What does opioid-free pain management look like? Congratulations on a world-class research program that will change peri-operative care and help many patients 👏

Congratulations for Anjelli Wignakumar and Claudia DiVenti Cleveland Clinic Florida #ColorectalSurgery for winning the best poster prize at #ICDS2025. Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Marylise Boutros Justin Dourado, MD

Calling all rectal cancer providers - time to start developing dedicated programs for postop bowel dysfunction! LARS Patient-Centered Program improves global QoL and early post-op LARS scores following restorative proctectomy for cancer Richard Garfinkle, MD MSc PhD Marylise Boutros #AmerSurg25

ASCRS_1 LARSCollaborative about to hear Claudia DiVenti LARS presentation! Come join us!

Zubair Bayat elegantly presented on advanced rectal cancer stage at diagnosis highlighting that poor tumor factors rather than socioeconomic factors were associated with advanced stage at diagnosis Cleveland Clinic Florida Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Sameh Emile, MD, FACS ASCRS_1 #ascrs2025

Claudia DiVenti beautifully shared our nurse led #LARS clinic Cleveland Clinic Florida patients’ self-confidence with #LARS self-management greatly improve w support, education & resources to manage function during their rectal cancer journey and into survivorship LARSCollaborative Steven D Wexner MD, PhD

thank you Dr. Wexner for your support as always

Truly enjoyed Hannah Horne presentation on fostering supportive relationships between surgeons and APPs #ascrs2025 Cleveland Clinic patience and trust are 🔑

Come check us out! We’ve got resources, freebies and patient handouts🌊☀️👙🏝️ #ascrs25 #larscollaborative LARSCollaborative Marie Demian Marylise Boutros

Come check out our LARS center table at #thriveon with some educational material from LARSCollaborative Cleveland Clinic Marylise Boutros

Thank you Claudia DiVenti for all that you do for #LARS and #ColorectalCancer patients and survivors! Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Eric Weiss Cleveland Clinic Florida

Annals of Surgery Richard Garfinkle, MD MSc PhD Marylise Boutros It was an absolute pleasure working on this study! Patient education, management, and nurse led support was key in helping improve QoL and navigating early post-op LARS. LARSCollaborative Peter Christensen Franco Marinello Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FACS, FASCRS Julie Cornish Claudia DiVenti

Annals of Surgery Richard Garfinkle, MD MSc PhD Marylise Boutros Educate, engage, and support patients --> increased satisfaction with care, increased QoL, and decreased 1-month major LARS. Congratulations to the authors for such amazing work! Richard Garfinkle, MD MSc PhD Marie Demian Jenny Moon Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FACS, FASCRS Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Marylise Boutros

Thoroughly enjoyed Day one of Current concepts in pelvic floor management FI/LARS put on by Julie Cornish in Cardiff✈️ learned much about pathophysiology of the pelvic floor and management of FI and LARS💩 highly recommend this course!! LARSCollaborative Marylise Boutros

Congratulations Richard Garfinkle, MD MSc PhD Marie Demian Marylise Boutros for showing that a patient-centered program (education, engagement, nurse support) improves QoL, and 1-month post-op major LARS! Annals of Surgery Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FACS, FASCRS Peter Christensen Franco Marinello Claudia DiVenti

Incredible leaders/experts educating and engaging members to help improve outcomes for patients living with LARS! LARS Collaborative is stronger with you as members Julie Cornish Marylise Boutros Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FACS, FASCRS Lucia Oliveira,MD,PhD Peter Christensen Franco Marinello Marie Demian

Day 2 at Julie Cornish course, Current Concepts in Pelvic Floor Management: FI/LARS, was at the Techniquest and was a blast 💥 learned a lot about surgical management 🪡 of rectal prolapse and acute obstetric injuries and got to go down a tube 🛝 Marylise Boutros LARSCollaborative

The most deserving! Congratulations 🎉🥳

Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Lucia Oliveira,MD,PhD Undoubtedly a great leader, prof. Wexner, with a great global influence on all surgical specialists.

TransAnal Irrigation study (ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05007015). Study question,"What was the irrigation most helpful with?" Patient response, "FREEDOM!!!!!" Any questions? Marie Demian Marylise Boutros Julie Cornish Peter Christensen Franco Marinello Claudia DiVenti Steven D Wexner MD, PhD