EoE: Expand, Optimize, Excel Initiative
Steering Committee
Chair
Evan Dellon, MD, MPH
Gastroenterology
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Co-Chair
Seema Aceves, MD, PhD
Pediatrics Allergy
University of California San Diego
Co-Chair
Glenn Furuta, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Program Overview
Initiative
The Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Expand, Optimize, Excel initiative includes medical education, clinical tools and multimedia patient education materials intended to raise awareness and understanding of EoE to expand opportunities for improvement in patient diagnosis and management.
Audience
Gastroenterologists, allergists, patients and caregivers
Supporters
This initiative is supported by an independent medical education grant from Sanofi Regeneron and Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Program Elements
EoE Disease Severity Index Conference
AGA brought together key stakeholders in adult gastroenterology, pediatric gastroenterology, allergy medicine and pathology to align on a severity index for EoE.
A Clinical Severity Index for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Published in Gastroenterology, the publication and index's goal is to reduce variability in practice patterns and help clinicians monitor the clinical course of the disease in an office setting.
EoE Guideline Education Program
AGA recruited leaders in EoE to develop and share an accredited educational program to equip practicing gastroenterologists and advanced practice professionals with needed tools and education to help them provide improved, evidence-based care for adult and pediatric patients with EoE.
EoE Patient Education Resource Center
This resource for caregivers of young patients, young adult patients, and adult patients with EoE provides materials intended to raise awareness and understanding of EoE to expand opportunities for improvement in patient diagnosis and management.
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