Description

FACULTY AND TOPICS
A New Cardiometabolic-based Chronic Disease Model: From Genetics and Environment to Behaviors

Jeffrey Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, ECNU, MACE, Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Health at Mount Sinai Heart; Director of Metabolic Support, Divisions of Cardiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Obesity: Blame it on the Brain!
Christopher Still, DO, FACP, FTOS, Director, Geisinger Obesity Institute; Medical Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, Geisinger Health Care System, Danville, PA

Molecular Aspects of Structured Dietary Interventions
Salvatore Carbone, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, College of Humanities & Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

The Inflammatory Basis of Cardiometabolic Disease: Targets for Intervention and Disease Prevention
W. Timothy Garvey, MD, Professor; Director, Diabetes Research Center, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

MODERATOR
Stephen McClave, MD, FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY

CE Credit: 2 hours
Level: Advanced
UAN: JA0002345-0000-21-031-L01-P

Presented by the ASPEN Physician Engagement Committee

Learning Objectives:

• Apply knowledge of molecular mechanisms of cardiometabolic disease to clinical practice
• Describe the molecular mechanisms of inflammation, brain function, and muscle metabolism in cardiometabolic disease
• Summarize how different molecular mechanisms can interact in a complex fashion in cardiometabolic disease

Speaker(s):

• Salvatore Carbone, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, College of Humanities & Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• W. Timothy (Tim) Garvey, MD, Professor; Director, Diabetes Research Center, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
• Stephen A. McClave, MD, FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
• Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, ECNU, MACE, Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Health at Mount Sinai Heart; Director of Metabolic Support, Divisions of Cardiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
• Christopher Still, DO, Director, Geisinger Obesity Institute; Medical Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, Geisinger Health Care System, Danville, PA