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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Opening the Window of Opportunity in Treating Crohn's Disease

  • Authors: Miguel Regueiro, MD; Uma Mahadevan, MD; Siddharth Singh, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/27/2022
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 6/27/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, and other clinicians who treat patients with Crohn's disease (CD). 

The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to improve the risk stratification of patients with CD; increase recognition of treatment opportunity prior to bowel damage and disability; and improve the selection of treatments that will help achieve and maintain remission via a shared decision-making approach between clinicians and patients.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Treat-to-target principles for managing CD
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Identifying patients with CD who would benefit from early aggressive treatment to prevent disease progression
    • Incorporating clinical decision tools into treatment decisions for CD
    • Designing treatment strategies that include patients' preferences and goals
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Optimize the management of CD based on patient risk stratification/clinical factors and patient preference


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Moderator

  • Miguel Regueiro, MD

    Chair, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute
    Chair, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
    The Pier C. and Renee A. Borra Family Endowed Chair in
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Professor, Department of Medicine
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of
    Case Western Reserve University
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Disclosures

    Miguel Regueiro, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: AbbVie; ALFASIGMA, S.p.A.; Allergan; Amgen; Celgene; Genentech; Gilead; Janssen; Lilly; Miraca Labs; Pfizer; Pharma Solutions; Prometheus; Salix; Seres; Takeda; UCB
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Cornerstones; Imedex; MJH Life Sciences; Remedy
    Research funding from: AbbVie; Janssen; Pfizer; Takeda

Panelists

  • Uma Mahadevan, MD

    Professor of Medicine
    Director, UCSF Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Center
    San Francisco, California

    Disclosures

    Uma Mahadevan, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: AbbVie; Arena; Boehringer Ingelheim; Bristol Myers Squibb; Gilead; Janssen; Pfizer; Takeda

  • Siddharth Singh, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Director UCSD IBD Center
    University of California San Diego
    La Jolla, California

    Disclosures

    Siddharth Singh, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Research funding from: AbbVie; Janssen; Pfizer
    Other: Ad hoc grant review: Pfizer

Editor

  • Briana Betz, PhD

    Medical Education Director, WebMD Global, LLC 

    Disclosures

    Briana Betz, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Compliance Reviewer/Nurse Planner

  • Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE, CHCP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

     

    Disclosures

    Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE, CHCP, has no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.


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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Opening the Window of Opportunity in Treating Crohn's Disease

Authors: Miguel Regueiro, MD; Uma Mahadevan, MD; Siddharth Singh, MDFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/27/2022

Valid for credit through: 6/27/2023, 11:59 PM EST

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