Session Type: Preconference Course

Physician Preconference Course • Comprehensive Nutrition Therapy: Tactical Approaches in 2025 (PHY-2025)

Preconference Course

Additional Fee

Date & Time:

March 21, 2025

8:00 AM – 3:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person

CE Credits:

6.0 Hours

UAN: No pharmacy credit

Course level:

Intermediate

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What You'll Learn

Description

This course is designed to engage physicians who integrate nutrition into their patients’ treatment plans and underscore its impact on patient outcomes. Sessions will cover nutrition care in patients with liver disease, diabetes, malignancy, gastrointestinal disease, and trauma/critical care. The course will conclude with presentations of complex clinical case vignettes by an expert panel.

Registration is free for students, residents, fellows, and trainees with proof of status. CE credit available for physicians only.

Learning Objectives

  • Summarize evidence-based nutrition care strategies in a variety of disease states.
  • Examine the impact of nutrition on patient outcomes across various care settings.
  • Discuss the role of clinical guidelines in individualized medical nutrition therapy care plans.
  • Assess complex clinical case vignettes and provide unique solutions through stimulated debate and conversation.

Topics & Presenters

Keynote: What Has Changed in the Last 25 Years of Critical Care Nutrition

Todd Rice
MD, MSc, FASPEN

Professor of Medicine

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Nutritional Management in Patients with Traumatic Injuries

Keith Miller
MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Health

Louisville, KY

Physicians as Champions for Nutrition Care

Leah Gramlich
MD

Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Medicine Department, University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB Canada

Nutrition in the Burn Patient

Tracie Terrana
MD

Associate Program Director - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn, The Ohio State University

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn, The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Finding the Sweet Spot – Tips on Achieving Glucose Control in Patients on Nutrition Support Therapy

Sonali Thosani
MD

Associate Professor; Section Chief for Diabetes

Department of Endocrine, Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Nutritional Prehabilitation in Cirrhosis

Puneeta Tandon
MD, MSc

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Medicine Department, University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB Canada

Nutrition in Advanced Cancer – Is it Time for a Change?

Jocelyn Tan
MD, FACP, dABLM

Clinical Associate Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Integrative Oncology Director

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Pittsburgh, PA

Moderators:

Matthew Kappus

MD

Medical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant Program

Duke Health

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Lindsey Russell

MD, MSc, CNSC, FRCPC

Associate Staff and Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

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

Research Workshop • Novel Nutritional and Metabolic Status Biomarkers (RW-2025)

Preconference Course

Additional Fee

Date & Time:

March 22, 2025

7:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Format:

In Person

CE Credits:

5.0 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-017-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

Pediatric Content

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What You'll Learn

The 2025 Research Workshop – Novel Nutritional and Metabolic Status Biomarkers, will focus on the current evidence for biomarkers in use as well as those in development to capture nutritional and metabolic status, which is critical in medical care. There is strong evidence that adequate nutritional support remains a key component of favorable patient outcomes and could significantly modulate metabolic, biological, and pathological processes.

Historically, anthropometric and serological assessments have been utilized to assess nutritional and metabolic status. However, there is wide variability in their clinical and research utilization. In addition, despite the paucity of evidence-based support, many are used in clinical decision processes. Over the past decade, there has been burgeoning research into proteinomics, transcriptomics, genomics, and metabolomics and their relevance to individual/personalized medicine as a tool for objective cross-sectional and longitudinal nutritional and metabolic status assessment and response to therapy. There is also a major interest in new technology focusing on activity trackers providing non-invasive and real-time assessment of body composition and calorie burn, as well as transcutaneous devices to assess nutritional and metabolic status. Noninvasive imaging and novel blood assays are presenting unique opportunities to assess obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

This workshop aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current evidence for biomarkers in use as well as those in development. This shall be achieved with a critical review of literature, panel discussions, presentations, open discussions, and question/answer sessions, seeking areas ripe for new clinical, translational, and basic research.

Learning Objectives

  1. Summarize the usefulness, reliability, and validity, of various anthropometric, clinical and functional biomarkers and tools in assessing nutritional and metabolic status.
  2. Describe and evaluate the impact of novel non-invasive biomarkers on the assessment of body composition, obesity, MASH and MASLD.
  3. Outline the translational research behind the development of gut integrity and inflammatory biomarkers as a surrogate of nutritional and metabolic status and their clinical relevance.
  4. Describe nutrigenomics and key gene expression signatures that reflect nutritional and metabolic status.
  5. Describe the relevance of proteomics and metabolomic approaches to nutritional biomarker discovery, their clinical relevance and pitfalls.
  6. Explain how epigenetics and epigenetic regulators such as miRNA and shRNA could be used to assess nutritional and metabolic status.
  7. Describe the role and impact of technology as a novel nutrition and metabolic status marker.

