
Managing Disease-Related Lean Body Mass Loss through Clinical and Nutrition Interventions
Friday, December 4, 2015
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Adequate lean body mass plays a vital role in overall health. A reduction in lean body mass and strength affect mortality and quality of life and can increase time to recover and length of hospital stays. Recovering lean body mass which has been lost is difficult; however, comprehensive healthcare that emphasizes early diagnosis and treatments for lean body mass loss may play key mitigation roles. Clinicians have an opportunity to be agents of change in taking research to practice to treat age- and disease-related loss of lean body mass through innovative clinical and nutrition interventions.
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The event has been approved for CNE, CPE, & CHES 4.0 credits and 5.25 CME credits through the Clinical Directors Network.
Physicians
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CHES
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Dietitian
Clinical Directors Network (CDN) is an approved provider of CPE credits through the Commission of Dietetic Registration. This activity is approved for up to 4.0 prescribed credits by the Commission of Dietetic Registration.
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Agenda
* Presentation titles and times are subject to change.
December 4, 2015 | |
8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 AM | Welcoming Remarks |
Session 1: Underlying of Disease-Related Metabolic ResponsesSession Chair: Amy R. Beaudreault, PhD, The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science | |
9:20 AM | Disease-Related Inflammation, Malnutrition and Lean Body Mass Loss |
10:10 AM | Lean Body Mass Loss for the Geriatric Patient: Clinical Implications |
11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
Session 2: Acute Conditions Affecting Lean Body MassSession Chair: Refaat Hegazi, MD, PhD, MPH, MS, Abbott Nutrition Health Institute | |
11:30 AM | Maintaining Lean Body Mass in the ICU |
12:05 PM | Lean Body Mass Loss amongst Surgical Patients |
12:40 PM | Lunch |
Session 3: Chronic Diseases Affecting Lean Body MassSession Chair: Julie Shlisky, PhD, The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science | |
1:40 PM | Cardiac Cachexia and Lean Body Mass Loss |
2:15 PM | Clinical Relevance of Cachexia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
3:00 PM | Coffee Break |
Session 4: Innovative Clinical and Nutrition InterventionsSession Chair : Kathy West, MS, RD, LD, Abbott Nutrition Health Institute | |
3:30 PM | Acute Illness Clinical and Nutrition Interventions |
4:05 PM | Chronic Disease Clinical and Nutrition Interventions |
4:40 PM | Closing Remarks |
4:50 PM | Live Continuing Education Evaluation |
5:00 PM | Networking Reception |
6:00 PM | Conference Adjourn |
Speakers
Organizers
David Evans, MD
The Ohio State University
David C. Evans, MD is Director of Nutrition Support Services, Trauma Medical Director, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. He has a busy clinical practice focusing on trauma, emergency general surgery, endoscopy, and critical care. His special interests include nutrition support in surgical and ICU patients and outcomes research in surgery and trauma care. He is an investigator in multiple clinical trials in critically ill patients focused in the areas of nutrition and infection and is author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications.
Refaat Hegazi, MD, PhD, MPH, MS
Abbott Nutrition
Dr. Refaat Hegazi is graduated from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt in 1989. He earned his Master of Occupational Health and Industrial Medicine from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt in 1995 and his Master of Public Health from the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. In 2002, he earned his PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Hegazi completed a Post-Doctoral fellowship in Gastrointestinal immunology at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine in 2006 and was certified by the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialist in 2001. In 2006, he joined the Clinical Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. He joined Abbott Nutrition as Medical Director of Adult Nutrition in February 2009.
His research was funded by both the Cancer Research Foundation of America and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Dr. Hegazi authored over 50 publications and five book chapters. He is especially interested in the interaction between nutrition and immune responses.
Gerard Mullin, MD
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Dr. Mullin is an associate professor in the department of medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital where he chairs the hospitals Nutrition Advisory Committee. He is an internist, gastroenterologist and nutritionist. Dr. Mullin is nationally and internationally renowned for his work in integrative gastroenterology and nutrition.
In 2009 he was named by the American Dietetic Association as an honorary member. Dr. Mullin has authored/edited several books in nutrition and integrative medicine (thefoodmd.com/books) including his latest book, The Gut Balance Revolution (Rodale Press, 2015), which is the topic of today's symposium.
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD
University of Arkansas
Dr. Dennis Sullivan is a Professor and Vice Chair within the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. His clinical and research expertise is in the area of nutrition and rehabilitation of the frail elderly and assessment of health outcomes. The results of his research have been published in numerous journals.
