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IBD UNITE
UPMC’s IBD UNITE program will provide education and support for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and their loved ones. IBD includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis as well as indeterminate, microscopic, or collagenous colitis. Participants will learn innovative ways to manager their IBD during case discussions, lectures and panel discussions.
Target Audience
IBD UNITE is designed for patients, family members, and loved ones. IBD UNITE is also accredited for nurses and dietitians. Everyone interested in IBD disease diagnosis, management, and treatment advancements are welcome to attend.
Learning Objectives
#1 To educate patients and nurses about IBD treatment advancements and personalized approaches to disease management.
#2 To provide support for parents, nurses, dietitians and caregivers to encourage knowledgeable and full-service multidisciplinary care for patients and families.
#3 To enable IBD patients to interact with their caregivers in a relaxed educational environment to support networking among all speakers, patients, and caregivers in attendance.
Additional Information
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 Handout IBD UNITE.pdf | 409.43 KB |
Agenda
9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 am Welcome and IBD Overview
Jeffrey M. Dueker, MD, MPH
9:50 am Multidisciplinary Discussion: What is Disease Remission?
Moderator: Jeffrey M. Dueker, MD, MPH
Discussants:
Therezia Alchoufete, MS, RD, LDN Elyse R. Johnston, MD
Arthur M. Barrie, MD, PhD Rebecca Lutheran, DNP, FNP-C
Kellie Cunningham, MD Cassie Myers, CRNP
Amir-Ali Ghaffari, MD, PhD Marc Schwartz, MD
Helen Hunt, LSW Joseph Sleiman, MD
11:00 am Break & Move to Breakout Rooms
11:15 am Breakout Session:
· Information for New IBD Patients
Arthur M. Barrie, MD, PhD, Rebecca Lutheran, DNP, FNP-C, & Cassie Myers, CRNP
· Surgery & IBD
Kellie Cunningham, MD, Amir-Ali Ghaffari, MD, PhD, & Cecilia Zamarippa, MSN, RN, CWON
· Extra-Intestinal Manifestations of IBD
Alaina James, MD, PhD, Jeffrey M. Dueker, MD, MPH, & Joseph Sleiman, MD
· Mood & Food
Therezia Alchoufete, MS, RD, LDN & Helen Hunt, LSW
12:00 pm Break, Lunch, & Return to Main Room
12:20 pm New IBD Medications and Promising Research Advancements
Marc Schwartz, MD & Amir-Ali Ghaffari, MD, PhD
1:00 pm Questions for Dr. Schwartz and Ghaffari
1:10 pm Nutrition and IBD: Food, Fiber, and Texture Modification
Therezia Alchoufete, MS, RD, LDN & Jacquelyn Klunk, MS, RDN, LDN
1:45 pm The Patient and Caregiver Experience
Lori Plung & Tom Joyce
2:15 pm General Q&A with the Multidisciplinary IBD Panel
Jeffrey Dueker, MD, MPH, moderator
2:30 pm Adjourn
Course Faculty: UPMC IBD UNITE 2023
Course Faculty are part of the University of Pittsburgh | UPMC
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, unless noted otherwise.
*Jeffrey M. Dueker, MD, MPH
IBD UNITE Course Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterologist, UPMC IBD Center, Total Care-IBD, and Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
*Therezia Alchoufete, MS, RDN, LDN
IBD UNITE Co-Course Director
Lead Dietician/Nutritionist - Total Care-IBD
*Helen Hunt, LSW
IBD UNITE Co-Course Director
Clinical Social Worker - Total Care-IBD
Arthur M. Barrie, III, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterologist, UPMC IBD Center
Kellie E. Cunningham, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Elyse R. Johnston, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterologist, UPMC IBD Center, Total Care-IBD,
and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Thomas P. Joyce
Community Advocate
Jacquelyn Klunk, MS, RDN, LDN
Dietitian
Rebecca Lutheran, DNP, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Provider, UPMC IBD Center and Total Care-IBD
*Cassie Myers, CRNP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Advanced Practice Provider, UPMC IBD Center and Total Care-IBD
*Lori Plung
Leader, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation & UPMC Support Division of Colorectal Surgery, Dept. of Surgery Group and Community Advocate
Marc B. Schwartz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterologist, Clinical Lead, UPMC IBD Center and Co-Director, Total Care-IBD
*Tara Sherry-Torres, LSW
Clinical Social Worker, Total Care-IBD
Cecilia (Cece) Zamarripa, PhD, RN, CWON
Wound, Ostomy, Continency (WOC) Nurse
Manager, UPMC WOC Nursing Department
and Coordinator for: Wound Treatment, Ostomy Care
Associates at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
*2021 IBD UNITE Planning Committee
Faculty Disclosure
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated
Ms. Helen Hunt receives grant/research support from Kaiser Permanente.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing (CNE) In-person attendance:
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.25 contact hours.
Nursing (CNE) Virtual attendance:
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.75 contact hours
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.25 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.25 Attendance
Questions? Please contact Joy Merusi by email at joj2@pitt.edu.