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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: Pediatric

Joint Ventures: Unraveling the Rheum - Gut Axis Through Interactive Pediatric Cases

Sunday, October 26, 2025
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
CE: 1

    Moderator(s)

  • SL

    Sivia Lapidus, MD

    Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
    Montclair, NJ, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • AM

    Adam Mayer, MD

    University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • SL

    Sivia Lapidus, MD

    Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
    Montclair, NJ, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

In this interactive session, we will present two challenging cases of gut inflammation as it intersects with extra-intestinal manifestations, followed by a robust peer discussion on the optimal management of these cases and review of relevant evidence.

Learning Objectives:

  • Create an approach to management of patients with extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • Examine therapeutics used in treatment of IBD and their application to extra-intestinal manifestations of IBD
  • Recognize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to care for children with extra-intestinal manifestations of IBD

Presentations:

  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Central Time
    Gut Bone Axis: Immune Dysregulation Case

    Interactive Speaker: Melissa Argraves, MD, MEd – Nationwide Children's Hospital

  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    Extra-Intestinal Manifestation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Case

    Speaker: Elizabeth Spencer, MD, MSc – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai