Metabolic Health Symposium

Catalyzing Science to Action for Transformation and Resilience Across the Lifespan

Originally Aired: Thursday, June 9 - Saturday, June 11, 2022
On-Demand Access

On demand, accredited access to the lectures are now available, bundled by topic. These four part content bundles explore and apply the science of metabolic health and nutrition organized around the pillars of metabolic health:

Introduction to Metabolic Health
Day 1: Protect the Liver
Day 2: Feed the Gut
Day 3: Support the Brain

Metabolic Health CME

This medical education symposium will explore and apply the science of metabolic health and nutrition over the lifespan.  It features over 30 hours of accredited, educational content.

Healthcare professionals, it's time to heed the pandemic's wake-up call about the link between diet-related diseases and chronic illness. Now, more than ever, we must realize the link between diet, lifestyle, and the majority of chronic diseases that plague modern society. The prevalence of obesity and metabolic disease in the form of prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and lipid disorders is a serious problem that continues to grow at an alarming rate, even among younger populations. From pediatrics to geriatrics, there is no systems-wide approach. Researchers increasingly recognize that obesity is a disease state that is driven not by a lack of willpower, but a dysfunctional food system. Our society and environment encourages overeating of toxic calories, which is compounded by increasing levels of stress, poor sleep hygiene, and lack of exercise, setting millions on the path to poor health outcomes and chronic disease.
 
Join your colleagues and respected leaders as we educate ourselves into a more promising future. Swedish Medical Center's Metabolic Health and Nutrition CME Symposium is back with a powerful call to action.  Building upon two previous highly acclaimed national conferences, the bar has been set high. Implementing effective nutrition intervention in metabolic disease requires unlearning previously accepted truths, taking action to prevent the development of metabolic syndrome, and managing and reversing those that are already established. It makes little sense to continue promoting the status quo. We need to reevaluate the science, the history, and re-educate ourselves on how to reverse this pandemic of diet and lifestyle driven diseases, and that is the goal this symposium aims to achieve.SwedishMetabolicMatrix

Intended Audience
This course is designed for physicians and all allied health professionals who care for patients in the United States and beyond. Specifically including the following specialties: family, internal, and pediatric medicine, nutrition, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gerontology, neurology, pharmacy, and obesity medicine/bariatric medicine.

More information and registration for each on-demand content bundle can be found via the links below.  Fees will apply to purchase each bundle of accredited education.  Please see the Fees tab below for more details.

Introduction to Metabolic Health (8 hours of content)

Day 1: Protect the Liver (9.25 hours)

Day 2: Feed the Gut (9.75 hours)

Day 3: Support the Brain (9.5 hours)

Details

The prevalence of metabolic disease in the form of pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), lipid disorders and dementia is a very serious problem that continues to grow at an alarming rate. It affects people throughout their lives, from development in utero to old age.  The impact on quality of life through every stage underscores the urgent need for more effective strategies to promote healthy eating and physical habits that will support robust health throughout the lifespan.

Many clinicians are not adequately prepared to discuss diet and nutrition with patients and their families. The majority of medical schools have no requirements for nutrition coursework and those that do require an average of just two credits about nutrition. Further, our understanding of nutritional science and the development of metabolic disease is evolving daily. Conventional thinking is that obesity is the central issue. Eighty percent of the population with obesity do in fact have metabolic disease (57 million). However, what typically isn’t recognized is that forty percent of the population without obesity also has metabolic disease (67 million).  Blind spots such as these prevent practitioners from diagnosing metabolic disease and getting to the root of the problem.

Our society has been concerned with nutrition and diet-related disease for decades, however, despite good intentions, prevailing dietary recommendations have only made matters worse. Implementing effective interventions in patients with metabolic disease requires unlearning previously myths and misunderstandings about nutrition, taking action to prevent the development of metabolic disorders, and managing and reversing that which is already established.

Agenda


2022 On Demand Lecture Full Agenda  (A pop-up pdf will open.) - Content for on-demand is divided per day with the original pre-recorded lecture bundle as the "Introduction to Metabolic Health" on-demand option.

