The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation provides a growing selection of professional events and clinical education designed to advance your care for patients living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
This educational activity is intended for an audience of Gastroenterologists, Primary Care Physicians, and Nurses/NPs/PAs in the United States.
 Michelle M. Muza-Moons, MD, PhD Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Despite the availability of advanced therapies for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC), such as Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors and interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitors, many patients with UC are subjected to repeated courses of steroids, which can prevent them from achieving sustained remission and expose them to unnecessary adverse effects. A lack of standardized collaborative protocols and fragmented communication creates barriers to care. In this Grand Rounds, conducted in collaboration with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, expert faculty will examine structural and practice-related barriers to optimal care and provide practical strategies for replacing systemic steroids with advanced therapies that have a rapid onset of action. Learners will also gain valuable insights into treatment selection, shared decision-making with patients, and setting realistic treatment goals.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
Analyze systematic and practice-related barriers to implementing a treat-to-target strategy
Construct treatment strategies that replace repetitive steroid bridging with a rapid-start systemic alternatives for patients failing conventional therapy
Evaluate patient-specific risk profiles (e.g., CV risk, age, and prior therapy) to facilitate shared decision-making in moving to advanced systemic treatments
In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited with commendation 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.
For Physicians
Medscape, LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For Nurses
Awarded up to 1.0 contact hour(s) of nursing continuing professional development for RNs and APNs.
DISCLOSURES
FACULTY
Michelle M. Muza-Moons, MD, PhD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
Consultant or advisor for: AbbVie Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Immunology
Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: AbbVie Inc.; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Johnson & Johnson Immunology
MEDSCAPE STAFF
Medscape, LLC requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred in the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business
is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
Check-In
Registration begins at 6:00 p.m. ET.
Getting to the Venue
The program will take place in the Woodrick Room at Bistro Bella Vita, located in Grand Rapids, at 44 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. SW. For more information, visit the venue website at: https://bistrobellavita.com/
Parking
Street parking is available around the building and is non-ticketed after 7 pm on weekdays and free on weekends. You can also find surface parking in the Ellis Parking lot located on the corner of Cesar Chavez and Weston or covered parking is available in the Arena Place parking garage located at the corner of Weston and Ottawa.
Refreshments
The program will include dinner with refreshments & coffee service available throughout the evening. A vegetarian option and a gluten free option will be available. If you have specific needs, you are welcome to bring your own food/beverage to the venue.
Picture/Video Disclaimer
Photographs and/or video will be taken at this program. By attending this program, you grant full permission to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation for the free use of your picture and voice in any broadcast, telecast, print account or any other account in any medium of this event, and acknowledge that the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation does hereby have the unrestrained right in perpetuity to own, utilize, or alter any such pictures or video of me, in any manner it may see fit and for any purpose whatsoever.
For more information, please contact Kelly Fitzgerald, Associate Director, Education & Engagement at [email protected]
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from AbbVie
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