IBD Cutting Edge 2025
Where Innovation, Trials, and Multidisciplinary Care Intersect


Date
September 19–21, 2025
Venue
Coronado Island Marriott
2000 2nd St, Coronado, CA 92118
Fee
$375
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Conference Highlights
- Groundbreaking Advancements: Translational science, drug discovery, and clinical care.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Gastroenterologists, surgeons, dietitians, and more.
- Expert-Led Sessions: Gain actionable insights to improve patient care.
Educational Objectives
Participants will:
- Explore therapeutic innovations and emerging technologies.
- Evaluate clinical trial findings for next-generation therapies.
- Optimize outcomes with collaborative care models.
- Integrate advanced surgical and medical approaches.
- Address challenges in pediatric and high-risk populations.
- Foster patient-centered care, emphasizing equity and quality of life.
Speakers and Co-Chairs

Marla C Dubinsky, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai New York
Chief, Pediatric GI and Nutrition, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
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Dr. Dubinsky has been engaged in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinical and translational research for over two decades. She has a keen interest in personalized medicine in IBD and her research uncovers predictors of rapid disease progression with the goal of preventing complications by altering treatment plans. Dr. Dubinsky is the principal investigator of multiple large longitudinal cohorts including the Road to Prevention Multiplex Family Program at Mount Sinai with over 700 enrolled participants with a goal of using multi-omic data to predict the development of IBD in unaffected family members and co-investigator of the Risk Stratification and Identification of Immunogenetic and Microbial Markers of Rapid Disease Progression in Children with Crohn’s Disease (RISK) study and senior author on the manuscript presenting a model to predict the natural history of pediatric Crohn’s disease. Dr. Dubinsky is very committed to women’s reproductive health in IBD and in addition to her research in this field she is the Co-founder of WECARE in IBD, an organization dedicated to the health of women with IBD. She is very committed to leading the next generation of female leaders in the field of GI. She has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally, and has published in more than 400 peer-reviewed journals, including New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Lancet, JAMA, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Paulo Gustavo Kotze MD, MsC, PhD
Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Dr. Kotze is an experienced academic IBD surgeon and author of 3 books, more than 210 pubmed peer-reviewed articles and multiple book chapters focused on Crohn´s disease and ulcerative colitis, with an h-index of 39 (google scholar) and 34 (Scopus). He has a special interest in the fields of miminally invasive colorectal surgery (including robotics), biological therapy and epidemiology in IBD. He actively participates on the directory board of the Brazilian Study group for IBD (GEDIIB), is currently co-editor of the Journal of Coloproctology (periodical of the Brazilian society of colorectal surgeons) and participates as an international editorial board member of the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, Colorectal Disease, Intestinal Research, Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology and the British Journal of Surgery. He is an associated editor of Techniques in Coloproctology and Crohn’s and Colitis 360. He is also a reviewer for several international journals such as Gut, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastroenterology, among others. Dr. Kotze was formerly a committee member of S-ECCO (surgeons of ECCO) from 2015-2018 and a member of the ECCO EduCOM (educational committee), from 2018-2022. In 2020, he was selected as a full active member of IOIBD (International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease). He is also a senior researcher of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) since 2024.

Gil Y. Melmed, MD, MS
Associate Director, Karsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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Dr Melmed has clinical research interests in inflammatory bowel diseases, including clinical trials, health services research, preventive care, quality improvement, translational genotype/phenotype studies, and surgical outcomes. He has authored or coauthored more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters. Dr Melmed has served as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, and clinical research editor for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. He is the co-director of IBD QORUS, a multicenter IBD quality improvement collaborative network. His research is funded by several agencies including the NIH, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the Helmsley Charitable Trust. He has led or participated in the development of quality indicators for IBD with the American Gastroenterology Association, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the National Quality Forum, and the Canadian Crohn’s and Colitis organizations.

Dr. Jeannie Huang
Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego
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She is also a Physician Informaticist, Director of Continuing Medical Education at Rady Children’s, and Assistant Dean of Continuing Medical Education at UC San Diego.
Dr. Huang’s research focuses on how the health of individuals, communities and populations can be improved through the creative use of wireless and networked technologies, and ubiquitous computing.
Her research focuses in particular on youth suffering from chronic diseases.

Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH
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Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH is a multi award-winning women’s health advocate based out of New York City. Tina pivoted from Wall Street to a path of impactful change in healthcare after her own Crohn’s disease diagnosis and life-saving ostomy surgery. Due to the stigmas and disparities she faced in her own journey, she started a blog and social media advocacy platform called
Own Your Crohn’s, which brought to light cultural determinants related to GI care and access and went viral across patient communities. Her pathbreaking advocacy brought together multiple patient advocates and clinicians, eventually leading to the formation of South Asian IBD Alliance (SAIA), a patient-clinician led non-profit organization working to improve education and awareness in the growing South Asian IBD community.
Tina has been named a Top 5 Patient Influencer in the IBD Community by Time Magazine. She has been featured in The New York Times, on the cover of American College of Gastroenterology Magazine, and in Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News as well as Health Magazine for her trailblazing advocacy work. Tina has also spoken at multiple leading medical, clinical research, and patient conferences worldwide. She has co-authored and led research studies in many prominent medical journals (JAMA, The Lancet, Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, etc.). Access Tina’s publications here.
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) awarded Tina the Best Patient Advocacy Award and the Best International Healthcare Education & Advocacy Award in 2022 and 2024, respectively. Tina and South Asian IBD Alliance’s patient advocacy arm, IBDesis, were both awarded the Healio Gastroenterology Disruptive Innovator Award in 2019 and 2023, respectively, for moving the needle on GI care for patients. Very Well Health presented Tina with the Health Impact Award and Social Health Network awarded her the Revolutionary Researcher Award in the patient advocacy space in 2023. The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation recognized Tina in 2021 for her phenomenal leadership and powerful impact on the IBD community with the Above & Beyond Volunteer Award.
Tina is committed to embodying the change she wishes to see in the world, and she does that every day by advocating for patients like herself.