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Objectives

By attending this course, the participant will provide better patient care through an increased ability to:
  • Name systems in the body that can assist health care professionals predict the potential development of metabolic disease and take steps to prevent it
  • Discuss the impact of metabolic disease on patients, families, communities and health care systems; and describe the societal cost of metabolic disorders
  • Educate patients on the connection between diet and metabolic disease
  • Encourage patients to prepare and consume foods that promote metabolic health
  • Advocate for better nutrition and nutrition education to improve community health related to diet and lifestyle-driven diseases

Credit

For On-Demand Access:
Accreditation with Commendation

Swedish Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Swedish Medical Center designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 36.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Credits by on-demand content bundle options:

  • Introduction to Metabolic Health: 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Metabolic Health Symposium: Day 1 Protect the Liver - 9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Metabolic Health Symposium: Day 2 Feed the Gut - 9.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Metabolic Health Symposium: Day 3 Support the Brain - 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Other Health Professionals
Many credentialing bodies, societies and boards (such as Nurses, PAs, PTs, Social Workers) accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ as an equivalent credit hour as long as the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline. If you have any doubts whether an activity will qualify for CE, please check our planned agenda and contact your board prior to registering for the course.

Registered Nurses
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME for the purpose of recertification.

Nurse Practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certified Program (AANPCP) and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

American Academy of Physician Assistant
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME or a recognized state medical society. 

Faculty

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Maya Adam, M.D.

Puja Agarwal, Ph.D.

Monica Aggarwal, M.D.

Vicki Alexander, M.D.

Michelle Babb, MS, RDN, CD

Keith Berkowitz, M.D.

Jeffrey Bland, M.D.

Kevin Boyd, DDS

Adam Cady, PA-C, NHS, ATC, CSCS

Ann Marie Childers, M.D., FAPA

Ann Cooper, Chef, CEC

Dominic D'Agostino, Ph.D

Andreas Eenfeldt, M.D.

Elisa Epel, Ph.D.

Thomas Flass, M.D., MS

Christopher Gardner, Ph.D

Rachel Gow, Ph.D

Joan Ifland, Ph.D, MBA

Andreas Kornstadt, M.D.

David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.

Robert Lustig, M.D., MSL

Aseem Malhotra, M.D.

Susan Maples, DDS

Carlos Monteiro, M.D., Ph.D.

Julia Mossbridge, MA, Ph.D.

Tim Noakes, M.D.

Christopher Palmer, M.D.

Julia Ross

Trina Seligman, ND

Saray Stancic, M.D.

Kimber Stanhope, M.D.

Nina Teicholz, MPhil

Cindy Thompson, MS, EMT-P, MVLCE

Jeff Tkach

Miriam Voss, M.D.

Swedish CME maintains full control of the content of every course we provide. It is our policy to identify and mitigate all speaker and planner conflicts of interest with any ineligible companies. Each speaker is required to give a balanced, evidence-based presentation that is free of commercial bias.


Planning Committee

Uma Pisharody, MD, FAAP, Course Chair
Wolfram Alderson, MS
Arti Chandra, M.D., MPH
Rachel Gow, Ph.D.
Leslie Lee, MS, RD, CNSC
Elizabeth Meade, M.D., FAAP
Nicole Roehrig, MSN, R.N., CPN
Roberta Ruggiero
Kristen Shane, RN, BSN
Sherri Zorn, M.D.
Michelle Eng, CME Manager
Danielle Posadas, CME Specialist, Sr. 

Fees

Registration fees for the on-demand access of each of the lecture bundles are listed below.   Those that do not need educational credits and wish to view the content only can purchase access at $50 per bundle.

Fees by on-demand content bundle options:

  • Introduction to Metabolic Health: 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  
    MD/DO - $200,  Allied Health Professionals - $100,  No credit/viewing only - $50

  • Metabolic Health Symposium: Day 1 Protect the Liver - 9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
    MD/DO - $230,  Allied Health Professionals - $115,  No credit/viewing only - $50

  • Metabolic Health Symposium: Day 2 Feed the Gut - 9.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
    MD/DO - $240,  Allied Health Professionals - $125,  No credit/viewing only - $50

  • Metabolic Health Symposium: Day 3 Support the Brain - 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
    MD/DO - $235,  Allied Health Professionals - $120,  No credit/viewing only - $50

Access to the recorded lecture playlist for each will be provided via email after registration.