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Complimentary Breakfast available at 5:30 AM
Program Description:
This program provides a focused update on nutrition and therapeutic strategies across gastrointestinal motility disorders, short bowel syndrome, IBD, pediatric critical illness, and eosinophilic esophagitis. Topics include evidence-based nutrition assessment, metabolic surgery and GLP 1 therapy, optimized TPN models, diet and pharmacologic interventions, and practical tools to improve outcomes in patients with complex gastrointestinal and nutrition challenges.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply evidence-based nutrition strategies to assess and manage malnutrition, sarcopenia, and complex GI conditions including motility disorders, short bowel syndrome, IBD, and pediatric critical illness.
- Integrate advanced pharmacologic and therapeutic approaches—including metabolic surgery and GLP-1 therapy, anti-motility agents, diet modification, and emerging eosinophilic esophagitis therapies into multidisciplinary care.
- Evaluate and optimize nutrition support models, with emphasis on centralized TPN systems, safe parenteral nutrition practices, and phase specific feeding strategies across diverse patient populations.
Faculty/Moderators:
Robert Martindale, MD, PHD
Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Stephen McClave, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Keith Miller, MD
Professor of Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Ryan Hurt, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Manpreet Mundi, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Speakers:
Madeline Berschback, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Elizabeth Bruenderman, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville
Medical Director of Advanced Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss, University of Louisville Health
Adeeti Chiplunker, MD, MMS
Medical Director of Nutrition Services
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Andrew Schneider, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cecilia Gállego Suárez, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Amiko Uchida, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Accreditation Information:
The CPE activity application for Hot Topics 2026: Contemporary Nutrition Issues is pending CDR review and approval for 1.5 CPEUs.
For Dietitians: Funding from non-CPE revenue for CPE planning, development, review, and/or presentation has been provided by Nestlé Health Science.
1.5 contact hours are available for Registered Nurses. Nestlé Health Science is a Continuing Education Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing; Provider Number 11366.
There is no charge for participating in this program.
By your participation in this event, you are declaring that your participation is in compliance with the laws of your state and presents no conflict of interest with your facility's policies and procedures.
Financial Support provided by Nestlé Health Science
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