Conference Coverage

The number of IBD patients who find themselves with colorectal cancer has decreased over the past ten years due to better screening tools and medication. And to help continue that trend, Dr. Animesh Jain and Dr. David Hudesman discuss the unique risk factors and the importance of early screening at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas.

Recorded at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas, Dr. Athos Bousvaros and Dr. Andrew Grossman discuss IBD among pediatric patients and how optimizing various therapies is critically important to achieving disease remission.

At the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas, Dr. Alesandro Fichera and Dr. Judy Cho discuss the session that they co-moderated about the management of complicated IBD and the breakthroughs for Crohn's disease management that could limit your patients’ need for surgery.

Joining Dr. Laurie Keefer at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas to discuss one of the conference’s highly anticipated sessions is Dr. Joel Rosh, a pediatric gastroenterologist from Atlantic Health System.

Sit in on the conversation between the chair and co-chair of the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress Dr. Brent Polk and Dr. Maria Abreau, as they discuss highlights from the second annual conference held in Las Vegas and why this meeting is so important for clinicians and scientists alike.

Recapping the “Optimal IBD Outcomes: What Advanced Practice Providers Need to Know” session they moderated at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas, adult nurse practitioner-board certified Kimberly Kearns and advanced practice nurse Betty White talk about the top 10 takeaways, including which patients are right for clinical trials and managing IBD in pregnant patients.

Focusing on hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia in older adults, Mario Nacinovich is joined by Dr. Kalin Clifford at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting. Together they dive deep into these two types of pneumonia to reveal new guidelines and the latest treatment options.

At the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting, Mario Nacinovich caught up with Dr. Zachary Palace and Robert Accetta. As they dispel current misconceptions, Dr. Palace and Mr. Accetta shed light on medical cannabis and the impact they’ve seen it have in practice.

At the Physician Advisor and Medical Director Summit in Orlando, Florida, Dr. Prathima Setty goes live alongside Dr. Kalyana Kanaparthy. As the System Medical Director of the Physician Advisor Program at Rochester Regional Health, Dr. Kanaparthy speaks to the value of the physician advisor's role within the healthcare industry. They discuss not only the financial implications, but also how physician advisors strive to maintain a hospital's obligation of accuracy in patient status.

Dr. Prathima Setty traveled to the Physician Advisor and Medical Director Summit in Orlando, Florida, where she caught up with Dr. Simon Ahtaridis. As the National Clinical Advisor and the Chief Medical Officer of Advisory Services of Sound Physicians, Dr. Ahtaridis describes the implications of the change regarding total knee replacements and how providers and patients alike will be impacted.