Preconference Course
Date & Time:
February 14, 2026
7:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Format:
In Person & Virtual
CE Credits:
5.0 Hours
Course level:
Intermediate
Breakfast and Lunch Provided
What You'll Learn
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, malignancy, gastrointestinal disease, obesity, and trauma/critical care. The course will conclude with presentations of complex clinical case vignettes by an expert panel. It is open to all healthcare professionals; 5 CME credits are available for physicians only.
- 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.
Supported in part by
Students and trainees may attend free with valid proof of status.
Topics & Presenters
Keynote Address: From Fructose to Fatty Liver: Translating Sugar Science Into Smarter Strategies to Support Liver Health
Professor of Medicine; Endowed Professor in Liver Health and Transplantation
UCSF School of Medicine
Dietary Approaches for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Mechanisms and Evidence
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director of Clinical Research
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, UCLA Health
Fueling the Fight: Nutrition Strategies for Thriving Through Chemotherapy
Director
UCLA Center for Human Nutrition
Lynda and Stewart Resnick Endowed Chair in Human Nutrition
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Professor of Medicine and Chief
Division of Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Medication Therapy for Obesity
Clinical Medical Educator
Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition
Associate Professor
Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Division of Endocrinology, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Enteral Nutrition After Abdominal Trauma: Reusing Broken Things
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Director, Surgical ICU and Director, TPN Services
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Ethics and the Practice of Medical Nutrition
Professor of Medicine (retired)
Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Past Director of Medical Nutrition
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Associate Clinical Ethicist
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical Case Vignettes
Gastroenterologist
Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Moderators:
Jennifer Katz
MD, FACG, PNSAssistant Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology , NYU Langone Health
Lindsey Russell
MD, MSc, CNSC, FRCPCGastroenterologist
Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Michael Owen-Michaane
MD, MA, CNSCAssistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Assistant Director of Medical Nutrition
Columbia University Irving Medical Center