 

Program Overview

Non-invasive Biomarkers

  • Overview of Nutritional and Metabolic Status Biomarkers
  • Reliability, Validity, and Usefulness of Body Composition and Functional Assessment Tools

 

The ‘Omics’ in Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases

  • From Phenotypes to Genotypes: Role of Genomic Imprinting and Gene Expression Profiling to Characterize Nutritional and Metabolic Status
  • Microbiota, Gut Integrity, and Inflammatory Biomarkers as Surrogates of Nutrition and Metabolic Status – An Update on Clinical Applications from Translational Research

 

Novel Technological Advances in Assessing Nutritional and Metabolic Status

  • Validity of Electronic Tools as Nutrition Intake Markers, Wrist-worn Senso, and Energy Measurements to Monitor Nutrition and Metabolic Status
  • An Update on Selection and Relevance of Surrogate Micronutrient and Macronutrient Biomarkers for Nutritional and Metabolic Status

Topics & Presenters

President's Remarks and Welcome

Ajay Jain
MD, DNB, MHA

Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Physiology

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

Overview of Nutritional and Metabolic Status Biomarkers: A Multi Omics Approach to Clinical Nutrition

Sara Mahdavi
RD, MSc, PhD

International Scholar

Department of Nutrition, T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

Adjunct Professor

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Chair

Department of Regenerative Medicine, Canadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine

Boston, MA

Reliability, Validity, and Usefulness of Body Composition and Functional Assessment Tools

Catherine Larson-Nath
MD, CNSC

Director of Intestinal Rehabilitation Program and Fellowship Program Director

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical School

Associate Professor

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

From Phenotypes to Genotypes: Role of Genomic Imprinting and Gene Expression Profiling to Characterize Nutritional and Metabolic Status

Paola Sebastiani
PhD

Director, Biostatistics

Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD), Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

Associate Director

Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS), Tufts Medical Center

Director

Center for Quantitative Methods and Data Science (QM&DS), ICRHPS

Faculty

Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC), Tufts University

Professor of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

Microbiota, Gut Integrity, and Inflammatory Biomarkers as Surrogates of Nutrition and Metabolic Status – An Update on Clinical Applications from Translational Research

Gail A. Cresci
PhD, RD, LD, FASPEN

Director of Nutrition Research, Center for Human Nutrition; Staff

Departments of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition and Inflammation & Immunity, Cleveland Clinic

Associate Professor

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Validity of Wearables as Nutrition Intake Markers and Energy Measurements to Monitor Nutrition and Metabolic Status

Edward Sazonov
PhD

Cudworth Professor of Engineering

Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs, College of Engineering, The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

An Update on Selection and Relevance of Surrogate Micronutrient and Macronutrient Biomarkers for Nutritional and Metabolic Status

Praveen Goday
MBBS

Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Director of the Nutrition and Feeding Programs

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Moderators:

Sara Mahdavi

RD, MSc, PhD

International Scholar

Department of Nutrition, T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

Adjunct Professor

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Chair

Department of Regenerative Medicine, Canadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine

Boston, MA

Post-Graduate Course • Optimizing Macronutrient Delivery in Parenteral Nutrition (PG1-2025)

Preconference Course

Additional Fee

Date & Time:

March 22, 2025

7:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

4.0 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-016-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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What You'll Learn

Explore the clinical considerations for prescribing parenteral nutrition, focusing on optimizing macronutrient delivery to reduce metabolic complications. Through participation in this course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the current guidelines for macronutrient dosing, including calories, protein, dextrose, and lipid administration. Emphasis will be placed on preventing overfeeding/underdosing macronutrients, managing complications, and exploring commercially available lipid emulsions. Through case-based discussions and evidence-based recommendations, learn practical approaches to adopting the latest ASPEN and ESPEN guidelines. Additionally, this course will address barriers to guideline implementation and offer strategies to bridge the gap between knowledge and practical applications in clinical practice. 

  • Discuss the history of macronutrient dosing in parenteral nutrition. 
  • Identify the risks associated with overfeeding/underdosing macronutrients in parenteral nutrition. 
  • Apply current ASPEN/ESPEN guidelines and manufacturer’s recommendations for macronutrients in parenteral nutrition. 
  • Recognize barriers to adopting parenteral nutrition guidelines and implement strategies to promote evidence-based practice changes in clinical settings. 