Kathy West, MS, RD, LD
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute
Kathy West currently serves as manager within the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute where she develops the educational strategies and programs for the adult nutrition and pediatric specialty nutrition business units. Kathy previously worked within the Consumer Relations Department as the quality coordinator covering both adult and pediatric product areas. Kathy also served as manager of regulatory affairs in which she provided guidance for the use of new ingredients for nutritional products world-wide. Prior to regulatory, Kathy supported the diabetes category through medical and scientific support for the use, design, and marketing of the diabetes product line. Kathy also worked as a clinical dietitian at Ohio State Hospitals East, where she performed clinical assessments for various inpatient types. Throughout her career, Kathy has focused on advancing nutrition interventions, including work with NASA to develop a menu for extended duration space missions. In 2000, Kathy received her bachelor's of science degree in dietetics at Bowling Green State University. Kathy holds a master's degree from Case Western Reserve University and completed her dietetic internship at University Hospitals of Cleveland in 2001. Kathy is currently pursuing her MBA at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.
Amy R. Beaudreault, PhD
The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science
Currently, Dr. Beaudreault works as associate director of The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science, a program of the New York Academy of Sciences, which is dedicated to advancing nutrition science research and knowledge, mobilizing communities and translating this work into the field. She holds a BS in Journalism from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, and an MS in Agricultural Communication, a PhD in Agricultural Education and Extension, and a graduate certificate in survey research from The Ohio State University. Her career spans 15 years' in strategic communication, quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, and program development, implementation, and evaluation. Prior to joining the Academy, Dr. Beaudreault managed the Ohio State University Extension Agricultural and Safety Health Program and The Great Lakes Center for Agricultural Safety and Health; used her public relations background while working in research communication at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH, with an initiative to translate research to practice in biobehavioral health, perinatal research, and injury research and policy; and directed several U.S. Department of Education contracts in Washington, DC.
Julie Shlisky, PhD
The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science
Julie joined the Sackler Institute in 2014 after her post-doctoral fellowship at the New York Obesity Research Center where she examined postprandial energy expenditure in overweight and obese adolescents. She earned her doctorate in Nutritional Science from Penn State in spring 2012 where she conducted a 6-month diet and physical activity lifestyle intervention investigating an energy-restricted diet on body composition, metabolic parameters and bone health in premenopausal women. Julie provided the nutrition education component of the study to participants and has fulfilled course work necessary for the dietetic internship, needed to become a registered dietitian. She brings experience from industry and the laboratory to her position at the Academy, having worked in a research and development at DuPont after her undergraduate education in molecular biology.
Speakers
Melissa J. Benton, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, FACSM
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Dr. Benton is currently an Associate Professor in the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing & Health Sciences at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She received her master's degree in nursing from California State University Dominguez Hills, and her PhD from the Department of Exercise and Wellness at Arizona State University. She is nationally certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gerontological Nursing and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Benton's clinical practice has been in the areas of physical rehabilitation, aging, and chronic disease in both hospital and community settings. Her primary research focus is evaluation of the clinical applications of resistance exercise in healthy and chronically ill middle-aged and older adults. Her outcomes of interest include lean mass and body composition, strength, function, energy expenditure and quality of life.
David Evans, MD
The Ohio State University
David C. Evans, MD is Director of Nutrition Support Services, Trauma Medical Director, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. He has a busy clinical practice focusing on trauma, emergency general surgery, endoscopy, and critical care. His special interests include nutrition support in surgical and ICU patients and outcomes research in surgery and trauma care. He is an investigator in multiple clinical trials in critically ill patients focused in the areas of nutrition and infection and is author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications.
Gordon Jensen, MD, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University
Gordon Jensen is Professor and Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Professor of Medicine at the Pennsylvania State University. His research interests have focused on the impact of nutritional status on health and functional outcomes in older persons. He received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and his PhD in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Clinical Nutrition at New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a Past-President of the American Society for Nutrition, a Past-President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and a Past-Chair of the Association of Nutrition Programs and Departments. A widely recognized nutrition researcher and educator, he has made numerous presentations at national and international meetings. He has served on advisory panels, study sections or work groups for the National Institutes of Health, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Food and Nutrition Board. He served two terms as a member of the Food and Nutrition Board. He also has served on several editorial boards and as ad hoc reviewer for many other journals. He has authored more than 180 journal articles, reviews, and book chapters. His contributions were recently recognized with the 2014 Jonathan Rhoads Lecture, ASPEN's most prestigious award.
Robert Martindale, MD, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Dr. Martindale received his MD from George Washington University. He completed his surgical residency at Madigan Army Medical Center, where he also served as Director of Nutrition Support Service. He completed his PhD in Nutrition at UCLA in the laboratories of Drs. Morton Grossman, Tachi Yamada, and Seymour Levin at the Center for Ulcer Research and Education.
His primary focus throughout his professional career has been on surgical education, gastrointestinal surgery, complex abdominal wall reconstruction and caring for patients with complex nutritional issues. He is the author of over 250 publications, as well as being the co-editor of a textbook dealing with surgical and critical care nutrition. His research interests include clinical academic surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, surgical metabolism, and nutritional modulation of the immunity.
