<p>APPENDIX</p><p>The following individuals from the relevant committees of 4 organizations support the position paper (in alphabetic order): </p><p>Of the 100 different individuals who were asked to vote (there is some overlap of membership between the supporting organizations), 94 (94%) support this opinion paper</p><p>Supporting members from the Pediatric and Clinical Committees of ECCO 100% support: 11 support, 0 do not support </p><p>Séverine Vermeire, President</p><p>Pediatric Committee of ECCO (PECCO) Arie Levine, Israel Dan Turner, Israel Patrick van Rheenen, The Netherlands Richard Russell, UK Salvatore Cucchiara, Italy</p><p>Clinical Committee of ECCO (ClinCom) Alessandro Armuzzi, Italy Edyta Zagorowicz, Poland Fernando Magro, Portugal Marc Ferrante, Belgium Vipul Jairath, UK</p><p>Supporting members from ESPGHAN 97% support: 62 support, 2 do not support and 3 did not vote</p><p>Berthold Koletzko, ESPGHAN President Ranaan Shamir, ESPGHAN President elect Michael J. Lentze, Ethics Committee </p><p>Pediatric IBD Porto group of ESPGHAN Anne Griffiths, Canada Arie Levine, Israel Almuthe Christina Hauer, Austria Anders Pærregaard, Denmark Annamaria Staiano, Italy Christian Braegger, Switzerland Christine Spray, UK Dan Turner, Israel David Wilson, UK Eytan Wine, Canada</p><p>1 Frank Rummele, France Gabor Veres, Hungary Gigi Veerman, Belgium Izabella Lazowska-Przeorek, Poland Javier Martin de Carpi, Spain Jiri Bronsky, Czech republic Johanna Escher, The Netherlands John Fell, UK Jorge Amil Dias, Portugal Kaija-Leena Kolho, Finland Katarzyna Karolewska-Bochenek, Poland Lissy de Ridder, The Netherlands Malgorzata Sladek, Poland 'Nadeem Ahmad Afzal, UK Paolo Lionetti, Italy Richard Russell, UK Ron Shaoul, Israel Salvatore Cucchiara, Italy Sanja Kolaček, Croatia Séamus Hussey, Ireland Sibylle Koletzko, Germany Sonny Chong, UK Stephan Buderus, Germany</p><p>IBD Interest group of ESPGHAN Amit Assa, Israel Anemone vd Berg, The Netherlands Angelika Kindermann, The Netherlands Batia Weiss, Israel Caterina Strisciuglio, Italy Christian Jakobsen, Denmark Claudio Romano, Italy Darja Urlep, Slovenia Daniela Serban, Rumania Erasmo Miele, Italy Francoise Smets, Belgium Iva Hojsak, Croatia Massimo Martinelli, Italy Marcus Auth, UK Margreet Wessels, The Netherlands Neil Shah, UK Peter Szitanyi, Czech Republic Ranaan Shamir, Israel Richard Hansen, UK Shlomi Cohen, Israel</p><p>2 Stephanie van Biervliet, Belgium Tim de Meij, Netherlands Vaidotas Urbonas, Lithuania Vibeke Wewer, Denmark Victor Manuel Navas-López, Spain Victorien Wolters, The Netherlands Vincenzo Rutigliano, Italy</p><p>Supporting members from the operational board of the global Pediatric IBD network (PIBDnet) 88% support: 22 support, 3 do not support and 1 did not vote</p><p>Anthony Otley, Canada Anne Griffiths, Canada Arie Levine, Israel Bob Baldassano, USA Christian Braegger, Switzerland Dan Turner, Israel Francisco Sylvester, USA Frank Ruemmele, France Gigi Veerman, Belgium Johanna Escher, The Netherlands James Markowitz, USA Jeffrey Hyams, USA Kaija Leena Kolho, Finland Katsuhiro Arai, Japan Lissy de Ridder, The Netherlands Marla Dubinsky, USA Paolo Lionetti, Italy Peter Lewindon, Australia Richard Russell, UK Salvatore Cucchiara, Italy Sibylle Koletzko, Germany William A. Faubion, USA </p><p>Supporting members from the Canadian Children IBD Network: a joint partnership of CIHR and the CH.I.L.D. Foundation </p><p>100% support: 19 support, 0 do not support and 0 did not vote</p><p>The clinical investigators of the Canadian Children IBD Network reviewed and discussed this position paper as part of their Annual Meeting (October 2015). External Canadian experts were asked to provide insight and opinion. This included 2 bioethicists (Michelle Mullen, and Rebecca Greenberg) and a member of a pediatric hospital scientific review committee (Paul Nathan).</p><p>Anthony Otley, Halifax </p><p>3 Anne Griffiths, Toronto Colette Deslandres, Montreal David Mack, Ottawa Ernie Seidman, Montreal Eric Benchimol, Ottawa Eytan Wine, Edmonton Hien Huynh, Edmonton Jennifer deBruyn, Calgary Jeffrey Critch, St. John’s Johan vanLimbergen, Halifax Kevan Jacobson, Vancouver Kevin Bax, London Mary Sherlock, Hamilton Peter Church, Toronto Robert Issenman, Hamilton Sally Lawrence, Vancouver Thomas Walters, Toronto Wael El-Matary, Winnipeg</p><p>4</p>