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Get Personalized & Innovative IBD Care from Leading Experts at Mayo Clinic

Choose the world-class physicians at Mayo Clinic for innovative treatments and comprehensive care for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) — Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Our IBD team includes experts in gastroenterology, colon and rectal surgery, IBD advanced practice providers, an IBD pharmacist, dieticians, stoma care specialists, and a dedicated team of nurse professionals working together to evaluate, diagnose and treat your condition.

Having all this expertise in a single place means that your care is highly coordinated and reviewed among the team, test results are available quickly, appointments are scheduled in coordination, and the most highly specialized experts in the world are all working together for your health.

Each year, Mayo Clinic doctors diagnose and treat more than 4,500 adults and children with IBD. If you're having challenges with your current treatment, Mayo Clinic specializes in helping IBD patients like you.

Advanced Diagnosis and Treatment

When you come to Mayo Clinic for your care, you'll work with specialists who have extensive experience diagnosing and treating IBD using the most current medical, surgical and imaging techniques. These specialists work with you to develop the best treatment plan for your unique needs.

Our doctors are also actively involved in research, so they can also discuss investigational drug therapy with you.

Our IBD specialists offer expertise in advanced diagnostics and imaging, including dysplasia detection (chromoendoscopy) and management (endoscopic resection with EMR /ESD), advanced IBD imaging including IBD ultrasound, pouch disorders, IBD care in pregnancy, surgical and endoscopic stricture treatments, and peri-anal disease management.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranks No. 1 for Gastroenterology & GI Surgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic also ranks among the U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospitals for Gastroenterology & GI Surgery.

Mayo Clinic Patient and Visitor Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nothing is more important than your health and that of your family. To ensure your health is as protected as possible, Mayo Clinic is taking many new steps for patients and visitors coming to our campuses, clinics and hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For many patients, access to direct care within Mayo Clinic's safe environment is in their best interest. We'll continue to offer phone and video visits as appropriate.

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Rochester, MN: 507-538-3270
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When you see a patient who has really been a prisoner to their disease for a year and then you're able to see them get their life back together, there's nothing more rewarding.

So IBS is irritable bowel syndrome, and that constitutes a whole wide variety of syndromes. Inflammatory bowel disease encompasses two main subtypes, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Patients with ulcerative colitis generally experience diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, sometimes associated with abdominal pain or discomfort and cramping. What's important about Crohn's disease is it can affect any part of the GI tract, from the mouth to the anus.

The nice advances that over the past few years we have newer drugs available that have better safety profile. It's not okay just to react to a patient's symptoms, we want to proactively ensure that we heal a patient's inflammation. Patients with ulcerative colitis have an increased risk of colon cancer. By reducing or hopefully eliminating inflammation, we can prevent some of these complications from occurring.

One of the advantages to seeking a subspecialist is we see certain conditions day after day after day, you start to notice patterns and you have experience of what's worked for certain types of patients. One thing that Mayo excels at is managing a complicated patient who has more than one thing going on. The involvement of our colleagues in the other disciplines that support or IBD practice is unparalleled in my experience. If we listen to what people tell us, we can usually figure out what's going on and we can provide them hope and we can usually get them in a better place.

“ I felt so relieved to have an answer and feel like there was going to be a solution to my problem.

— Marissa

Why Choose Mayo Clinic?

  • More Experience

    Every year, more than 1 million people come to Mayo Clinic for care. Mayo Clinic's highly specialized experts are experienced in treating rare and complex conditions.

  • The Right Answers

    Getting effective treatment depends on identifying the right problem. In a recent study, 88 percent of patients who came to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion received a new or refined diagnosis.

  • Seamless Care

    At Mayo Clinic, every aspect of care is coordinated and teams of experts work together to provide exactly the care each patient needs. What might take months elsewhere is often done in days at Mayo Clinic

  • Unparalleled Expertise

    Mayo Clinic experts are some of the best in the world. Mayo Clinic consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the nation in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of best hospitals.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care at Mayo Clinic