by Silver Hannon | Oct 11, 2021 | GIRF Event, Newsletter
On Monday, September 27th, nearly 200 patients, doctors, friends, and celebrity athletes joined the GI Research Foundation for the inaugural Larry A. Pogofsky All-Star Challenge – On the Greens at Bryn Mawr Country Club in Lincolnwood, Illinois. The charity golf...
by Anna Gomberg | Oct 11, 2021 | Newsletter, Recipes
With autumn’s chill, warm and comforting, soothing and nutritious food returns to the table. For patients with digestive diseases, some traditional fall favorites like crunchy, raw apples and fall vegetables can be difficult to enjoy. Oats contain soluble fiber, and...
by Anna Gomberg | Oct 11, 2021 | Newsletter, University of Chicago Medicine
For many patients with moderate to severe digestive diseases, the pathway to symptom relief and lasting remission requires finding a specific medical therapy to meet the individual needs of a patient and their disease. Many barriers interfere with the patients’ access...
by Anna Gomberg | Oct 11, 2021 | Grateful Patients, Newsletter, University of Chicago Medicine
Few patients have more experience with Crohn’s disease than Montana Weissner. Now just 21, Montana was diagnosed at 13 with Crohn’s disease and, for over half of her life, has climbed many mountains as part of her journey to finding relief from her debilitating...
by Anna Gomberg | Sep 14, 2021 | Newsletter, Recipes
Banana Peanut Butter Smoothie Back-to-school calls for better breakfasts, and the humble smoothie is a great option for warm early fall days. For patients with digestive diseases, bananas and oats are easy-to-digest prebiotic and probiotic foods containing soluble...
by Anna Gomberg | Sep 14, 2021 | Newsletter, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Sometimes, the best recommendation for an ulcerative colitis patient with a damaged colon is to surgically remove the organ entirely and create a new ‘pouch’ made of small intestine tissue. This pouch, called a J pouch because of the shape of the sutures used to...
by Anna Gomberg | Sep 14, 2021 | GIRF Profiles, Newsletter, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Tina Rodriguez, GI Research Foundation Scholar, 2021-2022, spent this past year working hard in the Rubin lab on a complex issue of perennial interest to the IBD community: the connection between mental health disorders like anxiety and depression and Crohn’s disease...
by Anna Gomberg | Aug 5, 2021 | Grateful Patients, Newsletter, University of Chicago Medicine
Billy Perry remembers sitting as a child with his father and his father’s friends in the front seat of their cars, parked outside their neighborhood liquor store. After they opened their bottles, they would give him the first sips. Now 61, Mr. Perry began drinking in...
by Anna Gomberg | Aug 5, 2021 | Newsletter, Recipes, Uncategorized
It’s time for peaches, and these delicious fruits are wonderful eaten fresh or added to sweet and savory recipes for juicy note of seasonal flavor. Summer fruits like peaches should be enjoyed by patients, and are usually tolerated by those with digestive diseases. As...
by Anna Gomberg | Aug 5, 2021 | Newsletter, Research and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
On Wednesday, July 21, more than 270 participants joined David T. Rubin, MD, and Russell D. Cohen, MD for an online educational event for IBD patients and their families. The event highlighted the new wave of treatments for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and...
by Anna Gomberg | Jun 21, 2021 | Board Spotlight, Newsletter
Beatrice Crain, better known as Bee to her friends and family was the grand lady of Chicago. She loved Chicago. She had a personal relationship with many of the leading citizens of this City. Through the Crain-Maling Foundation she was able to support many of...
by Anna Gomberg | Jun 9, 2021 | Newsletter, Recipes
June in Chicago is high strawberry season, and brings multitudes of ways to enjoy these beautiful summertime treats. Courtney Schuchmann, registered dietitian at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, notes that strawberries are a great source of vitamin...
