Pediatrics News 2025
PedCom Update April 2025
The IBUS PedCom would like to express sincere gratitude to the departing committee members: Mallory Chavannes, Michael Dolinger, and Amelia Kellar. Each of them has made a significant impact on the committee’s work and progress.
At the same time, PedCom warmly welcomes the newly elected members: Fortunata Civitelli (Italy), Ruben Colman (USA), Jennifer deBruyn (Canada), and Bart Koot (the Netherlands).
Fortunata Civitelli
Ruben Colman
Jennifer deBruyn
Bart Koot
With the addition of new members, new roles will be assigned to help strengthen PedCom's connection with other groups and initiatives within IBUS, including:
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A representative to liaise with the Scientific Committee
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A representative to liaise with the Education Committee
ECCO 2025 in Berlin was a great success. The Committee held several productive meetings to further pediatric research and education:
Spanish Outreach & PedCom Meeting
In alignment with IBUS' mission to increase the global use of intestinal ultrasound (IUS), PedCom is collaborating with Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami. Prof. Luis Caicedo Oquendo and Dr. Lina Maria Felipez are exploring the possibility of becoming an IBUS-certified training center. This initiative aims to support pediatric IBD physicians and Spanish-speaking doctors interested in completing Module 2. Further collaborations with EduCom, LASPGHAN, and NASPGHAN are being developed.
PedCom Meeting with P-ECCO and ESPGHAN
Representatives from PedCom, P-ECCO, and ESPGHAN met on the sidelines of the congress. It became evident that there is a shortage of international educational and scientific opportunities in the pediatric field. The organizations agreed to join forces to promote and integrate both areas moving forward.
New Pediatric Publication
Under the leadership of Amelia Kellar, PedCom has contributed to the following publication:
“Defining Normal Bowel Wall Thickness in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Deep Remission”
This work was published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (JPGN).
You can find the publication here.
PedCom Update December 2024
Pediatrics News 2024
We are pleased to see that more pediatric gastroenterologists are stepping up to become trainers. We encourage any pediatric gastroenterologists who have completed IBUS IUS training and are actively performing IUS, have done so for more than 1 year and are performing 10 or more IUS a week to apply to become trainers. Further criteria and assessments for trainers are being developed with EduCom and ColCom.
From a research perspective, the retrospective manuscript on what is a normal bowel wall thickness of a healed mucosa in children with Crohn's disease with normal colonoscopy and/or MRE has now been submitted and is under review.
We have also just launched our retrospective review of IUS in children admitted with acute severe ulcerative colitis. If you have patients to contribute, please contact one of the PedCom committee members or Chair for more information.
We are also excited to announce the first PedCom webinar coming up in January on discussing normal and abnormal bowel wall thickness in children with IBD. More information will follow soon!
PedCom Update October 2024
As per the previous newsletter, as we increasingly have more pediatric gastroenterologists completing IBUS Module 1 there is a huge need for Module 2 training in centres that do pediatric IUS.
We continue to encourage pediatric gastroenterologists who are actively performing IUS, have done so for more than 1 year and are performing 10 or more IUS a week to apply to become trainers. Criteria and assessments for trainers are being developed. From a research perspective, the retrospective manuscript on what is a normal bowel wall thickness of a healed mucosa in children with Crohn's disease with normal colonoscopy and/or MRE has now been submitted.
We have just launched our retrospective review of IUS in children admitted with acute severe ulcerative colitis. If you have patients to contribute, please contact one of the PedCom committee members or chair for more information.
PedCom Update March 2024
PedCom has recently elected our 5th member Katarina Mitrova from the Czech Republic who has over 10 years of experience in doing IUS. In terms of IUS training, we increasingly have more pediatric gastroenterologists completing IBUS Module 1, there is a huge need for Module 2 training in centers that do pediatric IUS. We continue to encourage pediatric gastroenterologists who are actively performing IUS and have done so for more than 1 year and performing 20 or more IUS a week to apply to become trainers. From a research perspective, we are drafting a retrospective manuscript on what is a normal bowel wall thickness of a healed mucosa in children with Crohn's disease with normal colonoscopy and/or MRE. We are also actively seeking for funding for a multicentre prospective study in IUS in those with pediatric Crohn's disease.