Crohn's and Colitis Center at the Digestive Healthcare Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Selected to Be Featured on Global Television Education Series on "Understanding GI Medicine".

BOSTON & BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Massachusetts General Hospital's Crohn's and Colitis Center is being featured on "The Global Learning Series", an education-focused, issue oriented program distributed to public television stations nationwide in the United States.

"Understanding GI Medicine" will be shot at Crohn's and Colitis Center at the Digestive Healthcare Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA and distributed in the late summer/early fall to public television stations as well as airing on several cable television stations throughout the United States and on Voice of America globally. The program will educate global medical and patient communities about important issues and advances regarding the 2 major forms of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

"We are honored to work together with MGH Crohn's and Colitis Center as partners to educate the global medical and patient communities with this emotionally and visually compelling story. The program will explore the issues, and advances in managing IBD," commented John McGuire, Senior Producer of Programming for "The Global Learning Series."

Bruce E. Sands,MD, Medical Co-director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center commented, "the program will explain how expert care in a multidisciplinary center can greatly improve outcomes for people with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The vision behind the MGH Crohn's and Colitis Center is that close interaction between clinical research and clinical care can lead to new insights that improve care."

About "The Global Learning Series"

"The Global Learning Series" is education focused, issue-oriented and non-commercial, and is independently produced and distributed directly to public television stations around the country. "The Global Learning Series" strictly follows the standards and practices of public television, and is distributed freely to public television stations nationwide. "The Global Learning Series" program is not affiliated with PBS. For program information, contact: "http://www.thegloballearningseries.tv"

About Massachusetts General Hospital and Crohn's and Colitis Center at the Digestive Healthcare Center

Located in Boston - MGH was established in 1811 and is the third oldest hospital in the United States and the largest in New England. It consistently ranks as one of the country's best hospitals by U.S. News and World Report. The MGH mission is to provide the highest quality care to individuals and to the local and distant communities they serve, to advance care through excellence in research, and to educate future academic and practice leaders of the health care professions.

The Crohn's and Colitis Center is the only center in New England exclusively dedicated to the care of patients with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and other inflammatory bowel diseases. This unique Center offers innovative care, compassionate support, and research to benefit patients, all in one convenient location. The goal is to help patients manage their disease so they can live rich and rewarding lives.