Coordinating Care in IBD: Diagnosis and Co-Management Strategies for Family Physicians

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Coordinating Care in IBD: Diagnosis and Co-Management Strategies for Family Physicians

Bret A. Lashner, MD, MPH, FACG

Release Date: October 18, 2016
Expiration Date: October 17, 2017

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Activity Description

This interactive, on-demand activity introduces EG, a female college student who is concerned about her persistent diarrhea and abdominal pain. In 30 minutes, you can proceed through this case-based activity and learn about:

Clinical features and tools you can use to accurately diagnose IBD
Available therapies for IBD and their adverse effects
Strategies to address the preventive care and health maintenance needs of patients with IBD

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Identify diagnostic tools and patient physical exam, history, and work-up components that can be used to determine which patients with suspected IBD need a gastroenterologist referral for further evaluation
Outline the therapies available for the management of IBD, the disease severity they are recommended for, and their adverse effects
Implement screening strategies to address the preventive care and health maintenance needs of their patients with IBD

Faculty

Bret A. Lashner, MD, MPH, FACG

Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Director, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH

Faculty Biography

Bret A. Lashner, MD, MPH, FACG

Bret A. Lashner, MD, MPH, FACG, is Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his medical degree from New York University and completed his internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. He completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Chicago, and obtained his Master of Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr Lashner is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, and he specializes in ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and general gastrointestinal disease. A frequent lecturer at national and international meetings, Dr Lashner also serves on the editorial boards of peer-reviewed publications, including the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. He has served as principal investigator for many clinical trials on inflammatory bowel disease and published extensively on clinical aspects of inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, he is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. In 1999, he was awarded the Premier Physician Award from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

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Faculty

Bret A. Lashner, MD, MPH, FACG