Preconference Course
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
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
Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nutritional Management in Patients with Traumatic Injuries
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Health
Physicians as Champions for Nutrition Care
Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Medicine Department, University of Alberta
Nutrition in the Burn Patient
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
Finding the Sweet Spot – Tips on Achieving Glucose Control in Patients on Nutrition Support Therapy
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
Nutritional Prehabilitation in Cirrhosis
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Medicine Department, University of Alberta
Nutrition in Advanced Cancer – Is it Time for a Change?
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Integrative Oncology Director
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Moderators:
Matthew Kappus
MDMedical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant Program
Duke Health
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University School of Medicine
Lindsey Russell
MD, MSc, CNSC, FRCPCAssociate Staff and Gastroenterologist
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic
Jennifer Katz
MD, FACG, PNSDirector, 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