• The prevalence of IBD is on the rise, but so are advances in medical therapies. The combination of these forces is driving the trend of customized care for IBD patients.
• Advanced training programs have the potential to support young clinicians through mentorship, protected time and funding.
• Stephen Targan, MD, of Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, founded the program Mentorship in IBD, which ran from 1997 to 2011.
• The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America hosts a one-month elective that allows fellows to visit IBD Centers of Excellence.
• Non-profit medical education organization Cornerstones Health offers a two-day immersion program for GI physicians five years within fellowship training completion.
• There are also 20 advanced fellowship training programs focused on IBD in the United States.
• The study author predicts that the growing complexity of the IBD subspecialty and growing need for patient care will change how advanced training is administered.
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