Our Mission
As a non-profit organization, IBUS aims to advance intestinal ultrasound (IUS) research, education and clinical applicability in the area of IBD. This is to ultimately improve personalised patient care and help contribute to management decisions and patient outcomes.
Our Objectives
To promote, sponsor and steer international research efforts in the field of IUS in IBD.
To cooperate and collaborate with other
organisations that share an interest in the
field of IUS in IBD, including medical
societies and companies.
To enhance the quality of research in the
field of IBD, in both basic science and clinical
science (e.g. through the development of IBD
study protocols).
To facilitate and promote the education of
health care professionals in the field of IUS
in IBD.
To organise international and regional
scientific or educational exchange
programmes in the field of IUS in IBD.
To influence the management of IBD
through developments, publications,
dissemination and teaching of IBD guidelines
and other educational material.
To be transparent about IBUS governance,
structure, activities, finances and all other
IBUS operational matters; thereby ensuring
that information is readily available to IBUS
Members and the medical, scientific and
academic community.
Our Structure
Collaboration and Funding
Ensuring sufficient funding for all key activities
is essential. Our main funding sources are Pharma
and medico-industry. All financial agreements
will be conducted through the member(s)
of this work group. Collaborating with other
opinion leaders within the field of IBD is
important. Reaching out to other societies or
individuals is also an important task within this
work group.
Research
This working group has a major task to
coordinate, initiate and conduct research
as well as implement a research strategy that
addresses the most important research questions
within intestinal ultrasound. The work group will focus
both on clinical research with international
and multicenter trials along with systematic
reviews/meta-analyses.
Education
All overall educational activities are planned by
this work group, with priority placed on Modules
I and II. Other important additional educational
activities like webinars and e-learning will
receive increasing attention from this work
group.
Innovation & Communication
Disseminating knowledge of intestinal ultrasound
is the overall goal of the IBUS Group.
The innovation and communication work
groups major task is to focus on internal
and external online communication through
building a website and online communication
platform plus social media presence. Other key
elements are e-learning platform and a secure
central reading system for research purposes.
Governing Board
Krisztina Gecse
PRESIDENT
Gastroenterologist, Amsterdam University Medical Center
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kerri L Novak
PRESIDENT ELECT
Assoc. Professor of Medicine
Deputy Division Head, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Foothills Medical Centre
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Torsten Kucharzik
TREASURER
Professor of Medicine, University of Münster,
Head of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Municipal Hospital of Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Mariangela Allocca
SECRETARY
Gastroenterologist, Department of Gastroenterology,
IRCCS Hospital San Raffaele and University
Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Milan, Italy
Christian Maaser
PAST PRESIDENT
Professor of Gastroenterology - Clinical Geriatrics,
Head of Gastroenterology Outpatients` Center,
Head, Clinic for Geriatrics, Municipal Hospital of Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
SciCom Members
Bram Verstockt
SCICOM CHAIR
Gastroenterologist,
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
University Hospitals Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Floris De Voogd
Gastroenterologist, Department of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mirella Fraquelli
Gastroenterologist
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico | Policlinico Maggiore
Milan, Italy
Cathy Lu
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Calgary, Canada
Shintaro Sagami
Gastroenterologist,
Center for Advanced IBD Research and Treatment Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital
Tokyo, Japan
EduCom Members
Federica Furfaro
EDUCOM CHAIR
Consultant Gastroenterologist IRCCS
San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, Italy
Ahmad Albshesh
Head of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Ultrasound Division
Sheba medical center, Israel
Marjorie Costa Argollo
Gastroenterologist, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Kenneth Ernest-Suarez
Gastroenterology Department
Hospital México, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
University of Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Anda Les
Fundeni Clinical Institute, Center for Digestive Diseases and Liver Transplantation,
Bucharest, Romania
Kayal Vizhi Nagarajan
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Aster CMI Hospital,
Bangalore, India
ComCom Members
Marios Katsaros
COMCOM CHAIR
Gastroenterologist
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Second Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
William Blad
Gastroenterology Registrar, Royal London Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Emma Flanagan
Gastroenterologist
St Vincent’s Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Rebecca Smith
Gastroenterologist, Alfred Health
Melbourne, Australia
Isadora Zanotelli Bombassaro
Gastroenterologist
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre - ISCMPA
Porto Alegre, Brazil
ColCom Members
Rune L Wilkens
COLCOM CHAIR
Gastroenterologist Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg, Digestive Disease Center, Division of Medicine
Copenhagen, Denmark
Heba Al-Farhan
Gastroenterologist
Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Al Amiri Hospital
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Yoon-Kyo An
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) clinician and researcher - Head of IBD at Mater Hospital Brisbane - Clinical lead of IBD clinical trials unit at Mater Research
Brisbane, Australia
Michael T Dolinger
Director of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, US
Taku Kobayashi
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School ofMedicine
Kanagawa, Japan
Partha Pal
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology,
Hyderabad, India
PedCom Members
Hien Huynh
PEDCOM CHAIR
Assoc. Professor of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Director Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology & NutritionPediatrics, Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Fortunata Civitelli
Pediatric Unit, Gastroenterology Service, Sant’Eugenio Hospital – Rome
Gastroenteroloy and Liver Unit – Sapienza University of Rome,
Rome, Italy
Ruben Colman
Director of Intestinal Ultrasound and Instructor of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine
Children’s Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease, Division of Gastroenterology,
Stanford University, USA
Jennifer deBruyn
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Alberta Children’s Hospital,
Associate Professor, University of Calgary. Canada
Bart Koot
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Emma’s Children Hospital AUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pediatric gastroenterologist
Collaborations
Sponsors & Associations
Thank you for the valuable support of our members
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