Orlando Health’s Digestive Health Institute is pleased to invite you to the Florida Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Congress to be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in beautiful Central Florida. 

This one-day symposium is packed with clinically relevant information provided in an atmosphere that has been set up for optimal learning. The refreshment break and lunch are conducive for friends and colleagues attending the symposium to connect in a spirit of collegiality and camaraderie. Delegates will find the program to be impactful and to positively invigorate their professional lives. The Gaylord Palms Resort is uniquely designed for family fun activities, great dining experience and to wind away from the busy schedule of daily work. 

The Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease will host the Florida IBD Congress to highlight the latest advancements in the diagnosis and management of IBD.

This conference is designed to meet the educational needs of all healthcare professionals who treat and manage patients with IBD. At Florida IBD Congress, internationally recognized faculty will provide insight into the latest advancements pertaining to IBD diagnosis, management, and complications and highlight state-of-the-art interventions, via a combination of didactic presentations and interactive case-based discussions. The knowledge gained from attending the symposium will allow delegates to implement these changes and thereby significantly improve the quality of their clinical practice. This program is designed for gastroenterologists, gastroenterology fellows, primary care physicians, colo-rectal and general surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners interested in the latest information on diagnostic and therapeutic options for patients with IBD.

The objective of the Florida IBD Congress is to provide participants a comprehensive education in Inflammatory Bowel Disease evaluation and management. The program covers seven major topics.

• Treatment options for the medical management of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.

• Understand the role of endoscopy and surgery in the management of complications of Crohn’s disease.

• Evaluate, manage and monitor treatment of patients with IBD.

• Management of IBD in women and children.

• Diagnosing colon dysplasia/cancer in IBD patients and use of chromoendoscopy.

• Personalized medicine in IBD

• Diet and IBD