🌟 Coming Soon! 🌟
 
Our Lead Patient Advocate in UK, Sharan Khela, will be attending Patients as Partners Europe this year as a panelist💜
 
Join us & many other industry giants on May 14-15 in London, UK!

Register with SAIA’s discount code SAIA 20: patientsaspartnerseu.com

3️⃣ Sat May 18, 5-8pm at🔥 venue +🧉+🍡DirtyHabitDC

Not-To-Be-Missed #IBD Collab & Networking event
#MondayNightIBD South Asian IBD Alliance (SAIA) Color of Gastrointestinal Illnesses IBDMoms Connecting to Cure

⭐️Join Jami Kinnucan, MD, FACG, AGAF Sumona Bhattacharya, MD Reezwana C, MD, FACG Neilanjan Nandi, MD, FACP Ugo Iroku MD Melodie Narain-Blackwell Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH & al

We are so thrilled & humbled to be nominated for the #SocialHealthAwards in the Best Team category! Please do vote for us and other nominees including the wonderful Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH (in the Community Cultivator category): socialhealthawards.com/live/en/page/v…

So proud to be part of South Asian IBD Alliance (SAIA) & our patient advocacy arm IBDesis where I collaborate with a wonderful group of patient advocates who work selflessly for the #SouthAsianIBD community!

Do consider voting for us for the #SocialHealthAwards .

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💫I cannot advocate enough for this outstanding patient advocacy group!
Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH Madhura Balasubramaniam Sharan 👏👏
🗳️ please vote!!
#MondayNightIBD Evidence-Based GI: An ACG Publication (EBGI) ACG American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

We're so thrilled to announce that Team IBDesis, the patient advocacy arm of @southasianibd, has been nominated for the 'Best Advocacy Team' award in Health Union's #SocialHealthAwards !
 
Voting is now open here: socialhealthawards.com/live/en/page/v…

Vote for us & other nominees today!

Fantastic to see Louise Thompson talking about her stoma this morning 👏 People like Louise, who bravely share their stories, positively impacts on the #stoma community. It helps to change perceptions, break down taboos and invite conversations.

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Amazing news! Flexible working has been such a game changer for me, good to know we can request right away rather than having to jump through hoops trying to prove we need it 👏🏽👏🏽

#ThursdayThanks to #MondayNightIBD 🏘️ #GastroRD #GastroPsych
#Advocates

#NationalNutritionMonth 🌟series for patient centric #IBD care

📌 #MediterraneanDiet & nutrition for complicated IBD
📌Recognize eating disorders
📌Adapted #diet to culture & religious practice incl. fasting

Closing off this important #MondayNightIBD session, join us this Sunday to discuss “Eating During Cultural Holidays with #IBD ” featuring panelists Taha Qazi Basmah Gauree Konijeti Sharan & moderator from Nutritional Therapy for IBD Kim Beall:

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Sharan Nour #MondayNightIBD Dr Nahla Azzam Tauseef Ali MD, FACG AGAF FACP The Bottom Line IBD South Asian IBD Alliance (SAIA) Maia Kayal MD Madhura Balasubramaniam Ezzat Ali د. محمد عبدالله شهاب Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH Dr. Mohamed Alboraie MD. FRCP Early referrals are needed. Weight should not be the primary reason for a dietitian referral. There are so many indications (e.g., education on role of diet in IBD, guidance for food choices based on symptoms, culture, lifestyle, & more) in various eating environments.

💠South Asians and immigrants have some of the ⬇️ rates of screening 4 CRC
💠Barriers: Language, access,SDOH
💠NYC/NJ is home to the largest SA population in the US
💠Partnered w ⁦India Home, Inc.⁩ ⁦Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health⁩ educating and outreach programs 🙌🏼

#crcawarenessmonth

Day 5 #CCAwarenessWeek

Today we share key findings from our #IBD #PTS research in S & SE Asian patients in @ijg_journal!

💥S & SE Asian IBD patients are 5X MORE LIKELY to experience post-traumatic stress than white, non-Hispanic counterparts 💥

Access: doi.org/10.1007/s12664…

Join us tomorrow!

Stand Up, Speak Up! JOIN JS this week as we join friends & partners from around the Globe 🌍 in raising awareness about Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis ! 🙌🏾💥

Join the conversation & raise #awareness during Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week (Dec 1-7)!

Let's break the silence, share stories, & support those battling #IBD . Together, we can make a difference! 💜

#IBD awareness #CCAwarenessWeek #StrongerTogether

Wishing you all a Happy Gurpurab from Team SAIA/IBDesis/IBDJournalClub!

Gurpurab, a sacred festival, celebrates the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. This year marks his 554th birth anniversary🙏🏽

Credits to Sharan for the lovely sketch of Guru Nanak Dev Ji!

Excited for this important talk hosted by South Asian IBD Alliance (SAIA) in partnership with Pfizer Inc. on how best to support loved ones with #IBD !

Honoured to share space with Neilanjan Nandi, MD, FACP, Sharan & my mom, Viji!

Tune in on December 2nd!

This #CCAwarenessWeek we are proud to partner with Pfizer Inc. on the talk, Family Matters: How to Support Your Loved Ones with #IBD !

@fitwitmd, Sharan, Viji B & Madhura Balasubramaniam discuss #family involvement in #SouthAsianIBD care!

Tune in LIVE on Dec 2: facebook.com/southasianibd

Immunosuppressants are useful treatments for Crohn's and Colitis. But they can weaken your immune system. So, you may be at increased risk of infections or some cancers.

But this shouldn’t stop you from living life as before. Here are some things you can do to reduce your risk