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Integrative Nutrition and the Gut:
Gastroenterology with an Integrative Medicine Approach

2012 Clinical Nutrition Seminar featuring keynote speaker Gerry Mullin, MD, director, John Hopkins University Integrative Nutrition Services
Friday, October 12
KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

Sponsored by
KU Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
KU Integrative Medicine


Event Details

When:
Friday, October 12, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Where:
KU Medical Center
Kansas City, Kan. (map)

Continuing Professional Education Units: Registered Dietitians earn 3.5 contact hours upon program completion. Certificates of participation are available for subsequent education approval in other health care disciplines.

Accommodations are available for persons with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact KUMC Equal Opportunity/Disability Specialist, 913-588-7813 (TTY: 711).


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Program Schedule

8:30 a.m.

Registration

4024 Varnes, 4th floor School of Nursing Building
KU Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, Kan.

8:50 a.m.

Welcome

9:00 a.m.

Keynote
Fire in the Gut I: Nutritional Modulation of IBS

Gerard Mullin, MD, Director, Integrative GI Nutrition Services
Johns Hopkins Hospital

GerardMullin (photo)Gerard E. Mullin, MD, is a board-certified internist, gastroenterologist and nutritionist. Dr. Mullin's clinical experience is in the field of integrative gastroenterology, and he is the author of Integrative Gastroenterology, The Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Nutrition Desk Reference and The Inside Tract.

Dr. Mullin was the youngest person to receive an honorary membership from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2009). He is a founding member of the American Board of Integrative Medicine and is board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology and nutrition. To learn more about this colorful speaker, visit Dr. Mullin's website.

10:00 a.m.

Book Signing – "Food is Medicine"

A special addition to this year's program, join in our recognition of Food Day K.C. with KU Medical Center's student-led interest group.

10:30 a.m.

Breath Test and Gut Flora view slides PDF document (graphic)

Tuba Esfandyari, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Motility – KU School of Medicine

11:30 a.m.

Fire in the Gut II:
Nutritional Modulation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gerard Mullin, MD

12:30 a.m.

Closing Remarks view slides PDF document (graphic)

Jeanne Drisko, MD, CNS, Director, KU Integrative Medicine

Following the Program ...

Tours of the Nutrition Clinic with Bod Pod & Pea Pod equipment, Google Fiber Telemedicine Nutrition Clinic and KU Integrative Medicine Healing Arts Kitchen on the University of Kansas Medical Center campus.

Parking & accommodations:
Validate your ticket at an information desk. Please allow a few minutes to walk to the School of Nursing Building from the Olathe public parking garage across from the Medical Office Building on Olathe Boulevard.

Attendees can find lunch within walking distance at a variety of restaurants located along 39th Street and along Rainbow Boulevard.

CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT

KU Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Mail Stop 4013
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160

email: dietetics@kumc.edu
Tel: (913) 588-5355
Fax: (913) 588-8946
TTY: 711