When Should Combination Therapy for Patients with Crohn’s Disease Be Discontinued?

Jean-Frédéric Colombel, MD Professor of Hepatogastroenterology Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille Lille, France G&H When is combination therapy appropriate for patients with Crohn’s disease? J-FC Right now, there […]

Fecal Transplantation for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection

Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, MACG, AGAF, FASGE Professor of Medicine and Surgery Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York G&H What are the most common […]

Mucosal Healing with Infliximab: Results From the Active Ulcerative Colitis Trials

William J. Sandborn, MD Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology UC San Diego Health System La Jolla, California G&H How does infliximab cause mucosal healing? WJS […]

Risk of Lymphoma in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

James D. Lewis, MD, MSCE Professor of Medicine Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania […]

Diagnosis and Treatment of Indeterminate Colitis

William J. Tremaine, MD Maxine and Jack Zarrow Professor Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota G&H How is the term indeterminate colitis defined? […]

Strategies for Management of Clostridium difficile Infection in Immunosuppressed Patients

David G. Binion, MD Professor of Medicine Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center Director of Translational Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania […]

Cyclosporine Versus Infliximab for the Treatment of Severe Ulcerative Colitis

Asher Kornbluth, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine The Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, New York G&H When do clinicians […]

Efficacy of Probiotics for the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

R. Balfour Sartor, MD Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina G&H What is […]

Preparing for Biologic or Immunosuppressant Therapy

Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota G&H What factors should clinicians consider before […]

New Cytokine Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Thomas T. MacDonald, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci Dean for Research and Professor of Immunology Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science […]

Fecal Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gert Van Assche, MD, PhD Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven, Belgium G&H Why have researchers tried to identify fecal biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease? GVA The gold standard for […]

Why Should We Define and Target Early Crohn’s Disease?

Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, MD, PhD Head of IBD Unit Nancy University Hospital Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France G&H What is your definition of “early” Crohn’s disease? LP-B In a paper that my […]

Surgical Risks in Patients on Inflammatory Bowel Disease Medications

Bret A. Lashner, MD Director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Department of Gastroenterology Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio G&H What risks are associated with perioperative use […]

Management and Prevention of Postoperative Crohn’s Disease

Miguel D. Regueiro, MD Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania G&H What risk factors predict recurrence of Crohn’s disease following […]

Bowel Ultrasound for the Assessment of Crohn’s Disease

Emma Calabrese, MD, PhD Gastrointestinal Unit Department of Internal Medicine University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Rome, Italy G&H What are the advantages and disadvantages of bowel ultrasound […]

Anti-TNF Failures in Crohn’s Disease

Maria T. Abreu, MD Professor of Medicine Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine University of Miami Miami, Florida G&H Why do […]