IBD Essentials

Dr. Sara El Ouali, UAE, talks about the rise of IBD in the mid-east, special aspects of IBD management in the Middle-East and career pathways of women in GI and IBD, including gender disparities, difficult career paths for women and barriers of women in their career and the importance of mentoring programs

Jean-Fred Colombel, Mount Sinai Hospital New York City, USA, talks about his biography and personal pathway in IBD and options of very early diagnosis of IBD and strategies to prevent the onset of IBD (interception) and early management of IBD

Bruce Sands, Mount Sinai Hospital New York City, USA, talks about his biography and personal pathway in IBD and options of breaking the therapeutic ceiling in IBD including combination therapy, treat to target and early treatment

Matthieu Allez, Montreal, talks about the management of postoperative Crohn's disease, prediction of relapse rates, monitoring strategies in the postoperative setting, risk factors for postoperative recurrence and potential strategies to prevent recurrence

Pradeep Bhandari from Portsmouth (UK) on recent BSGE guidelines of chromoendoscopy, co-hosted by Raf Bisschops.

Dr. Remo Panaccione, an internationally recognized expert in clinical trials discusses the recent data on vedolizumab and anti-IL23 therapies and how those changes impact clinical decision making in IBD

Matthieu Allez, Montreal talks about cell-based therapeutic approaches in refractory or complicated IBD covering hematopoetic stem cell transplantation and CAR T cell therapies, indication for this treatment options, success rates and potential side effects and potential future approaches

Dr. Saurabh Mehandru, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, internationally recognized physician scientist in IBD and global leader in B cell biology in intestinal health and inflammation discussed the role of B cells in intestinal homeostasis and IBD. Highliy relevant episode about a novel therapy that is entering IBD.

Ailsa Hart, St. Marks Hospital, London, UK, internationally renowned IBD expert talks about strategies to optimize the management of perianal fistulising Crohn's disease, relevance of MDT approaches, building international consortia, classification and optimized management of perianal fistulising CD

Florian Rieder from Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA, internationally renowned IBD and intestinal fibrosis expert talks about his fundamental work and participation in intestinal fibrosis, spanning from basic research, clinical evaluation including establishing a fibrosis PRO, work on international consensus to evaluate intestinal fibrosis and new treatment options for intestinal fibrosis

Andreas Sturm, gastroenterologist and IBDand medical guideline expert from Berlin, discusses about the development of evidence based guidelines and the relevance to improve the management of patients with IBD and the implementation of guidelines into clinical practice.

Paulo Sousa from Porto, current chair of the young talent group of UEG, reflects why she decided to become a gastroenterologist and to pursue a career in IBD. She describes how UEG may help tom foster a career in gastroenterology and why it may be useful to engage with UEG beyond UEGW

Thomas Rösch, editor of Endoscopy Essentials and intgernationally renowned endoscopists discusses the potential role of AI to evaluate and standardize endoscopic disease activity in IBD and the potential repevance of clinical decision support tools to guide clinicians to choose the best treatment options in IBD patients

Iris Dotan, Petah Tikva, Israel, former IOIBD president and international renowned expert in IBD and nutrition, discusses the role of nutrition in the pathogenesis of IBD and the potential of nutritional intervention to treat IBD and to modify the natural course of IBD

Silvio Danese, Milan, internationally renowned IBD expert, former ECCO president and UEG Vice president discusses recent data from UEG 2025 on Etrasimod in mild UC (gladiator) and late breaking abstract data on obefazimod in ulcerative colitis

Axel Dignass, internationally renowned IBD expert and editor of the IBD Essentials vodcast, talks about his career and his plans for the podcast, the team, and upcoming topics