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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...

VIDEO: Social media has been a ‘life saver’ during COVID-19 pandemic

by David Rubin | April 19, 2021 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Watch this video exclusive, to hear David T. Rubin, MD highlight how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the use of social media.

Dr. David T. Rubin on Bowel Urgency: the Next Frontier in Management of Ulcerative Colitis

by David Rubin | October 19, 2023 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Listen here as Professor David T. Rubin discusses bowel urgency in ulcerative colitis and its management with Professor Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet in a recent episode of IBDscope.

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...

Dr. Rubin featured on CME Outfitters “COVID-19 + IBD” Episode

by dtrubin | May 22, 2020 | In the Press | 0 Comments

The data on COVID-19 is changing rapidly and can be overwhelming. Having been on the frontlines of the pandemic, Dr. David T. Rubin, Dr. Sushila Dalal, and Dr. Miguel Regueiro break down the latest information and best practices for managing patients with IBD and...

Endoscopic Phenotype: A Potential Predictor of Cuffitis Risk

by dtrubin | January 27, 2020 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Advanced IBD Fellow Shintaro Akiyama, MD, PhD presented a Quick Shot of his abstract on pouchitis involving the rectal cuff at Crohn's and Colitis Congress. MedPage Today reported the results in the article here and Healio reported the results here. Very proud of Dr....

Dr. David T. Rubin Reflects on How to Avoid the Next Pandemic with WGN’s Steve Dale

by David Rubin | January 18, 2022 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Click here to listen to the full interview.

Rectal Compliance Lower Than Normal in Ulcerative Colitis, but Recovery Is Possible

by David Rubin | October 12, 2021 | In the Press | 0 Comments

"The findings did not surprise us, but supported our hypothesis that patients with UC have reduced compliance of their rectum, even when they are in remission," Dr. Rubin told Reuters Health by email. "The exciting new finding is that those who normalized their...

Newly Discovered Vascular Barrier in the Brain May Explain IBD-Related Anxiety, Depression

by nmgarcia | November 9, 2021 | In the Press | 0 Comments

A newly discovered vascular brain barrier that blocks the passage of inflammatory molecules triggered by gut bacteria may be why patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk for certain mental health disorders, including anxiety and depression,...

Three waves of Illness from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

IBD Drive Time Podcast: Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials

by David Rubin | October 19, 2023 | In the Press | 0 Comments

Take a listen to the third episode of a four-part series wherein Professor Rubin guest-hosts the Gastroenterology Learning Network's IBD Drive Time and discusses the ethics of clinical trials in IBD, as well as challenges to recruitment, alongside Professor Severine...