Welcome to the 2026 IBD ECHO® Series!

IBD Medication Mastery: Supporting Patient-Centered Care Through Project ECHO®

 

ECHO Session Schedule:

Please note all sessions occur Thursday evenings: 7-8 pm ET / 6-7 pm CT / 5-6 pm MT / 4-5 pm PT

September 17, 2026: Knowing your Patient: Phenotyping IBD and Stratifying Risk to Guide Therapy

"Before I pick a drug, what do I actually know about this patient's disease — and what am I missing?"
 Presenter: Sharmeel K. Wasan, MD

October 15, 2026: The Therapeutic Toolkit: Mechanisms, Efficacy, and Safety of Biologics and Small Molecules

"There are now 12+ approved agents — how do I match mechanism to patient?" 
 Presenter: Jeremey Spiewak, PharmD, MCSR-RPh, MSCS

November 12, 2026: Treat to Target: Optimizing Strategies for Remission and Mucosal Healing

"My patient feels well — but should I look? And if I look, should I act?"
Presenter: Francis Farraye, MD, MS

December 10, 2026: Getting Therapy to Patients: Access, Equity, and Building the IBD Care Team

"I know what my patient needs — now how do I actually get it to them?"
Presenter: To be determined

 

Click here to register for these complimentary Zoom Sessions

 

Key reasons to attend our four-session webinar series:

  • Up-to-date, rapidly evolving content: focused sessions on new drug classes, treat-to-target strategies, combination therapies, and special populations
  • Case-based, practical learning: discuss your own patient cases, and those of your peers, with each other and the experts to get actionable management strategies within our community of practice
  • Access to IBD specialists and national guest faculty
  • Interprofessional perspective: sessions include physicians, NPs/PAs, pharmacists, nurses and a patient advocate for more comprehensive care planning
  • Crohn and Colitis Foundation expertise and resources
  • Practical tools and resources: access to slide sets, practice tools, patient education materials and an online repository for session materials
  • CE Accreditation: CME/ANCC/ACPE/CPE/AAPA credits and eligibility for ABIM MOC points

 

Case Presentation Sign-up:

  • Case Sign-up Sheet Link: You can sign up to submit a case presentation here. Be sure to take advantage of this limited opportunity! 
  • You can submit a case presentations here: Case Submission link (Please note all cases will be reviewed for PHI information)

 

Target Audience:
This ECHO® series is designed for gastroenterologists, NPs, PAs, nurses, and pharmacists in community and academic GI practices. Teams and individual GI providers are welcome to attend!

 

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be better able to:

  1. Recognize advanced therapeutic options and exhibit a comprehensive understanding of the pharmacodynamics, efficacy, and safety profile of current and emerging IBD treatments, including biologics, and small molecule inhibitors.
  2. Accurately classify a patient's IBD phenotype, predict disease behavior, and identify clinical and diagnostic features relevant to creating an appropriate therapy plan.
  3. Tailor treatment to patient-specific presentation: select the most appropriate therapy based on IBD phenotype, behavior, severity, presence of complications, and patient preferences.
  4. Optimize treatment strategies employing a treat to target approach: modify treatment strategies based on the achievement of treatment targets including clinical response, biomarker response, clinical remission, endoscopic remission, and future targets of histologic/mucosal healing.
  5. Identify and mitigate the common barriers to medication access, including financial constraints, insurance coverage issues, and health system inefficiencies, particularly keeping in mind the needs of the underserved.
  6. Collaborate with each member of the interprofessional team to provide the best care possible for people with IBD.

 

Grantor Acknowledgement
Supported by educational grants from AbbVie, Celltrion USA, Janssen Biotech, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.,Inc.

 

Claiming Credit Instructions
To claim your credit for attending the sessions, follow the instructions below:

  1. Click on the link to the session you attended
  2. Click on TAKE COURSE
  3. Follow the prompts to claim your credit on the following page

 Questions: If you have any questions about the program, registering or claiming credit please write [email protected] and we will reply as quickly as possible.  

Disclaimer:
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