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The Role for Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease provides an overview of the prevalence of IBD, its pathogenesis, and the role of diet as both a risk factor and a treatment for IBD.
The post-presentation discussion between Dr. Cohen and Dr. Konijeti provides insight into some of the relevant issues of the clinical application of nutrition including the following:
- Why Patients Are Interested In Dietary Treatment
- When It Is Appropriate
- The Science Behind Available Dietary Options
- Role of Diet in Combination with Medication
- Overview of the Challenges In Diet Treatment
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Speaker: Nathaniel A. Cohen, MD
Dr. Cohen is currently completing an Advanced IBD Fellowship at the University of Chicago Medicine and prior to this he was an attending gastroenterologist at the Tel Aviv Medical Center in Israel. His research focus is in inflammatory bowel diseases and he was involved in both the CRAFT-UC and Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet studies.
Moderator: Gauree Konijeti, MD, MPH
Dr. Konijeti is the Director of the IBD Program and an attending gastroenterologist at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA, where she focuses on diet and nutrition within her research and takes an integrated approach to practice.
Webinar
The Role for Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Date(s): May 12, 2022
Time(s): 7:00 PM ET
Audience: Clinicians, Patients
Event Type: Zoom Webinar
Speaker(s): Nathaniel A. Cohen, MD (Speaker); Gauree Konijeti, MD, MPH (Moderator)
Hosted By: Nutritional Therapy for IBD
This webinar was planned and produced by Nutritional Therapy for IBD and was made possible through the generous support of our sponsor, Nestlé Health Science.
