Professional Advisory Board

Purpose | Responsibilities | Members | Advisors | Published Papers

Purpose

The purpose of the Professional Advisory Board (PAB) is to advise and assist the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) in its mandate of promoting the welfare of persons with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis, and increasing awareness among the public, governments, and health care professionals of these disorders. The Professional Advisory Board also advises the association on the direction of funding for research and encourages support for the Association in furthering its goals.

Responsibilities

The Professional Advisory Board is responsible for developing and recommending policies and programs related to the medical, nutritional research, and educational aspects of the Association, and setting appropriate standards. It is accountable to the CCA for all matters in this regard.

Members

• Connie M. Switzer, M.D., FRCPC, Clinical Professor of Medicine - Chair
  
  
• Vernon Burrows, C.M., PhD, FAIC, PAg
  
  
• J. Decker Butzner, M.D., FRCPC
  
  
• Shelley Case, B.Sc., RD
  
  
• Mavis Molloy, B.Sc., M.Ad.Ed., RDN
  
  
• Mohsin Rashid, MBBs, M.Ed, FRCPC
  
  
• Ralph Warren, M.D., FRCPC, DTM & H
  
  
• Marion Zarkadas, M.Sc., RD

Advisors

• A. George F. Davidson, M.D., FRCPC
  
  
• Timothy Murray, M.D., FRCPC
  
  
• Alexandra Anca, MHSc., RD
  
• Suzanne Simpson, BaSC, BAH, RD

Published Papers and articles

Papers based on the CCA celiac health survey

• April 2007. The Canadian Celiac Health Survey. Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences.
  Full article in pdf format
  
  
• January 31, 2006. The impact of a gluten-free diet on adults with coeliac disease: results of a national survey.
  
  
• December 2005. Celiac Disease: Evaluation of the Diagnosis and Dietary Compliance in Canadian Children
  
  
• May 11, 2003. The Canadian celiac health survey - the Ottawa chapter pilot

Papers/Articles by or about our PAB members

• February 2009, - Home Blood Testing for Celiac Disease: Recommendations for Management - Rashid et al., Canadian Family Physician, February 2009
  
  
• December 2008. Infertility and Celiac Disease by Dr. Ralph Warren. Published in Creating Families, Winter 2008 (Canadian Magazine of Reproductive Health).
  
  
• September 2006. Celiac Disease - Hidden and Dangerous by Shelley Case. Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, September 2006, Volume 20, Number 9: 561-616
  
  
• Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) - clinical practice guidelines for celiac disease by Dr. Connie Switzer and Dr. Decker Butzner. This web site is of interest to doctors.