2nd Annual

Women In IBD

EU Focus Meeting

Updating Knowledge & Clinical Practice in 2024

Hilton London Tower Bridge, London, UK

Friday 15 November 2024 - Saturday 16 November 2024

Presentations will be available online for 12 months

Meeting content distributed to 12,000+ HCPs

For more information get in touch!

Co-chair

Millie D. Long, MD

UNC School of Medicine, North Carolina, USA

Co-chair

Joana Torres, MD

Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Portugal

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We are delighted to have hosted the Women In IBD EU Focus Meeting 2024, multinational congress at Hilton London Tower Bridge, London, UK on the 15th of November, 2024 to the 16th of November, 2024.

This congress served as a pivotal platform for collaboration, advancing research and enhancing patient care.

For those who could not attend, all congress content is available online and will remain accessible for a full year, allowing healthcare professionals worldwide to benefit from the insights shared.

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Agenda & Faculty

Women In IBD EU Focus Meeting, Friday 15 November 2024 - Saturday 16 November 2024

8:00 AM

Registration opens

8:50 AM

Welcome and Introduction, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Joana Torres, MD, and Millie D. Long, MD

Session 1: State of the art of the medical management of IBD

9:00 AM

State of the art - medical management of CD

Britta Siegmund, MD

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

9:20 AM

State of the art – medical management of UC

Severine Vermeire, MD

KU Leuven, Belgium

9:40 AM

How to position therapies in CD and UC

Yamile Zabana, MD

Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa, Spain

9:55 AM

How to position therapies in CD and UC

Alissa Walsh, MD

Nuffield Health, Oxford, UK

10:10 AM

Panel Discussion

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Session 2: Holistic management of IBD

10:50 AM

Prevention in IBD: Health Maintenance

Millie D. Long, MD

UNC School of Medicine, North Carolina, USA

11:10 AM

Dietitians approach to IBD

Julie Vanderstappen, MD

KU Leuven, Belgium

11:30 AM

Holistic management of IBD Outside the Gut

Beatriz Gros, MD

Western General Hospital | SCAN · Edinburgh, Scotland

11:50 AM

Panel Discussion

12:10 PM

Lunch Break & Group Photo

1:00 PM

Industry supported independent expert discussion

Session 3: Women’s Health in IBD: Lessons Learned from the PIANO Pregnancy Global Consensus

1:45 PM

Disease heritability, fertility, and contraception in IBD

Marla C. Dubinsky, MD

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA

2:05 PM

From the 1st to the third trimester: what to expect, dealing with medications and disease activity

Mette Julsgaard, MD

Aarhus University Hospital | AUH, Denmark

2:25 PM

The post-pregnancy period: disease activity, breastfeeding an vaccinations

Sophie Restellini, MD

Hôpital de La Tour, Switzerland

2:45 PM

Panel Discussion

3:15 PM

Coffee Break

Session 4: Managing post-operative Crohn’s Disease

3:35 PM

Epidemiology of Post-op CD and risk factors for recurrence

Joana Torres, MD

Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Portugal

3:55 PM

Therapeutic strategies following surgery

Pauline Riviere, MD

KU Leuven, Belgium

4:15 PM

Can the surgeon have a role in preventing recurrence?

Susana Ourô, MD

Hospital da Luz Lisbon, Portugal

4:35 PM

Panel Discussion & Take-home Points from Day 1 with Millie D. Long, MD & Joana Torres, MD

5:05 PM

Session ends

5:10 PM

Industry supported independent expert discussion

5:55 PM

Adjourn

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Women In IBD

EU Focus Meeting

Millie D. Long, MD

Joana Torres, MD

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Agenda & Faculty