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

session objectives:

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