Seoul · South Korea
Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital (이화여자대학교 의과대학 부속 서울병원)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center (염증성장질환센터)
The IBD Center brings several departments together for multidisciplinary care of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, led by gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons, with ophthalmology, rheumatology, dermatology, radiology and pathology for complications outside the gut. A paediatric gastroenterologist and a dedicated nurse are assigned to the centre for children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The centre runs a monthly nutrition class for newly diagnosed patients and counselling, a pregnancy handbook and a registry for women planning or going through pregnancy.
What this unit is strong at
- Gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons at the core, with named dermatology, rheumatology, radiology and pathology colleagues
- A paediatric gastroenterologist and a dedicated nurse assigned to the centre for children with IBD
- Counselling, a pregnancy handbook, education and a registry for women with IBD through pregnancy and childbirth
- A monthly nutrition class centred on newly diagnosed patients
- Yearly patient-association education sessions from 2008 (twelve listed, to 2019) and an IBD symposium with local doctors since 2015
Services
The team
정성애
염증성장질환센터장 (Director), Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center; Professor
Colorectal disease (IBD, polyps and colorectal cancer, functional bowel disease), therapeutic endoscopy
Where this came from
Everything on this page was read on the centre’s own published pages. Nothing here is inferred, and nothing is filled in where we could not find it.
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