Dr. Panaccione is currently a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic at the University of Calgary and Director of Gastroenterology Research.
Dr. Panaccione graduated from the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario) with a degree in Medicine in 1993. He went on to complete his Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology training at the University of Western Ontario and is certified as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.
Dr. Panaccione completed advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He joined the faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary in 1999. He is an internationally recognized expert in inflammatory bowel disease and has received the highest honour awarded by Crohn’s Colitis Canada-the Finkelstein award for his contributions to the field
He is the author of many peer-reviewed articles (~200) and book chapters (25) on inflammatory bowel disease including publications in the NEJM, Lancet, and Nature. His other interest is medical education. He has been recognized as a gold star lecturer, gold star small groups leader, and gold star clinical preceptor by the University of Calgary Medical School. He has been selected as the top post-graduate teacher in Gastroenterology by the gastroenterology residents three times
Outside of medicine, he enjoys time with his family and their passion for soccer. He has coached youth soccer at the highest level, winning five provincial championships, two national silver medals, and two national bronze medals with many of his mentored athletes going on to receive scholarships across Canada and the United States. For his community contributions, he has been recognized by the Rotary Club International with The Paul Harris Award.
