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Pioneering unique therapies. Launching powerful new programs. We don’t do this to be first. We do it because a child who is ill deserves nothing less. At Nationwide Children’s, everything matters. Every decision. Every aspect of care. From children with celiac disease or gastroparesis to those with food allergies or IBD. Everything matters to us. Because when it’s your child, everything matters to you.

Referrals and Consultations The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Nationwide Children’s accepts referrals from across the U.S. and internationally. A National Model for Online: NationwideChildrens.org Fax: (614) 722-4000 Pediatric IBD Care Phone: (614) 722-6200 or (877) 722-6220

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8622 Advanced Focus in IBD Meet Our Team The nationally recognized IBD Center at Nationwide IBD Research and Quality Improvement Wallace Crandall, MD, Director of the IBD Center and Associate Medical Director for Children’s uses a specialized, multidisciplinary approach Research is critical in continuing to improve the Quality Improvement at Nationwide Children’s, has published extensively on IBD and quality to provide expert, comprehensive care for children care of children and adolescents with IBD. Current improvement. Dr. Crandall serves on the Executive Committee and as the Director of Quality with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The center research activities include clinical drug trials and studies for ImproveCareNow, and on the steering committee for the CCFA’s Pediatric IBD Research provides intensive support for each patient through examining the psychosocial effects of chronic diseases Network (PRO-KIIDS). His research, focusing on improving treatment options and the quality clinical management, patient and family education, such as inflammatory bowel disease. The center also of care for patients with IBD, has been funded by the CCFA, NIH, and AHRQ. dietary guidance and counseling. In addition, we strive participates in two national IBD research data bases Sandra C. Kim, MD, Medical Director of the IBD Center, studies pediatric IBD, with a to increase the collective knowledge of diagnostics and which are being used in the ongoing effort to improve focus on adolescent transitioning, quality improvement, and the impact of the gastrointestinal treatment through academic research and clinical studies. the treatment and quality of life for everyone with IBD. microbiota in IBD. Her research has been funded by the NIH and the CCFA. Dr. Kim is chair Our multidisciplinary team includes expert physicians, Nationwide Children’s is a leader in ImproveCareNow, of Pediatric Affairs for CCFA, and serves on the executive committee for the CCFA National surgeons, psychologists, researchers, dietitians, nurse a pediatric IBD collaborative that includes 55 children’s Scientific Advisory Committee and the steering committee for the CCFA Pediatric IBD practitioners, nurses and social workers who provide hospital sites. The aim of ImproveCareNow is to Research Network (PRO-KIIDS). She chairs the Clinical Practice and Adolescent Transitioning diagnostic services, clinical management, patient and improve the management and care of patients with committees for ImproveCareNow, and is a councilor for the American Gastroenterological family education, nutritional guidance, and counseling. inflammatory bowel disease through the use of quality Association Immunology, Microbiology, and IBD section. Our goal is to improve the medical, surgical, improvement methodology. psychological and social care of all children with The principles learned and developed in conjunction Benedict C. Nwomeh, MD, is the Director of Surgical Education for Pediatric Surgery and inflammatory bowel disease regionally through direct with ImproveCareNow have been integrated into Surgical Director of the Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease at patient care, and nationally through continued research. our IBD program. Likewise, the successful tools Nationwide Children’s Hospital and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at The Ohio State and processes developed here have been shared University College of Medicine. His scholarly focus is in the area of surgical education and he is the Caring for the Patient and the Family with ImproveCareNow and, as a result, have been recipient of a 2004 Surgical Education Fellowship of the Association of Surgical Education. We recognize that, like any chronic illness, implemented by other sites across the country. Through inflammatory bowel disease can affect children the use of these quality improvement methods, we have Brendan Boyle, MD, MPH, a pediatric gastroenterologist and researcher, is currently and adolescents every day of their lives as well as seen improvements in a variety of process and outcome investigating development of reliable and consistent care delivery systems to improve the quality impacting their family. We treat the whole family, measures, most notably an increase in clinical remission of patient care. On a national level, Dr. Boyle serves as a member of the NASPGHAN IBD and using an approach that addresses psychological and rates from a baseline of approximately 50 percent to CCFA/NASPGHAN website committees. social concerns in tandem with the most advanced 84 percent currently, one of the highest rates in the medical treatment. One-on-one teaching to newly network – giving our patients one of the highest rates of diagnosed patients and their families is provided by Jennifer Dotson, MD, MPH, a pediatric gastroenterologist and principal investigator in the remission in the country. a nurse. Psychology services, including assessment of Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice in the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s, psychosocial concerns, pain management (including conducts clinical research in comparative effectiveness, and outcomes-based research in pediatric biofeedback), and psychotherapy addressing coping Nationwide Children’s IBD Remission Rate IBD. Dr. Dotson is a recipient of the prestigious NASPGHAN Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of with the disease and other issues is also available. America Young Investigator Career Development Award. 100% Laura Mackner, PhD, psychologist and investigator in the Center for Biobehavioral Health, Targeted Interventions 80% We provide access to a variety of the most current is a nationally recognized expert in the psychosocial aspects of chronic illness in children and therapies, and tailor them to the needs of the 60% adolescents, particularly in those living with IBD. Her current work, which is funded by the individual. Therapies include 6-mercaptopurine National Institutes of Health (NIH), explores biopsychosocial issues in adolescents with IBD, peer (6MP) or Azathioprine (Imuran®), and in selected 40% to peer mentoring and socially interactive technology use in this population. cases, Remicade. For the few who require surgical 20% Amy M Donegan RN MS CPNP-PC intervention, we have a dedicated team of surgeons . , , , , is a nurse practitioner in the Section of Gastroenterology, who employ the latest techniques, including the use 0% Hepatology and Nutrition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She holds bachelors and masters of laparoscopic surgery when appropriate. Nutritional 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 degrees in nursing from The Ohio State University. She is a member of the Association of Pediatric evaluation and counseling is provided by a dietitian. Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses. Her clinical focus includes pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and she is an active participant in the ImproveCareNow Quality Improvement collaborative.