The Crohn's & Colitis (IBD) Support Group will be meeting the fourth Tuesday of January, Jan. 24, from 7-8:30 p.m.

The special speaker at that meeting will be Dr. Bryan L. Woods, gastroenterologist with Digestive Healthcare of Georgia. Dr. Woods is a graduate of Emory University and University of Tennessee, and completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Dr. Woods sees patients of all ages in Digestive Healthcare's Piedmont Fayette Hospital location.

Dr. Woods will be discussing IBD with the group, including symptoms, diagnoses and treatments (both established treatments and new treatments on the horizon), and will be hosting a question & answer session as well.

The Crohn's & Colitis (IBD) Support Group meets monthly year-round, on the 4th Tuesday of each month except December, in association with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (www.ccfa.org). Meetings are held at Piedmont Fayette Hospital's 1279 Medical Building, 1279 Highway 54 West, 3rd floor conference room B. The meetings are of an educational, informational, and support-type nature.

People with Crohn's or colitis (IBD), their families, and their friends are encouraged and welcome to attend. For more information, contact Mark and Lisa Andrews, 678-817-5199, e-mail fayetteibdgroup@yahoo.com.

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