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My name is Tanya, and I live in Chennai, India. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 1999, a time when little was known about IBD in India. This means that I have segments of intestinal narrowing and scarring throughout my small intestine known as strictures…

As IBD warriors, it’s always nerve-wracking to travel with our conditions and/or an ostomy. For me, it’s been 7 years of me traveling all over the U.S. and Europe for patient advocacy work. And even though I’ve spoken many times virtually for events in India and...

Reviewed by: Lea Ann Chen, MD At Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Washington, D.C., I had the privilege of being involved as co-author on an abstract and presentation given by Dr. Lea Ann Chen, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, titled Unaffected Relatives...

Our patient advocate team, SAIA’s IBDesis, were honoured to participate in the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, USA, between October 25th to October 30th, 2024. As patient advocates, we are grateful for the...

In the poster session at DDW 2024, I learned about a new fascinating method that can help providers and patients predict relapse from the poster titled "Intestinal Ultrasound is Predictive of Disease Relapse in Asymptomatic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients." The...

As part of the 2024 Digestive Disease Week Conference (DDW), I had the honor of attending a session led by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Pan African Organization for Health, Education, and Research (POHER) on the incidence and...

I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease shortly after I graduated from my Master’s program, and after a two-year break, I am now pursuing a full-time Ph.D. in International Relations. Like many countries, IBD is not legally recognised as a disability that requires...

In today's blog post, SAIA's President, Tina, shares her experience with the new imaging modality for IBD called intestinal ultrasound (IUS): "Last week, I had my first intestinal ultrasound. I had been very nervous the last month getting ready to go in for IUS as...

I had the privilege to attend Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. One of the most rewarding aspects of the conference was learning from presentations on current research on IBD and other GI conditions. As someone who works in mental...

Attending Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Washington, D.C., was an exhilarating and enlightening experience that left a lasting impact on my professional and personal growth. As one of the largest conferences dedicated to gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and...