Arnab Chatterjee, PhD
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Gauree Gupta Konijeti, MD, MPH
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Scripps Clinic
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Scripps Health
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Mazer Ally, MD, FACG
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine & Adult Gastroenterologist, Scripps Clinic
Former Co-Director, IBD Program at Walter Reed; U.S. Army Veteran
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Before joining Scripps Clinic, Dr. Ally served as the Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Walter Reed and as the Chief of Gastroenterology at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. He also served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Squadron Surgeon for the 10th Mountain Division, earning the Meritorious Service Medal. Additionally, he served as a Battalion Surgeon for the 25th Infantry Division.
Dr. Ally has authored numerous publications and presented his research at national medical conferences, focusing on inflammatory bowel disease and eosinophilic esophagitis. He is an active member of national committees for the American College of Gastroenterology and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. He is also a Fellow both of the American College of Gastroenterology and of the American Gastroenterology Association.
Outside of his professional life, Dr. Ally enjoys spending time with his family, as well as traveling, surfing, hiking, and running.
Doctor, Military Veteran Stays Balanced by Surfing – Scripps Health

Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center, UNC Chapel Hill
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Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Co-Director of the Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Barnes has a research interest in the epidemiology and clinical outcomes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, with a particular interest in improving our understanding of inflammatory conditions of the pouch after restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). He has received funding to study clinical outcomes of patients with pouchitis and other inflammatory conditions of the pouch and to investigate risk factors for a complicated disease course after IPAA.

Brigid S. Boland, MD
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She is actively involved in translational research aiming to better underlying the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel diseases and develop biomarkers to predict response to therapy. She is the Principal Investigator on multiple industry-sponsored clinical trials. She has been funded by a CCF Career Development Award and NIH K23. She is the principal investigator on multiple industry grants. She is funded by a CCF award and Helmsley Charitable Trust grant.

Dr. Orme
Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), specializing in complex medical dermatology
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Prof. Dr. W.A. Bemelman
Professor of Surgery at Amsterdam University Medical Centers and EBSQ-Certified Colorectal Surgeon, specializing in minimally invasive treatment of IBD, colorectal cancer, and complication surgery
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His field of interest in patient care and research is the (minimal invasive) treatment of IBD, colorectal cancer and complication surgery.
Bemelman is a EBSQ certified colorectal surgeon (Bologna 2005), the former president of the ESCP (2019-2020) and former secretary of ECCO (2018-2020). He has more than 690 pubmed papers, coached more than 50 PhD students and has a H-index of 80. He holds honorary memberships of 10 international societies, and is a member of the IOIBD and Europeans Surgical Association.
Currently he is working in the department of surgery of the Amsterdam University Medical Centers and parttime at Bento Surgical Clinics.

Maria T. Abreu, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
President of the AGA
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Dr. Abreu has 30 years of leadership experience in basic, translational, and clinical research and mentoring. She was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2010; in 2018, she was elected to the Association of American Physicians. She completed a three-year term as Chair of the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD) in 2022. Currently, she is the President of the AGA. She is the fifth woman and first Latina to hold this position.
Her work has received multiple awards and acknowledgements. She is a recipient of the 2019 Sherman Prize from the Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation, which recognizes outstanding achievements in IBD. In 2020, she was bestowed with Healio’s Lifetime Disruptor Award for addressing critical unmet needs in IBD. This award goes to a gastroenterologist or hepatologist who consistently pushes the gastroenterology field forward through innovative treatments, practice management, patient care, or research.
Dr. Abreu is frequently invited as a speaker (in English and Spanish) at symposia on basic science and clinical topics all over the world. She has authored almost 300 peer-reviewed articles, books, chapters, and reviews.

Alan Moss, MD, FACG, AGAF, FEBG, FRCPI
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Melissa J Ferrari
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Lori Beeken MS, RDN
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Accreditation & Disclosures
- Physicians: CME credits provided by ACCME-accredited Scripps Health.
- Nurses/Nurse Practitioners: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ accepted by ANCC, AANPCP, and AANP.
- Physician Assistants: NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
- Pharmacists: California Board of Pharmacy-approved credits.
- Commercial Support: Supported in part by educational grants. Details provided during the conference.
MOC: Eligible for ABIM and ABPATH Maintenance of Certification points.
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Event Details
Date & Time:
Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 11 a.m. to Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 3 p.m.
Venue: Coronado Island Marriott
2000 2nd St, Coronado, CA 92118
Contact Us
For questions or more information:
858-678-6400
med.edu@scrippshealth.org
Rates (Thru Jul 20):
- Physicians (MD, DO, MBBS): $375
- Scripps/UCSD Physicians: $300
- RN, NP, PA, Other: $275
- Scripps/UCSD Non-Physicians: $225
- Students, Residents, Fellows: $175*
*Email med.edu@scrippshealth.org or call 858-678-6400 for student/resident discount codes. Scripps/UCSD discounts require a valid staff email.
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- Masks recommended but not required.
- Physical distancing is encouraged as appropriate. Guidelines may change before or during the event.
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- Cancellation Deadline: September 5, 2025 (fees apply).
- No Refunds: After September 5, 2025, no refunds, credits, or substitutions. No refunds for no-shows or cancellations due to weather.
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