Bowel Moments
Bowel Moments
Alicia Barron and Robin Kingham
Meet Dr. Adam Ehrlich- From Mount Sinai To Temple: Caring For Underserved IBD Patients
50 minutes Posted Dec 17, 2025 at 8:00 am.
Welcome And Holiday Break Note
Meet Dr. Adam Ehrlich
Why GI And Finding Purpose In IBD
Building An IBD Program At Temple
Treating Underserved Patients And Prison Care
Health Literacy Gaps And Patient Education
Explaining Risks, Benefits, And Tradeoffs
Shared Decision Making Versus Insurance Barriers
Expanding Options: IV, SubQ, And Oral Therapies
Diversity, Trials, And Being Honest About Unknowns
Quality Of Life: Goals Beyond Symptoms
Habits, IBS Overlap, And Retraining Routines
Drug Levels, De‑escalation, And Personalization
Coordinating Care And Absorption Concerns
Training Fellows And Growing IBD Expertise
Travel, Access, And Real-Life Treatment Planning
The One Piece Of Advice For Patients
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Send us Fan Mail What does great IBD care look like when the system won’t make it easy? We sit down with Dr. Adam Ehrlich, Section Chief of Gastroenterology at Temple Health and GI fellowship program director, to explore how he builds patient-centered care in an underserved setting—where insurance denials, missing records, and real-life logistics collide with complex disease. We talk about health literacy, trust, and the conversations that actually change outcomes. Adam explains how he frame...