Identifying and Managing Bowel Urgency in Ulcerative Colitis

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Location: Northern Hemisphere A

Chair(s)

Miguel D. Regueiro, MD, FACG

Professor and Chair of Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Speaker(s)

Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, FCAHS

Professor, Gastroenterologist
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Emanuelle Bellaguarda, MD

Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

This session is supported by an independent educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.

12:30 PM Introduction and Pre-Activity Survey
Miguel D. Regueiro, MD, FACG

12:35 PM Bowel Urgency, Quality of Life, and Patient Reported Outcomes in UC
Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, FCAHS

12:55 PM Bowel Healing Improves Bowel Urgency—New and Emerging Therapies for UC
Emanuelle Bellaguarda, MD

1:15 PM Panel Discussion Q&A and Post-Activity Survey
Miguel D. Regueiro, MD, FACG; Emanuelle Bellaguarda, MD; Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, FCAHS

Learning Objectives:

Describe the burden and impact of bowel urgency in patients with UC
Implement strategies to improve the recognition and assessment of bowel urgency in patients with UC
Evaluate the most recent clinical data associated with emerging therapies that may address the symptoms of bowel urgency