Final Reminder

Don't forget to register for the The Los Angeles Spring 2011 IBD Patient and Family Education Conference: How to Manage IBD which will be held Saturday, April 16, 2011
8:15 AM - 2:00 PM

Covel Commons Building (map & parking)
Sunset Village, UCLA

The Patient and Family Education Conference is designed to educate the IBD patient community about new developments in treatment, surgical techniques, use of complementary and alternative therapies, research, nutrition, and psychosocial issues. This year's Conference sessions are:

Workshop 1

1A -- Preventive Care: Vaccinations and Cancer Screenings Gil Melmed, MD
1B -- IBD 101: The Nuts and Bolts of IBD Jennifer Choi, MD
1C -- Enterostomal Therapy Jonathan Sack, MD; Dane Deluca, RN
1D -- Navigating the Treatment Maze Jeremy Herman, MD 

Workshop 2

2A -- Real People, Real Stories - Living with IBD Alex Akers, Sherry Porat, Adi Bodenstein, Michelle Schwartz
2B -- Alternative Therapies for IBD Nimisha Parekh, MD
2C -- Food and Inflammation: Fertilizing the Weeds Doron Kahana, MD
2D -- Mind, Brain, Body Approaches to IBD Emeran Mayer, MD 

Workshop 3

3A -- Food and Inflammation: Fertilizing the Weeds Doron Kahana, MD
3B -- New Frontiers in IBD Research David Shih, MD
3C -- Controlling Your Child’s IBD through Knowledge David Ziring, MD
3D -- Alternative Therapies for IBD Nimisha Parekh, MD


For more information contact Lindsay Brown at LBrown@ccfa.org, or call (310) 478-4500.