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

Register for In Person Session
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 Address: Individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy and Respecting Guidelines: An Oxymoron?

Mette Berger
MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Biology and Medicine

Lausanne University

Intensivist and Clinical Nutrition Specialist

Department of Adult Intensive Care, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

Lausanne, Switzerland

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

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: 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

Moderators:

Carolyn Newberry

MD

Director of GI Nutrition

Division of Gastroenterology, Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, NY

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

Which Registration Type Do I Need?

Select Physician If:
You are an MD, DO, DVM, or a non-healthcare or industry professional.
Select Professional If:
You are an RD, RN, RPh/PharmD, PhD, NP, PA, or any other type of health professional.
Select New Practitioner If:
You are a new practitioner or currently in training. See the eligibility chart.
Select Student If:
You are a full-time student at an accredited institution. See the eligibility chart.
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