NEW! APPEAL LETTERS
Appeal letters are valuable new resources for physicians and other health care professionals to utilize.  We have created these letters and templates to assist in appealing insurance decisions, requesting school accomodation and other services and/or resources for your patients.  A sampling of topics are: 

School Accommodations
Social Security Disability
Life Insurance
Pediatric Adalimumab Therapy
Free & Low Cost Medicine
Employment Accommodations
Capsule Endoscopy

Download Appeal Letters

ONLINE GRANT SUBMISSION PROGRAM

Research Grant Opportunities-
We are excited to announce CCFA has initiated an online grant submission program.  This user-friendly system will streamline the process for applicants and will help cut down the amount of time and paper required to submit an application.  Further details and appropriate links for online submission of letters of intent and research grant applications click here.

For those planning to submit for the July 1, 2009 deadline, please note Letters of Intent (LOI) are now mandatory.  The next LOI deadline is May 1, 2009.  If you have already submitted an LOI, please resubmit it through the new online system.

Please take a moment to check out this new system.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us.

IBD Journal - View latest selections

Education Opportunities 1.5 FREE CNE credits available
Participate in the archive of "Interview with an Expert: Answers to Key Questions in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases" with Stephen Hanauer, MD Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

Other educational programs can be found here.

Preceptorship In IBD Rotation                                                                                                             The program is pending. Applications are now being accepted fot this porgram which is designed to provide community-based gastroenterologists with a one-on-one, hands on experience expanding their expertise in inflammatory bowel disease. More Information

Visiting IBD Fellowship
The Visiting IBD Fellow program accepts qualified gastroenterology fellows for a one-month rotation at at leading IBD center where they receive in-depth training on inflammarory bowel disease.  More Information

Pete Learns All About Crohn's and Colitis
The comic Pete Learns All About Crohn's and Colitis is once again available to educate your pediatric or lower literacy patients.  Order patient education materials or download factsheets.

updated 7/2/09