The #DDW2025 preliminary program is now online! Use this mobile-friendly tool to find session highlights, a high-level meeting agenda, registration and housing information, planning tools & more. Browse it at 💻ow.ly/7hSR50UPqae

Congrats to Edward Barnes MD MPH for leading this important work on the lived experience of patients with UC after colectomy and IPAA in collaboration with our faculty Erica Brenner MD, MSCR and Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH. 🎉#ulcerativecolitis #qualitativeresearch

🚨 Big news for peds care in NC! 🚨 The first standalone children's hospital in NC is coming soon! 🏥✨ A groundbreaking collaboration between UNC Children's & Duke Children's , this new facility will transform care for kids across the state. #UNC #Duke #BetterCareForKids

Can’t wait to see you there! There’s less than 2 weeks left to get the #DDW2025 early bird rates (includes 🆓 reg for #GIFellow members): DDW.org/register

Last month, NASPGHAN leadership and committee chairs met in Orlando to start planning the program for the 2025 Annual Meeting in the Windy City🌬️ (Chicago)! Don't miss it - we have an incredible lineup of speakers and topics planned! #PedsGIPalooza2025 #manythanks 🙏👍🙌

Congrats to our senior fellow Ahmad Sami for receiving the prestigious Southern Society of Pediatric Research Young Investigator Award for his oral presentation "Urolithin A attenuates inflammation and enhances intestinal barrier function in NEC”! #superstar mentor:Misty Good

Drumroll please…. Our current fellows welcome our future fellow Dr. Ketaki Kulkarni during her visit to the Triangle! We cannot wait for her to join our team! She certainly picked a beautiful Carolina blue day to come to Chapel Hill!☀️🩺🩵#pedgifellows #welcome

The UNC and Duke ped GI divisions came together tonight to name our weekly didactic sessions after Dr. Martin Ulshen, the first peds GI doc in NC! 🎉 Dr. Ulshen had an incredible career at both institutions, making this celebration the perfect opportunity to blend the blues! 👏

Congratulations to our amazing nurse practitioner, Dr. Christina "Tina" Greeson, who presented her doctoral work on pediatric feeding disorders at the international Feeding Matters conference in Arizona last weekend. You nailed it! 🎉 #feedingteam #proudworkfamily

Congratulations to Erica Brenner MD, MSCR, Uma Mahadevan, Millie Long, and Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH for publishing this important work from the PIANO registry showing that unintended pregnancy from contraceptive failure can be high risk for those with IBD!

Come say hi to our APD at #DDW2025 today!

Congratulations to our APD Erica Brenner MD, MSCR on her career development award from the ACG! 🎉

All smiles at #DDW2025!

Study by Erica Brenner MD, MSCR using semi-structured interviews to highlight important concerns for women re: reproductive health in IBD 🤰 Read more below: doi.org/10.1093/crocol…

We had a wonderful time celebrating to our graduating fellow Dr. Ahmad Sami last night! Dr. Sami will be headed to Seattle Children's’s for a transplant hepatology fellowship next month. Huge congratulations, Sami. We are so proud of you! 🥹👨‍🎓🩺⭐️ #shiningstar #pedgifellows #pedgi

On 6/24, the NASPGHAN-ESPGHAN Polyposis Special Interest Group held their first virtual case discussion, organized by Dr.  Dominique Schluckebier from Sheffield Children's and our very own Dr. Sabina Mir! Special thanks to Dr.  Thomas Attard (Mercy Children’s) for his guidance!

Meet our new mascot, Bili R. Scopey! We had a blast voting on his name, and after healthy (and hilarious) debate, Bili beat out some other strong contenders, including Gilbert, Wilson, and Dr. Bell E. Button. He's ready to help welcome this year's fellowship candidates! #pedsGI