Today South Asian IBD Alliance (SAIA)’s IBDesis is thrilled to introduce the newest members of our Patient Advocacy team! Meet Ashley Patel, Crohn's warrior from Canada and one of our new Social Media Coordinators 🎉 Learn more about Ashley:instagram.com/p/C79Gy9GOYWZ/… #SouthAsianIBD #crohns #IBD

#MondayNightIBD Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF AbbVie JanssenUS Takeda Joseph Sleiman, MD Shannon Chang, MD @Dr. Samir A Shah David Choi, PharmD Paula Sousa Simon Hong Joshua M. Steinberg, MD Bharati Kochar Kofi Clarke MD 67 y/o, mod-severe ileocecal #Crohns x 1.5yr. No response to UST, on prednisone on/off x1yr. Now w mild abdo cramps, 4 loose stool/day & urgency, occ incontinence, 5-10lbs wt loss x 6 mos. FCP 450 h/o CAD, controlled HTN Recently retired What would be your next step?

#MondayNightIBD Adam Faye MD MS Pär Myrelid Waseem Ahmed Malcolm Tan Dr. Howard Vasquez 🇩🇴 LT 👩🏼‍⚕️ 🥥🌴 Phillip Gu David M. Schwartzberg, MD Gaurav Syal, MD MHDS Shrinivas Bishu #IBDAlgorithm #MondayNightIBD 🎯IBD management in elderly Aline Charabaty, MD, FACG, AGAF w/ guest Adam Faye MD MS 🧩Check 5 Ms (what Matters, coMorbidities, Meds, Mobility, Mind) 🧩 most effective Rx= most safe 🎯PostConvo polls🗳️👇 (Answers in Algorithm😉)

10 Tips for Optimising Energy & Improving Mood with IBD: 1. Manage your IBD: Monitor & keep inflammation under control. Get calprotectin tested & discuss with your team if unsure. 2. Treat anaemia: Check haemoglobin levels & address any deficiencies. 3. Check

Inflammatory bowel disease does not discriminate

#SundayRead☕️ All #JAKi are not= 🔺UPA>TOFA in UC:⬇️ IV steroids &✂️ @12mos 🚩IMO, Still a role for TOFA ✅Liquid PO form ✅Pouchitis ✅Post bowel✂️,Ostomy, severe diarrhea (some ASUC):⬇️UPA performance vs TOFA (sustained vs immediate release)-Can split UPA dose/+anti-diarrhea)

Hot of the press: Upadacitinib safety in pregnancy. 128 maternal pregnacies all exposed in the first trimester primarily. MotherToBaby Mette Julsgaard Millie Long link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Here is my full review of the most impactful papers in IBD so far this year SEQUENCE study compares Risankizumab (RIS) and Ustekinumab in people with Crohn's Disease who have lost response to an anti-TNT medication (IFX or ADA) What is the significance of the picture?

Incredible work from Sun-Ho Lee MD PhD and the GEM Project !

If you have IBD and have immigrated to a new country, please take a few minutes to answer this survey. We are hoping to learn ways to improve the delivery of equitable care to all those living with IBD! external.redcap.uhn.ca/surveys/?s=KPF… Crohn's Disease UK Crohn's & Colitis Foundation CrohnsandColitis.ca

UHN is proud to celebrate that we have been ranked #1 in Canada by Newsweek World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2025, for expertise in cardiac surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, oncology and pulmonology 🎉

Updated Study on Access to Care for US IBD patients ❗️>40% of patients made a financial tradeoff to afford meds ❗️>50% ran out of or used up copay assistance ❗️~50% experienced ⬇️ quality of life due to med delays academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/adv… We need healthcare reform‼️

#UEGweek: Can we de-escalate biologics? WHY: ✅Some #IBD pts have a favorable dis. course ✅Infection ✅Cost BUT 👎🏼#STOPIT: stopping IFX ->flare even in pts who were in endo remission & on AZA ⬇️Dose if high TNFi level? But “right” level vary by pt, dis location, phenotype..