General Medicine and Primary Care

Host: Athos Bousvaros, MD, MPH

Guest: Andrew B. Grossman, MD

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.

Host: Maria T. Abreu, MD

Guest: Michael Rosen, MD, MSCI

Dr. Maria Abreu and the Medical Director of Schubert-Martin Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center Dr. Michael Rosen discuss one of the sessions at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress, entitled “Environmental Triggers and Stemming the Rising Tide of IBD.”

Host: Alan C. Moss, MD, FACG, FEBG, AGAF, FRCPI

To help ensure that you and your patients are on the same page, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation creates a Health Maintenance Checklist each year. Join Dr. Alan Moss as he breaks down this checklist at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas.

Host: Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, FACG, FACP, AGAF

Guest: Marla Dubinsky, MD

Not every IBD patient fits into IBD care guidelines, which is why Dr. Gary Lichtenstein and Dr. Marla Dubinsky discuss the best ways to use these guidelines in your practice at the second annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in Las Vegas.

Host: Alessandro Fichera, MD

Guest: Judy Cho, MD

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.

Host: Laurie Keefer, PhD

Guest: Joel R. Rosh, MD

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.

Host: Eva M. Szigethy, MD, PhD

Guest: Megan E. Riehl, PsyD

Psychosocial disorders like anxiety and depression can be especially severe when combined with the physical symptoms of IBD. Fortunately, there are ways gastroenterologists, primary care providers, and mental health specialists can all work together to address these effects as early as possible, as Dr. Megan Riehl, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinical Psychologist at the University of Michigan, explains.

Host: Lu Ann Cahn

Guest: James D. Lewis, MD, MSCE

Whether they’re not getting enough calories or not eating a balanced diet due to disease restrictions, patients with IBD often have difficulty maintaining a healthy diet. So how can you help them navigate these diet and nutrition challenges?

Filmed live at the 2018 Crohn's and Colitis Evening of Hope, Dr. James Lewis from the University of Pennsylvania discusses strategies you can implement in your practice.

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO

Guest: Catherine Apicella, MPT, PYT-C, PRPC

Frustrating multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms like urinary frequency and incontinence can be detrimental to a patient’s quality of life, but there are resources available to help. To explore the benefits of pelvic floor physical therapy for MS, Dr. Jennifer Caudle sits down with two special guests: physical therapist Catherine Apicella from CORE 3 Physical Therapy and her patient—and ReachMD’s very own employee—Crystal Gouldey.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP

Guest: Christopher Spagnuola, MD, FAAOS

As with any technology, there are benefits and limitations to the computerization of healthcare. On the plus side, as Dr. Christopher Spagnuola explains, electronic medical records are streamlining communication between medical providers when it comes to prescriptions, and telemedicine is revolutionizing post-op following orthopedic surgery. But there are unfortunately some downsides to this technology as well.