St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children & the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Hosting 3rd Annual Inflammatory Bowel Disease Family Education Day

Philadelphia, PA, March 29, 2015 --(PR.com)-- St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Chapter of Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America is hosting the third annual Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Family Education Day at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, located at 160 East Erie Avenue in Philadelphia. The event will be held on Saturday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The free event is open to the public and will provide patients, families and caregivers and opportunity to learn about Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis from experts at St. Christopher’s. The day will feature a variety of fun and educational presentations, including:

IBD 101 with Kevin Kelly, MD
Nutrition & IBD with Jill Guiseppe, RD
What Your Social Worker Can Do For You with Robin Witts, MSW, CPRP
Transition from Pediatric to Adult Gastroenterologist with Neilanjan Nandi, MD
IBD & Pregnancy with Robin Rothstein, MD
Current & Future Treatments – Risk & Reward with Philip Stein, MD
Q&A Session
Activities

Free parking, giveaways and refreshments will also be provided to program attendees. To register online, please go to online.ccfa.org/stchriseducationday2015.