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The meeting will take place on Monday 19th October 2026 from 08:00–10:00am (CEST). A hybrid set-up will be available for virtual attendees. Venue and agenda to follow.
City: Liège | Country: Belgium
Consortium description coming soon.
City: London | Country: United Kingdom
The Fistula Research Unit at St. Mark’s Hospital is headed by Professor Ailsa Hart and Mr Phil Tozer. The centre has a strong history of championing research in the field of perianal Crohn’s Disease and progressing the medical and surgical management of perianal fistula.
City: Barcelona | Country: Spain
The IBD Research Group at IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, is a multidisciplinary unit involving translational and clinical researchers investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the development of IBDs, particularly difficult-to-treat complications, including fibrosis and perianal fistulizing disease.
City: Madrid | Country: Spain
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, located in Madrid, is one of the largest and most prestigious tertiary care hospitals in Spain. As a major academic centre affiliated with Universidad Complutense de Madrid, it provides highly specialised care and serves a large population from …
City: Chicago | Country: U.S.A
Consortium description coming soon
City: Vancouver | Country: Canada
Astrid Williams has joined the team at the IBD centre of B in 2024. From 2018 to 2023, she was a Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
City: Cambridge | Country: United Kingdom
Dr Nuru Noor is a Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology based at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He also works as an Honorary Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit
City: Abu Dhabi | Country: United Arab Emirates
Dr. Sara El Ouali is a consultant gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD) and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio …
City: London | Country: United Kingdom
The Fistula Research Group at the University of Nottingham and Motilent is at the forefront of research in perianal Crohn’s disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
City: Paris | Country: France
The Proctology Department at Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph is a department specialising in the medical, instrumental and surgical treatment of diseases of the anus.
City: Ghent | Country: Belgium
The IBD unit at the University Hospital of Ghent is headed by prof. dr. Triana Lobaton together with dr. Jeroen Geldof. Multidisciplinary, patient-focussed treatment of IBD with attention for extraintestinal manifestations and holistic management has been the motto of the team for over several decades.
City: New York | Country: U.S.A
The perianal fistulizing Crohn’s disease clinical and research program at The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Center at Mount Sinai is co-led by gastroenterologist Dr. Serre-Yu Wong and colorectal surgeon Dr Sergey Khaitov.
City: Leuven | Country: Belgium
The perianal Fistula Research Program within the IBD referral centre of UZ/KU Leuven is coordinated by colorectal surgeons Gabriele Bislenghi and André D’Hoore and gastroenterologists Séverine Vermeire and Bram Verstockt.
City: Washington I Country: U.S.A
The IBD-Radiology Collaborative group at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is headed by (left to right) Siyan ‘Stewart’ Cao MD, PhD, Parakkal Deepak, MBBS, MS and David H. Ballard, MD. The group is conducting basic, translational and clinical research in the field of perianal Crohn’s Disease from bedside to scanner and bench and back to bedside.
City: Melbourne | Country: Australia
The St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Fistula Research Group is a passionate team of Australian researchers based in Melbourne, focused on expanding current and future research in the area of perianal fistulising Crohn’s disease. Our expert research team includes colorectal surgeon Dr. Cori Behrenbruch and Mr Michael Johnston, radiologist Dr. Leon Winata, gastroenterologists A/Prof John Ding and Dr. Michael De Gregorio, and research fellow Dr. Imogen Hartley and Dr Nicholas Clark.
City: San Diego | Country: U.S.A
Led by Dr. Amy Lightner, a colorectal surgeon and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Professor of Immunology, the Lightner Lab at Scripps Research is dedicated to pioneering research in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and advancing novel treatment strategies for both complex luminal disease and perianal fistulizing disease…
City: Sāo Paulo | Country: Brazil
The IBD unit at the Santa Cruz Hospital, led by Prof. Dr. Natália Queiroz, is a recently established team, just three years old. Despite being a young unit, we are committed to providing multidisciplinary care with a patient-centered approach to treating IBD
Perianal Crohn’s disease can present with ‘fistula’. Fistula are abnormal tunnels, or tracts, that develop between the skin on the outside of the buttock/anal area and the anal canal on the inside (called the ‘rectum’). They can cause unpleasant symptoms like discharge and pain.
The consortium has published guidance on how to optimise and implement a synergistic medical and surgical treatment plan for perianal Crohn's disease.
The TOPClass Consortium led a Global Priority Setting Partnership in collaboration with the James Lind Alliance. This initiative brought together patients …