The Crohn’s & Colitis Congress 2023 took place last month in Denver, Colorado, bringing together more than 1,300 healthcare professionals and researchers from across the globe to share the latest advancements in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
To summarize some of my key takeaways:
- Multidisciplinary care is key!
- IBD centers should work with mental health practitioners, dietitians and colorectal surgery as needed to optimize patient care
- Diet & nutrition – food-related quality of life, sociocultural concerns, prevent over-restriction and malnutrition
- Lots of new monitoring technologies & treatment modalities
- Wearables & StickersStem cells
- Can we intercept IBD development and prevent onset?
- New medications are available & more on the way
- How do we position which medication is first, second, third in line for treatments?
- Can we use combination biologics & small molecules?
**Goal is to improve patient care by halting progression of disease**
So, own your Crohn’s, own your ulcerative colitis, and stay abreast of the latest and greatest research in the IBD space to advocate for your own best care!
To read more about Crohn’s & Colitis Congress 2023, please visit the full blog post on the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s IBDVisible Blog.
As a patient advocate myself, I would have to say that we need all the education we can get and I truly appreciate the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and American Gastroenterological Association putting together this event to keep us abreast of the latest and greatest in terms of IBD. Being armed and empowered with credible information from both clinicians and patients is the way to move forward and advocate for ourselves or on behalf of our children.
To watch the full IBD Insider program, click here.
Tina Aswani-Omprakash is a Crohn’s patient, health advocate for the chronically ill and disabled, and founder of the blog Own Your Crohn’s and the nonprofit charitable organization South Asian IBD Alliance.