Topics & Presenters

History of Macronutrients, Calories, and Dextrose

Andrew Adorno
MS, RD-AP, LD, CNSC

Advanced Practice Clinical Dietitian III

Food and Nutrition Services, Harris Health System Ben Taub General Hospital

Houston, TX

Amino Acids/Protein, Review of RCTs + Guidelines

Natalie Versaggi
MS, RD, LDN, CNSC

Clinical Dietitian Specialist

West Jefferson Medical Center, LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

Lipids, Metabolism, and Product Guidelines

Robert Martindale
MD, PhD, FASPEN

Professor of Surgery

Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University

Medical Director

Hospital Nutrition Services, Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

Bringing It All Together, Barriers to Implementation

Andrew Adorno
MS, RD-AP, LD, CNSC

Advanced Practice Clinical Dietitian III

Food and Nutrition Services, Harris Health System Ben Taub General Hospital

Houston, TX

Moderators:

Malissa Warren

RD, LD, CNSC

Advanced Practice Critical Care Dietitian

Portland VA Health Care System

Advanced Practice Critical Care Dietitian

Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

Nutrition for the Practicing Pediatric Clinician • Intricacies of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Management in Specialized Pediatric Populations (NPPC-2025)

Preconference Course

Additional Fee

Date & Time:

March 22, 2025

7:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

4.0 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-015-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content

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What You'll Learn

This preconference will provide invaluable information and practice applications to support clinicians in providing optimal nutrition support for medically complex pediatric populations.

The foundation of nutrition support is an accurate assessment of nutrition status. Completing an assessment of a child with mobility impairment and neurodevelopmental challenges can present additional challenges. The nutrition assessment of children who are critically ill, including those with congenital heart disease, will also be reviewed as these populations have specific nutrition requirements.

Following nutrition assessment, determining an individualized nutrition plan is crucial. This topic will be covered in presentations on human milk, highlighting which patients can benefit from receiving it, as well as in presentations on how to best deliver nutrition support. Enteral nutrition administration will be discussed, including the complexities of chyme reinfusion, which is critically important for gut health in patients with high-output stomas and has been historically challenging to execute. This course will also review common parenteral nutrition complexities and strategies for management.

  • State treatment methods that have been successful at facilitating enteral autonomy in children with intestinal failure.
  • Describe the benefits of human milk for hospitalized infants in the neonatal intensive care unit and in other clinical settings.
  • Explain targeted nutrition care plans designed to meet the nutrition requirements of a child with neurological impairment pre-operatively.
  • Describe adjustments to optimal nutrition interventions in response to a patient’s surgical course, both pre- and post-cardiac intervention.

Topics & Presenters

Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition: Delving Deeper Into Clinical Scenarios, Including Troubleshooting and Cycling

Kyle Hampson
PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, CNSC, FASPEN

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University

Brooklyn, NY

Methods to Facilitate Enteral Autonomy in Children With Intestinal Failure

Vikram Raghu
MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Beyond Measure: Assessing and Optimizing Nutrition Status in Children With Neurological Impairment Undergoing Major Surgery

Gina Rempel
MD, FRCPC, FASPEN

Medical Lead, Pediatric Nutrition Support and Complex Care Pediatrician

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Children’s Hospital Winnipeg

Winnipeg, MB Canada

Nutrition Evaluation and Management of Critically Ill Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Emily Finnan
MS, RD, LDN, CNSC

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Nutrition Evaluation and Management of Critically Ill Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Judy Milliano
MS, RD, LD, CNSC

Clinical Nutrition Specialist I

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Update on the Use of Human Milk for Infants in the Clinical Setting

Celina Cowan
MS, RD, CSPCC, LD, CNSC

Manager of Nutrition Sciences

Akron Children's Hospital

Akron, OH

Chyme Reinfusion Therapy: Nutritional Innovation for Neonates With Necrotizing Enterocolitis and High Output Stomas

Maria Paula Coelho
MD

Pediatric Surgeon

Sabará Hospital Infantil

Head of Intestinal Rehabilitation Program

Sabará Hospital Infantil

São Paulo, Brazil

Chyme Reinfusion Therapy: Nutritional Innovation for Neonates With Necrotizing Enterocolitis and High Output Stomas

Gil Hardy
PhD, FRSC, FASPEN

Director

Ipanema Research Trust

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Nutrition

Massey University

Auckland, New Zealand

Moderators:

Anita Nucci

PhD, RD, LD, FASPEN

Associate Dean for Academics

Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University

Professor, Nutrition

Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

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