LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Screen for malnutrition and sarcopenia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and provide targeted intervention for high-risk patients.
Recognize the importance of diet and nutritional therapy for patients with IBD.
Define the role of nutrition optimization in patients with IBD who require procedural intervention and discuss how to reduce nutritional complications peri-operatively and post-operatively.

PRESENTERS AND TOPICS
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies for Managing the Malnourished Patient with IBD: Tips and Tricks From the Frontline
Stephanie Gold, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Food for Thought: Innovative Approaches to Dietary Therapy in IBD
Kelly Issokson, RD, Clinical Dietitian, Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Optimizing IBD Patients for Surgery: Why Nutritional Status Matters
Shirley Paski, MD, CNSC, Staff Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Peri-Operative and Post-Operative Nutritional Management of Patients With IBD
Christina Fasulo, MS, RD, CNSC, Senior GI Dietitian, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA

Moderators
Jennifer Katz, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

Carolyn Newberry, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

Level: Intermediate