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.

Ideal for new physicians and all healthcare professionals.

FACULTY & TOPICS

Session 1: Management and Nutrition Considerations of the Patient With Obesity: A Primer for the Savvy Physician

Keynote Address: Obesity: From the Overweight to Undernourished – Current Perspectives
Rocco Barazzoni, MD, PhD, Trieste, Italy

Management of the Patient With Obesity: The Role of Lifestyle, Medications, and Procedures
Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, MACE, New York, New York

Nutritional Considerations in the Obese Patient: Surgical and Postoperative Deficiencies
Sara Hennessy, MD, FACS, Dallas, Texas

Session 2: Current Challenges and Nutrition Issues in the Critical Care Setting
Applied Precision Medicine for Nutrition in Burns: An Individualized Approach
Kevin Chung, MD, Denver, Colorado

Nutrition Strategies for the Patient on ECMO
Laszlo Kiraly, MD, FACS, Portland, Oregon

Inflammation and Response to Nutrition Interventions
Carla Gressies, MSC, Aarau, Switzerland

Session 3: Diet Strategies for the Treatment and Support of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
The Role of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition in the Management of IBD
Lillian Harvey-Banchik, MD, FACS, CNSC, FASPEN, CVAAc, VA-BC, San Diego, California

Solid Food Diets for the Treatment of IBD: Are We There Yet?
Berkeley Limketkai, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, CA

Perioperative Strategies and Immunonutrition for Bowel Resection Surgery
Robert Martindale, MD, PhD, FASPEN, Portland, Oregon

Supported in part by Nestlé Health Science and Abbott Nutrition