The Children’s IBD Center at Mount Sinai offers regular lectures to families on topics relevant to helping children and teens with IBD. Past lecture topics have included new therapies for IBD, alternative therapies for IBD and diet and nutrition in IBD. These lectures are held in the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital at The Zone, at the lobby level at 1184 Fifth Avenue and off-site. Lectures are given by Center staff or by invited guests.

Held at the same time as the lecture is IBDChat, a group for children and teens with IBD, run by licensed clinical social worker, Bambi Fisher. IBDChat is also open to siblings. The group offers participants the opportunity to discuss topics of interest to them and often includes creating an art project with Child Life Specialist, Yuki Takahashi. Frequently guests at the group include young adult professionals with IBD who share their stories of success despite or even because of their IBD.

IBD Parent Chat follows our lectures in The Zone.  This is a support group for parents by parents; a forum for informal discussion based on a particular topic.

Every November The Children’s IBD Center at Mount Sinai fields runners in the ING New York City Marathon, Team IBDkids, to raise awareness of IBD & funds for research into the disease.

On Marathon Day in November, volunteer families hold a Marathon Brunch on the roof deck of Kravis Children’s Hospital on Fifth Avenue overlooking the race course.  The brunch provides our community of families an opportunity to gather together for an informal, fun day of good food and cheering on our team of runner-fundraisers.

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