. Management of Chronic Pancreatitis.
Vancouver, 1999.
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| 17. |
Visiting Professor, University of Manitoba, Dept.
of General Surgery. Management of Chronic Pancreatitis. Winnipeg,
1999. |
| 18. |
Visiting Professor, University of Calgary, Dept.
of General Surgery. Management of Pain in pancreatic Disease.
Calgary, 1999. |
| 19. |
Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh,
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Research
Center. The Secret Life of islets. Pittsburgh, 2000. |
| 20. |
Invited Speaker. Canadian Society for Clinical
Investigation (diabetes Workkshop). Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes.
Edmonton, 2000. |
| 21. |
Invited Lecturer. Guy Bernier Research Center,
Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.
Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes, Montreal, 2001. |
| 22. |
Invited Lecturer. Mouse Models of Pancreatic
Carcinogenesis. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, National Cancer
Institute. Islet to Ductal Transdifferentiation. Nashville,
2001. |
| 23. |
Invited keynote speaker. Quebec Association
of Endocrinologists. Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes. Mont Tremblant,
Quebec, 2001. |
| 24. |
Visiting Professor. Diabetes Research Institute,
Eastern Virginia Medical School. Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes.
Norfolk, Virginia, 2001. |
| 25. |
Invited speaker. Clinical options in the treatment
of diabetes. Stem Cell Network of Canada-JDRF Diabetes Workshop.
Montreal, 2002. |
| 26. |
Invited speaker. Institut du rechereche de
la CHUM. INGAP therapy of diabetes. Montreal, 2002. |
| 27. |
Invited keynote speaker. Quebec Association
of Internists. INGAP- a new therapy for diabetes for the new
millenium. Mont Tremblant, Quebec, 2002. |
| 28. |
Invited speaker. Stem Cell Network of Canada.
Adult pancreatic stem cells: An enigma wrapped in mystery? Toronto,
2002 |
| 29. |
Invited Speaker. Diabetes Care Centers Conference.
Endotheraputics for diabetes: INGAP and islet neogenesis. Atlanta,
2002. |