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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: 0.75

Target Audience:

This activity is directed to physicians, medical students, nurse practitioners, nurses, and physician assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe how Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is traditionally diagnosed and managed prior to the use of intestinal ultrasound.
  • Explain how intestinal ultrasound works and how it has been used to diagnose and manage IBD.
  • Evaluate the benefits and limitations of intestinal ultrasound for IBD diagnosis and management.


There is no educational content to this course. This course is designed to only administer the post-test and collect CME evaluations for the podcast associated with this training.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  1. Lu C, Verstockt B, Winter M, Christensen B, Carter D, de Voogd F, Dolinger M, Goodsall T, O'Brien M, Rosentreter R, Allocca M, Wilkens R. Review Article: Extending the Frontiers of Intestinal Ultrasound Knowledge, Performance and Expansion. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics. 2026 Jan ; 63(1):40-56
  2. Dolinger M, Torres J, Vermeire S. Crohn's disease. Lancet. 2024 Mar 23;403(10432):1177-1191. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02586-2. Epub 2024 Mar 1. PMID: 38437854.
  3. Mathias RM, Goodsall TM, Parker CE, Day AS, An YK, Baraty B, Basnayake C, Begun J, Boyapati RK, Burgell R, Dolinger MT, Maconi G, Novak KL, Sagami S, Smith RL, Srinivasan AR, Taylor SA, Jairath V, Ma C, Bryant RV. Expert Position Statement: Defining the Role of Intestinal Ultrasound in Assessing Constipation and Faecal Loading. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Oct;62(8):799-808. doi: 10.1111/apt.70250. Epub 2025 Jun 25. PMID: 40566695; PMCID: PMC12453904.
  4. Dolinger MT, Aronskyy I, Kellar A, Gao M, Spencer EA, Pittman N, Dubinsky MC. Determining the Accuracy of Intestinal Ultrasound Scores as a Prescreening Tool in Crohn's Disease Clinical Trials. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 May 1;119(5):930-936. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002632. Epub 2023 Dec 22. PMID: 38131626.
  5. Palmela C, Torres J, Frias-Gomes C, Allocca M, Buisson A, Colombel JF, Novak K, Rimola J, Albshesh A, Bonifacio C, Krugliak Cleveland N, De Voogd F, Dolinger M, Furfaro F, Jauregui-Amezaga A, Karakan T, Kellar A, Kralj D, Lu C, Pruijt M, Rieder F, Madsen GR, Nagarajan KV, Sagami S, Scharitzer M, Stoker J, Taylor SA, Tews HC, Vanslembrouck R, Vaughan R, Wilkens R, Maaser C, Verstockt B. The EXTENT Study: Results From an International Expert Delphi Consensus to Define Ultrasonographic Parameters for Measuring Bowel Damage in Crohn's Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2026 Apr;24(4):1102-1110. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.07.024. Epub 2025 Jul 28. PMID: 40738277.

Authors:
Michael Dolinger MD — Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine 
Dr. Dolinger discloses he is a consultant for Abbvie, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Celltrion, Takeda, Sanofi, and Samsung.
Tony R. Tarchichi, MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC.) Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Group
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

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