Upon completing his Army commitment at Eisenhower Medical Center in 1993, he joined the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia where he held many distinguished positions.
In 2005, Dr. Martindale began his tenure at Oregon Health & Science University, where he is currently a Professor of Surgery and the Chief of the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery. He also serves as the Medical Director for Hospital Nutrition Services.
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Dallas Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital
After receiving a bachelor's degree from Baylor University, Dr. McCullough completed his medical degree as an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He went on to complete his internal medicine residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, cardiology fellowship including service as Chief Fellow at William Beaumont Hospital, and master's degree in public health at the University of Michigan. Dr. McCullough directs cardiovascular education and research for the Baylor Health Care System and is a Vice Chief of Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX and is a Principal Faculty in internal medicine for the Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center. He is an internationally recognized authority on the role of chronic kidney disease as a cardiovascular risk state with over 1000 publications including the "Interface between Renal Disease and Cardiovascular Illness" in Braunwald's Heart Disease Textbook. In 2013, he was honored with the International Vicenza Award for Critical Care Nephrology for his outstanding contribution and dedication to the emerging problem of cardiorenal syndromes. Dr. McCullough is the current Chair of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP), the nation's largest community screening effort for chronic diseases. His works have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and other top-tier journals worldwide. He is the co-editor of Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine and serves on the editorial boards of multiple specialty journals.
Gerard Mullin, MD
Johns Hopkins
Dr. Mullin is an associate professor in the department of medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital where he chairs the hospitals Nutrition Advisory Committee. He is an internist, gastroenterologist and nutritionist. Dr. Mullin is nationally and internationally renowned for his work in integrative gastroenterology and nutrition.
In 2009 he was named by the American Dietetic Association as an honorary member. Dr. Mullin has authored/edited several books in nutrition and integrative medicine (thefoodmd.com/books) including his latest book, The Gut Balance Revolution (Rodale Press, 2015), which is the topic of today's symposium.
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD
University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences
Dr. Dennis Sullivan is a Professor and Vice Chair within the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. His clinical and research expertise is in the area of nutrition and rehabilitation of the frail elderly and assessment of health outcomes. The results of his research have been published in numerous journals.
Paul Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Paul Wischmeyer M.D. is a professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics (Nutrition Section) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he also serves as the Associate-Chair of Clinical and Translational Research and the Director of Nutrition Support/Therapy Services. He recently completed his term as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Dr. Wischmeyer earned his medical degree with honors at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his anesthesiology/critical care training at the University of Chicago. Dr. Wischmeyer's clinical and research focus is on Nutrition Therapy and Intensive Care Medicine. Dr. Wischmeyer's laboratory, the Translational PharmacoNutrition Laboratory (TPN Lab) has been awarded NIH and other peer reviewed grants to perform research ranging from basic mechanistic cell work to large-scale multi-center clinical trials in the field of acute care metabolism, nutrition, probiotics, and microbiome research. For his research, Dr. Wischmeyer has received numerous awards from national and international societies including The John M. Kinney Award for the most significant contribution to field of general nutrition, the Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and The Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Parenteral Nutrition Society (IPENEMA) for significant contributions to the field of parenteral nutrition.
Abstracts
Disease-related inflammation, malnutrition and lean body mass
Gordon L Jensen, MD, PhD, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
Lean Body Mass Loss for the Geriatric Patient: Clinical Implications
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences
Maintaining Lean Body Mass in the ICU
Paul Wischmeyer, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Lean Body Mass Loss in Surgical Patients
David C. Evans, MD, FACS, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio USA
Cardiac Cachexia and Lean Body Mass Loss
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, Baylor University Medical Center
Clinical Relevance of Cachexia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Melissa J. Benton, PhD, RN, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Acute Illness: Clinical and Nutritional Interventions
Robert Martindale, MD, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University
Despite challenges and inconsistencies in today's acute care setting, specialized nutrition has evolved from metabolic "support" during acute illness to a primary therapeutic intervention designed, individualized, and focused to achieve metabolic optimization and mitigation of stress-induced immune and hyperdynamic systemic responses. Nutrition should be considered early and commenced after initial resuscitation has taken place. This is most effectively accomplished with the use of protocols that aggressively promote early enteral nutrition, and will result in lower mortality and a reduction in major complications. Though the complexity of the heterogeneous hospitalized patient with serious acute illness will always be challenging but the nutrition community is developing a better understanding of immunity, metabolic needs, and catabolism associated with ICU admissions. In today's health care environment where value for service or intervention is required the aggressive nutritional therapy has been shown to be cost effective.
The Impact of Nutrition in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gerard Mullin, MD, Johns Hopkins
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