The Foundation for Clinical Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease announces that it will present Advances in IBD sessions this fall in South Carolina, West Virginia, Research Triangle Park and Des Moines. Programs run 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.

To pre-register for any of these programs, please e-mail register@myibd.org.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - Charleston, SC

Charleston Marriott
170 Lockwood Blvd.
Charleston, SC

Free Parking

Speakers:

David T. Rubin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Raj Vasudeva, MD
Consultants in Gastroenterology

Jonathan E. Markowitz, MD, MSCE
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Children's Hospital of Greenville Hospital System
University Medical Center

Lawrence W. Comerford, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 - Research Triangle Park, NC

Marriott at Research Triangle Park
4700 Guardian Drive
Durham, NC

Free Parking

Speakers:

Charles Sninsky, MD
Digestive Disease Associates of Gainesville

Kim Isaacs, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - Charleston, WV

The Clay Center
One Clay Square
Charleston, WV

Parking Provided

Speakers:

Stephen B. Hanauer, MD
Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Chicago Medical Center

Yoram Elitsur, MD
Professor in Pediatrics
Section Chief, Gastroenterology
Associate Chair for Clinical Research
Department of Pediatrics
Marshall University

Cheryl Ann Cox, MD
Charleston Gastroenterology Associates

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Thursday, November 10, 2011 - Des Moines, IA

Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel
1800 50th Street
West Des Moines, IA

Free Parking

Speakers:

Raymond Cross, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Bernard I. Leman, MD, FACG
Medical Director Iowa Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Eduardo P. Beltroy, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Blank Children's Hospital

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Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a free patient education program for anyone affected by Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.

Seminars are held throughout the U.S. and feature national and local experts in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who discuss the latest information on medical and surgical treatment options.

Patients in Hartford, Conn., learn from Dr. Joshua Korzenik of the Harvard University School of Medicine at an Advances in IBD seminar sponsored by the Foundation for Clinical Research in IBD.

In addition to learning about managing IBD and its complications, participants are invited to ask questions and receive a package of helpful materials.

The value of these seminars was assessed in a study conducted by Hude Quan, M.D., Ph.D., Lloyd R. Sutherland, M.D., and Jane W. Present, Department of Community Health Services, University of Calgary, Canada. Between March 2000 and December 2001, seminar participants from nine communities were asked to fill out a series of questionnaires. The results showed that the seminars not only improve participants’ knowledge of IBD but that participants retain the knowledge they acquire during the seminars.

Armed with up-to-date and accurate information, patients such as these are better able to become active participants in their healthcare.

A full report of the study appeared in the November 2003 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, “Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.”

Click on the links below to read transcripts from the 2005 “Advances in IBD” seminars.

Charlotte, NC
Providence, RI
Boston, MA

Click here to access the monograph prepared to accompany the above programs (Note: PDF file, 3.6 mb, the slides may take a few moments to open, please be patient).

Click here to read a transcript of the 2004 “Advances in IBD” seminars.

This program is supported by unrestricted educational grants from Warner Chilcott, Janssen Biotech and Abbott Laboratories.