54th ECCO Educational Workshop in Cardiff, United Kingdom

The workshop was chaired by the UK ECCO reps Dr Barney Hawthorne and Tariq Ahmad. The one day meeting was informal and highly interactive with ample opportunity to learn from series of case presentations that covered both the basics of managing Crohn’s and UC, (managing moderate distal UC, and Ileocaecal Crohn’s) but also less common problems (oral Crohn’s Disease and pouchitis). The presentations highlighted the ECCO Guidelines and the audience and faculty found a great deal to discuss, using Guideline statements as a starting point.

Not every patient follows neatly along straightforward ‘textbook’ pathways – as shown by this series of cases! Gerhard Rogler from Zurich finished the meeting with a lecture on “Personalising therapy choices in IBD: Current and future prospects” with a realistic assessment of how far we have come with new drugs, but also the limitations of our current treatment options.

The meeting was well organised, and we look forward to hosting future meetings in the UK. 

54th ECCO Educational Workshop in Cardiff © ECCO

54th ECCO Educational Workshop in Cardiff © ECCO