Pre-conception Through Postpartum: Updates in IBD Management and a Multidisciplinary Care Approach

February 12, 2026
Confidently care for patients with IBD before and during pregnancy!

This activity delivers practical, evidence-based strategies to help clinicians navigate one of the most complex and high-stakes aspects of IBD management. Participants will gain tools to strengthen preconception and pregnancy counseling, optimize disease control, make informed medication decisions, and collaborate effectively across care teams, ultimately reducing preventable complications and improving both maternal and fetal outcomes. Don't miss this high-impact session!

Target Audience

This activity is designed for gastroenterology clinicians, primary care clinicians, and advanced practice nurses working in general practice and GI settings.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe key considerations for pre-conception counseling and management in patients with IBD, including the role of maternal–fetal medicine.
  • Summarize current consensus guidelines for the management of pregnancy in patients with IBD.
  • Explain the components of an effective multidisciplinary care model for patients with IBD during pre-conception and pregnancy.
  • Identify appropriate referral pathways and indications for consultation within the PPIBD clinic.
  • Differentiate the safety profiles of commonly used IBD medications during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Brooke Hernandez
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
[email protected]
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-573-9500

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Event starts: 
02/12/2026 - 6:00pm
Event ends: 
02/12/2026 - 7:00pm
Activity opens: 
02/12/2026
Activity expires: 
03/12/2026
Add to calendar: 
Virtual
Chicago, IL
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
For questions about the program, contact Brooke Hernandez via email.
 
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email.
 
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY
Sushila Dalal, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
 
Amelia Kellar, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Intestinal Ultrasound
Co-Director, Pediatric IBD Program
 
Andrew C. Rausch, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
 
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.

Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
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