Our 2025 Impact Report is out! 🗞️ Read about our accomplishments in 2025 & receive other updates from SAIA by signing up for membership: saibda.memberclicks.net/new-member-a...
What an incredible year! Thank you to our sponsors and community for making this possible! 💥 🙌🏽
Our latest newsletter is here! 🎉
This special edition celebrates 5 years of SAIA's @ibdesis.bsky.social, exciting new additions to our team, plus important educational resources & research publications!
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We are thrilled to welcome pediatric GI Dr. Ashish Patel to our Medical Advisory Panel! 🎉 🙌🏽
Learn more about Ashish here: saia-gi.org/medical-advi...
We’re so proud to continue growing to better serve & empower our pediatric patients and their caregivers 💜
Last month at AIBD, we asked attendees about their favorite IBD myth to bust! Check out our new vid to see the responses, which range from 😂 to 😱
SAIA is proud to work alongside you all, busting these myths to improve the lives of patients with IBD and other GI conditions 💜
Patient voices in #IBD #research matter. Both @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social
& @voiceforibd.bsky.social had the honor to contribute to a @bmj.com State of the Art Review on IBD medical mgmt, written for clinicians & including a patient perspective section to ground PROs👇🏼
🔗 bit.ly/MedicalMgmtO...
Welcome, Dr. Abraham! 👏🏽💜
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IBD doesn’t have a single cause — it’s influenced by genetics, environmental triggers, changes in the gut microbiome, and immune system dysregulation.
#COREIBD #IBD #Crohns #UlcerativeColitis #IBDAwareness
@drsmeena.bsky.social
@saia-gi.bsky.social
@connectingtocure.bsky.social
🌙 Observing #Ramadan with #IBD 🌙
📖 @southasianibd.bsky.social has put together helpful guidance on fasting with IBD, including religious exemptions and medical advice. Find their resources here:
👉 Tips for fasting during Ramadan southasianibd.org/resources/ob...
Happy World Ostomy Day!! We are so proud to partner with them on educational resources and partners to support and empower patients and their families & friends with IBD
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It’s Gastro Gyan time 🥁🎉
In this episode of SAIA’s Gastro Gyan Series, Dr. Sanket Patel & Patient Advocate Aisha Memon discuss tips & tricks to make infusions & injections easy, accessible & acceptable for all patients 💥🙏🏽
Tune in: youtu.be/nHGfBREFSzQ?...
At #ACG2025, we announced @saia-gi.bsky.social expansion into #CultureAndGI as “Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI,” something we’ve been doing, just now our name has caught up 💥
Thank you for the support as we usher in a new era! Special thank you to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social 🙏🏽
SAIA is expanding! 🥳
At ACG 2025, we announced a brand new SAIA! We’re grateful for our growth as South Asian IBD Alliance, but we are now...
✨️ Strategic Alliance for Intercultural Advocacy in GI ✨️
Still SAIA, but we're now encompassing "Culture & GI" to ensure inclusion for all. 🙏🏼
Honored to be speaking at Indo US Rare’s Summit on accessible & culturally inclusive #clinicaltrials
I plan to share @southasianibd.bsky.social & @amergastroassn.bsky.social’s critical work on inclusion of Asian MENA & Pacific Islander #IBD community
Join us: summit.indousrare.org/register-now
Have you checked out J&J’s IBD Social Circle’s whitepaper on the need for community in #IBD? 😊
This is a powerful paper with staggering statistics on isolation, stigma and the need for multidisciplinary care for us IBD patients. Check it out: www.ibdsocialcircle.com/community-ib...
This #WorldOstomyDay, @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social shares how it’s absolutely possible to wear a saree with confidence as an #ostomate!
We’re proud to collaborate with @coreibd.bsky.social on this important video. www.coreibd.org
To explore SAIA's resources visit: southasianibd.org/patient-educ...
An honor to present at #PIBDRD25 on the epidemiology, phenotypes, clinical features & sex-based differences of #IBD in #SouthAsians 🙌🏽
This was my 1st time presenting on a wide scale as a RESEARCHER at an IBD conference. Thank you to @neeraguptamd.bsky.social for the kind invitation 🙏🏽
Makes you wonder about the high prevalence of anxiety and depression in #IBD - in people who have damaged gut epithelium, and therefore are more likely to have issues with gut serotonin.
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SAIA collaborated with researchers globally on important new research in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, 'IBD in South Asia: A Scoping Review'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.
This @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social publication took our team & collaborators 3+ years in the making👏🏽
Congratulations to all the authors!
We’re honoured to have tabled & presented at GAPIO’s 15th Annual Meeting in Mysuru, India 🇮🇳
Thrilled to have Madhura, Tanya, Tina represent SAIA & Tina speak about ‘GI Surgery: Comprehensive Care for IBD’ discussing #biologics & #ostomy #jpouch surgeries & the growing need for #IBD care in India.
During #ACG2024, #SAIA hosted an insightful panel featuring Dr. Bincy Abraham on the growing role of #IntestinalUltrasound (IUS) in #IBD care 🙌🏽
Click below to watch the video for expert insights on how #IUS can improve patient acceptance & uptake of therapies 🙏🏽
🎥 www.instagram.com/reel/DFLA5Nh...
It's norovirus season🚨
With the increase in cases, through this resource, SAIA's own Dr. Tauseef Ali explains how the virus spreads, symptoms & prevention strategies 🦠
Let's prevent further spread & keep ourselves & our loved ones safe 🙏🏽
Read more: www.cdc.gov/norovirus/ou...
We are so proud of the work Tina(@ownyourcrohns.bsky.social) and Natalie are doing to make IBD conference content comprehensible for patients 🙌🏽🙌🏽
In this well-written article, learn more about the key themes from #AIBD2024: ownyourcrohns.com/key-takeaway...
SAIA is a proud partner of #CCCongress25, a Crohn's & Colitis Foundation & @amergastroassn.bsky.social conference being held in San Francisco on Feb 6-8.
Join us to learn about the latest scientific breakthroughs & treatment strategies revolutionizing #IBD care.
Register: crohnscolitiscongress.org
In the 📕#RedJournal:
Medical Therapies for Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Pouch Disorders—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Syal, et al.
👉 bit.ly/4fURs7K
@manasiagrawal.bsky.social @jhaydek.bsky.social
Walking into 2025 like… 💃🏽
Having been diagnosed 19 years ago with #IBD, I never realized how much the condition would change my life. I’m grateful to be owning my Crohn’s everyday helping run @southasianibd.bsky.social @ibdesis.bsky.social w/ brilliant patients & doctors 🧿🙏🏽
Team SAIA / @ibdesis.bsky.social wishes you a #HappyNewYear! We hope 2025 brings you & your loved ones good health & joy!
2024 was a big year for us and we are truly thankful for your support 💜💜
In 2025 & beyond, we will continue to work hard to improve #IBD care globally 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Happy Holidays from all of us at SAIA / @ibdesis.bsky.social ✨✨🎄🎄
We send our love and best wishes to you and your loved ones💜💜
We hope you have a wonderful time filled with happiness, good health, and festive cheer🥳🎉🎇
The latest edition of our newsletter is out 🎉
This edition is filled with updates from our physician & patient advocacy team around the 🌏
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