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Carla Prado PhD, RD

Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Dr. Carla Prado is a Professor and Registered Dietitian at the University of Alberta, Canada. She directs the Human Nutrition Research Unit, a premier facility for body composition and energy metabolism research. Her research focuses on the impact of abnormal body composition in chronic diseases and developing targeted nutritional interventions to mitigate these impacts. Dr. Prado serves as an Associate Editor of top three Journals in her field. Dr. Prado is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists - two of the highest academic honors in her country. She has been recognized in the ‘Canada’s Top 40 under 40’ list, and named as one of the ‘Most Powerful Women in Canada: Top 100’. Dr. Prado has also been recognized by ClarivateTM as one of the top 1% of researchers in her field, highlighting the significant and broad influence of her team's work.

Appearances

  • Thumbnail for Comprehensive Nutritional Therapy - Tactical Approaches in 2022 (PHY-2022)
    Date
    March 25, 2022
    This comprehensive course is designed to meet the educational needs of both physician and healthcare professionals interested in clinical nutrition. It focuses on the role of nutrition and its vital impact on patient outcomes…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Chet Morrison
    Chet Morrison, MD, FACS, FCCM
    Trauma Medical Director, Washington Hospital Healthcare System, Fremont, CA
    Speaker Image for Jeff Mechanick
    Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at Mount Sinai Heart; Director, Metabolic Support; Division of Cardiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
    Speaker Image for Jennifer Katz
    Jennifer Katz, MD, FACG, PNS
    Director, Enteral Access Team and Total Parenteral Nutrition, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, NYU Langone Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Speaker Image for David Mercer
    David Mercer, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS
    Director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program; Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    Speaker Image for Philipp Schuetz
    Professor of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
    Speaker Image for Manpreet Mundi
    Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    Speaker Image for Jose Pimiento
    Associate Professor, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology; Medical Director, Inpatient Surgical Service; Section Lead, Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
    Speaker Image for Christian Stoppe
    Christian Stoppe, FAHA, FESC
    Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, German Heart Center Charité Berlin; Clinical Scientist, Trialist, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany
    Speaker Image for Daren Heyland
    Professor of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Speaker Image for Todd Rice
    Todd Rice, MD, MSc, FASPEN
    Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    Speaker Image for Jennifer Otten
    Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    Speaker Image for Carla Prado
    Carla Prado, PhD, RD
    Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Paul Wischmeyer
    Paul Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FCCM, FASPEN
    Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery; Director, TPN/Nutrition Support Service; Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    Speaker Image for Robert Martindale
    Robert Martindale, MD, PhD, FASPEN
    Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery; Medical Director, Hospital Nutrition Services, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
    $149
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Understanding the Impact of Body Composition, Cachexia, Frailty, and Strength on Patients With Cancer (F21)
    Date
    April 21, 2023
    * Outline available methods of measuring body composition as part of nutrition assessment and identify potential methods to utilize in clinical practice

    Moderator

    Speaker Image for Valaree Williams
    Valaree Williams, MS, RD, CSO, LDN, CNSC, FAND
    Clinical Dietitian II, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for An Ngo-Huang
    Associated Professor, Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    Speaker Image for Shannon McCurdy
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    Speaker Image for Marco Goncalves
    Endocrinologist and Laboratory Scientist, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
    Speaker Image for Carla Prado
    Carla Prado, PhD, RD
    Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    $39
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Muscle Matters, So Let's Look for It: Practical Strategies to Assess Muscle Across the Disease Spectrum (SU43)
    Date
    March 3, 2024
    * Explore the connection between muscle assessment measurements, muscle function, and outcomes…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Carla Prado
    Carla Prado, PhD, RD
    Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Michael Paris
    Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Speaker Image for Nicolaas Deutz
    Nicolaas E. Deutz, MD, PhD, FASN
    Director Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity; Ponder Endowed Chair; Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Sports Management, School of Education & Human Development and Department of Primary Care & Rural Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

    Moderator

    Speaker Image for Sarah Peterson
    Sarah Peterson, PhD, RD, CNSC, LDN
    Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Rush University, Chicago, IL
    $39
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Research Workshop: The Metabolic Basis of Cancer Nutrition Therapy
    Date
    January 18, 2014
    Credits
    6.25 Dietitian | 6.25 Nurse | 6.25 Pharmacist | 6.25 Physician | 6.25 Other | Expired April 1, 2016
    This one-day research workshop will provide key knowledge and a conceptual framework with which to understand and study the metabolic basis of cancer nutrition therapy…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Vickie Baracos
    Professor and Alberta Cancer Foundation Chair in Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Carla Prado
    Carla Prado, PhD, RD
    Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Stephanie Chevalier
    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
    Speaker Image for Philip Atherton
    Philip Atherton, PhD, AFHEA
    Associate Professor, University of Nottingham,Derby, United Kingdom
    Speaker Image for Blake Rasmussen
    Lloyd and Sue Ann Hill Professor of Healthy Aging, Interim Chair, Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Texas Medical Branch
    Speaker Image for Jim Dalton
    Vice President, CSO, GTx, Inc.
    Speaker Image for Vera Mazurak
    Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta
  • Thumbnail for Effective Strategies for Maintaining Nutritional Status in Oncology
    Date
    March 24, 2019
    Credits
    2 Dietitian | Expired March 23, 2022
    * Summarize the evidence pertaining to cannabis use for cancer symptom management

    Moderator

    Speaker Image for Mary Marian
    Mary Marian, DCN, RDN, CSO, FAND
    Assistant Professor of Practice; Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Carla Prado
    Carla Prado, PhD, RD
    Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Kelay Trentham
    Kelay Trentham, MS, RDN, CSO
    Oncology Dietitian, MultiCare Regional Cancer Center, Takoma, WA
    Speaker Image for Vickie Baracos
    Professor and Alberta Cancer Foundation Chair in Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Stéphane Schneider
    Stéphane Schneider, MD, PhD, FEBGH
    Professor of Nutrition, Université Côte d'Azur; Professor of Nutrition and Attending Gastroenterologist, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France
  • Thumbnail for Recognizing and Managing Sarcopenia in Older Adults
    Date
    March 25, 2019
    * Articulate updated knowledge of the influence of nutrition and physical activity on recovery in hospitalized elderly patients with sarcopenia

    Moderator

    Speaker Image for Matthias Pirlich
    Physician, Departments of Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, and Clinical Nutrition, Imperial Oak Outpatient Clinic, Berlin, Germany

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Carla Prado
    Carla Prado, PhD, RD
    Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Elena Volpi
    Elena Volpi, MD, PhD
    Daisy Emery Allen Distinguished Chair in Geriatric Medicine; Director, Sealy Center on Aging; Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
  • Thumbnail for American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Clinical Guidelines: the Validity of Body Composition Assessment in Clinical Populations
    Credits
    1 Dietitian | 1 Nurse | 1 Pharmacist | 1 Physician | 1 Other | Expired January 31, 2021
    Volume
    44
    Issue
    1
    *_To take the exam click the CE INFORMATION tab*_

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Liam McKeever
    Liam McKeever, PhD, RDN, FASPEN
    Director and Editor-in-Chief, ASPEN Clinical Guidelines, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition, Rush University, Chicago, IL
    Speaker Image for Carla Prado
    Carla Prado, PhD, RD
    Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Speaker Image for Maria Cristina Gonzalez
    Associate Professor, Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Food, Federal University of Pelotas; Professor, Postgraduate Program in Health and Behavior, Catholic University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
    Speaker Image for Amber Hall
    PhD Candidate, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC
    Speaker Image for Carol Braunschweig
    Professor and Associate Head, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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