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