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Message to Dr. Rubin’s Patients Related to COVID-19 Boosters

Aug 13, 2021

Dear Friends and Patients, I hope this message finds you well. Please excuse the group nature of this message, but I did want to reach out with the latest update about COVID-19, and vaccinations. If you want to skip right to the booster info, scroll down to #5 below....

Tweetorial to Provide Updates on COVID-19 for Patients with IBD

Jul 30, 2021

View Twitter Thread To watch me deliver the full lecture and view the presentation, click here. I recently gave a lecture about COVID-19 and vaccination with specific information for patients with IBD. This lecture was recorded on July 21st, before the CDC issued...

Tweetorial to Clarify the NYT Article From 15 April and Further Explain/Clarify the UK CLARITY IBD Study

Apr 18, 2021

Tweetorial to Clarify the NYT Article From 15 April and Further Explain/Clarify the UK CLARITY IBD Study David T. Rubin View Twitter Thread I've previously commented about the CLARITY IBD Study (Kennedy, et al). paper in this forum, but it bears repeating and further...

SARS Vaccine and IBD Tweetorial Summary from December 1

Dec 5, 2020

SARS Vaccine and IBD Tweetorial Summary from December 1 David T. Rubin View Twitter Thread Here are my thoughts and a few updates about SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, and also about important implications for our IBD patients. Development of multiple SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the...

Approach to Management and Interpretation of Testing Results in Patients with IBD, with Particular Attention to Restarting Therapy

Apr 21, 2020

By David T. Rubin, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine As testing for SARS-CoV-2 is expanded and serologic antibody testing becomes available, we are faced with a number of different clinical scenarios. I have outlined the different situations...

Three waves of Illness from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 1, 2020

By David T. Rubin, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine I've been thinking about what comes next, and how can we get ahead of this, and propose the following for consideration. I believe that there will be three waves of illness from the...

Dr. David T. Rubin Discusses the Efficacy and Safety of JAK Inhibitors

by David Rubin | June 7, 2023 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Click here to read Conference Coverage on Dr. Rubin's talk at AIBD Virtual Regionals 2023, "JAK Inhibitors: Efficacy and Safety." He details the pivotal clinical trials that help us understand JAK-inhibitors, as well as real-world evidence of their success in patients.

Should You Scale Back on Your UC Treatment?

by zfine | May 28, 2025 | In the Press | 0 Comments

A provocative new paper proposes that less could be more for some people when it comes to drug therapy for IBD. https://www.healthcentral.com/news/ulcerative-colitis/should-you-scale-back-on-your-uc-treatment

Dr. Rubin Disscusses Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Why Your Gut is a Window to Your Overall Health

by dtrubin | July 30, 2018 | In the Press, Nutrition | 0 Comments

"Your intestines are the center of the universe." Listen to Dr. Rubin's appearance on WGN Nightside radio discussing the gut microbiome, IBD and other human diseases. You can find the full recording here.

Dr. David T. Rubin Shares Expert Advice on How to Get Your Work Published

by David Rubin | January 28, 2022 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Originally presented at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress with colleagues Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, of Case Western Reserve University, and Siddharth Singh, MD, of the University of California San Diego, Rubin highlighted the importance of choosing the most appropriate...

Tweetorial to Provide Updates on COVID-19 for Patients with IBD

by David Rubin | July 30, 2021 | Rubin's Reflections | 0 Comments

Improvements in Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and How They Will Transform What we are Doing

by dtrubin | April 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Rubin's Reflections | 0 Comments

By David T. Rubin, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine Here are some improvements in testing for SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19 and how I think they will transform what we are doing: 1. Faster Viral Tests for SARS-CoV-2. Several companies have adapted...

A Cure for Crohn’s: How Close Is It?

by David Rubin | October 20, 2020 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Dr. David Rubin discusses advancements in Crohn's disease treatment. "And while there isn’t a cure for Crohn’s yet, we’ve come a long way in how we assess and treat it. Treatment used to involve trying a new medicine or therapy and waiting to see if it made you feel...

Message to Dr. Rubin’s Patients Related to COVID-19 Boosters

by David Rubin | August 13, 2021 | Rubin's Reflections | 0 Comments

How should you treat active IBD during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

by dtrubin | March 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Rubin's Reflections | 0 Comments

By David T. Rubin, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine (Posted to IBD-circle.within3.com on March 21, 2020) Colleagues, A question that has come up recently is how we should approach treating active IBD during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Here are my...

SARS Vaccine and IBD Tweetorial Summary from December 1

by David Rubin | December 5, 2020 | Coronavirus, Rubin's Reflections | 0 Comments