Only a couple days to register for this fantastic, FREE, interactive #REACHIBD virtual event for fellows and early-career GIs, featuring expert faculty Ben Click, Raymond Cross, Jill Gaidos, MD, and Harry Thomas. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We are thrilled to host a NETWORKING RECEPTION at #ACG2024 with a #SouthAsian twist on Oct 26th - right across from the convention center 🎉 Entry is FREE for ALL SAIA Members 💥💥 Register today for the event & access other exclusive member benefits: saibda.memberclicks.net/2024-acg-event…

We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Sherman Prize Recipients, Millie Long, UNC-Chapel Hill UNC School of Medicine UNC Gastroenterology & Dr Dermot McGovern, IBD at Cedars-Sinai Cedars-Sinai, & the Emerging Leader Prize Recipient, Jordan Axelrad, MD, MPH, NYU Langone Health NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Learn more about the honorees at ShermanPrize.org

Lori Plung @loriplung is an IBD Patient Advocate who was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease at a young age, and later Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS), a condition where a person’s small intestine is damaged or partially missing. Lori joins us to share her patient journey, how her quality

Self-compassion is often met with skepticism. It is viewed as being lax and letting yourself off the hook. The truth is being overly critical of yourself is not a prerequisite for being responsible. You can give yourself grace while holding yourself accountable.

Next🍂 #IBDlive with Prof Miguel Regueiro @Dr. Samir A Shah and excellent case abt ⌛️Old but still🪙Gold #IFX in therapy of refractory colitis 🫴Not only latest therapies can bring effect, but each PT requires personalized approach, especially at time of so many medication 👇

.Jana G Hashash, MD, MSc shares best practices from her recent AGA publication: -when to use evidence based therapies (EEN, CDED, Mediterranean diet, PN) -do not restrict fiber 🍓🥗🥦, instead MODIFY texture -screen for malnutrition -partner with RDs! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38276922/ #CSDIET2024

.James Lewis speaking on history of diet in IBD -we need better diet studies -understanding how EEN works would be a huge breakthrough and may allow us to develop more effective and sustainable diet therapies for IBD #CSDIET2024

Our latest blog post from Natalie Hayden just dropped, & it's all about the power of sharing your insights in research! Whether you're new to sharing your story, or a seasoned research participant, read more to find out why your voice matters 👉 theinsighters.com/blog-posts/12

Dr David Suskind speaking on Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN) in #IBD: “EEN is one of the most impactful interventions for our patients.” It’s >steroids for inducing remission and mucosal healing YET it’s underutilized in the US. #EENchallenge anyone? #CSDIET2024

Participating in research and sharing your patient experience matters. Check out my latest article featured by The Insighters®.

Guidelines recommend early initiation of advanced therapy (AT) for mod-severe IBD, are we following them? 📋 We can do better according to recent study by Corey Siegel ⛔️ Only 14% of pts with CD and 6% of pts with UC had AT during 2 yr follow up academic.oup.com/crohnscolitis3…

Significant adverse effects of current pivotal trial designs in #IBD. It is time to move to active comparator trials, so that everyone gets an effective therapy (and hopefully the new one being tested is even better than the biosims/generics). U.S. FDA it is time to meet on this.

Patient advocate/faculty, Gina Flannagan, bravely sharing her story: 💎diet historically dismissed until care at Cedars 💎 medical, surgical and nutritional management (EEN ->CDED) has been best for her Her talk has been the most impactful of the whole program. #CSDIET2024

.Therezia AlChoufete, MS, RD, LDN speaking on Diet and QoL 💎food related QoL: effect of diet beliefs and behaviors impact QoL 💎⬆️is impaired in IBD 💎Mediterranean/Plant-rich diet improves QoL in IBD #CSDIET2024

.Courtney Schuchmann on steering the conversation around diet in IBD 💎understand the pt goals for diet therapy (manage symptoms? Correct malnutrition? Induce remission?) 💎RDs must lead these convos — refer! #CSDIET2024

POLL: If we provided patient facing materials from Global Consensus Conference on Pregnancy IBD in a language other than English, what should it be to reach the most pts w/ web access & are NOT English proficient? If other, please name with reason why. thank you! Helmsley Charitable Trust

.⭐️Madison Simons, PsyD⭐️ on successful diet change: 💎listen more than talk, avoid scare tactics and information overload 💎set valuable, realistic goals 💎use motivational-interviewing language (eg affirmations) 💎facilitate flexibility #CSDIET2024

Fun time at the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition annual picnic. Sudrishti Chaudhary and Pooja Muddasani won raffle prizes!!! 🎉Great way to end the week☺️