Session #3: Preconception Care in IBD

Learning Objectives:

Updates since the 2025 Global Consensus Statement on the Management of Pregnancy in IBD
Recognize the impact of preconception IBD disease activity on maternal and neonatal outcomes
Counsel patients with IBD regarding fertility, medication safety, and pregnancy planning
Assess and optimize IBD disease control before conception and during pregnancy

Speaker

Dr. Vivian Huang, MD MSc FRCPC

Associate Professor & Clinician Investigator
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto
Director, Preconception & Pregnancy in IBD Program
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON

Dr. Vivian Huang is an Associate Professor and Clinician investigator in the Division of Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto. Dr. Huang completed medical school and Internal Medicine residency at Queen's University, followed by a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Toronto, and an Advanced IBD fellowship at the University of Alberta. She practices P4 (predictive, preventive, personalized, participatory) medicine to optimize maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes in IBD through clinical innovations in patient and physician education, and e-health strategies. She developed the Northern Alberta Preconception and Pregnancy in IBD clinical research program and the Mount Sinai Hospital Preconception and Pregnancy in IBD clinical research program in Ontario. She also created the Multidisciplinary Care in IBD (MCIBD) CME program for clinicians who care for people with IBD. She received the Crohn’s and Colitis Canada and Pfizer Canada Women in IBD: Emerging Researchers Award in 2020 and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Young Scholar in Quality Innovation Award in 2023, and the University Health Network/Sinai Health System Quality Innovation Award in 2024 for her work in Pregnancy and IBD management and education. She is lead author or co-author of over 80 research articles and 4 book chapters, and is one of 2 Canadian committee members of the upcoming Global Consensus Conference: Pregnancy and IBD.

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