Corporate Event
Date & Time:
February 15, 2026
6:00 AM – 7:30 AM PT
Format:
In Person
What You'll Learn
This program provides a focused update on nutrition and therapeutic strategies across gastrointestinal motility disorders, short bowel syndrome, IBD, and eosinophilic esophagitis. Topics include evidence based nutrition assessment, metabolic surgery and GLP1 therapy, optimized TPN models, diet and pharmacologic interventions, and practical tools to improve outcomes in patients with complex gastrointestinal and nutrition challenges.
- Apply evidence based nutrition strategies to assess and manage malnutrition, sarcopenia, and complex GI conditions including motility disorders, short bowel syndrome, and IBD.
- Integrate advanced pharmacologic and therapeutic approaches—including metabolic surgery and GLP-1 therapy, anti‑motility agents, diet modification, and emerging eosinophilic esophagitis therapies into multidisciplinary care.
- Evaluate and optimize nutrition support models, with emphasis on centralized TPN systems, safe parenteral nutrition practices, and phase specific feeding strategies across diverse patient populations.
Accreditation Information:
Financial Support provided by Nestlé Health Science
Hot Topics 2026: Contemporary Nutrition Issues awards 1.5 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program. For Dietitians: Funding from non-CPE revenue for CPE planning, development, review, and/or presentation has been provided by Nestlé Health Science.
1.5 contact hours are available for Registered Nurses. Nestlé Health Science is a Continuing Education
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing; Provider Number 11366.
There is no charge for participating in this program.
By your participation in this event, you are declaring that your participation is in compliance with the laws of your state and presents no conflict of interest with your facility’s policies and procedures.
Pre-registration for this event is strongly encouraged. Please note this is an in-person event only.
This site is unable to accept pre-registration from NON-US attendees. International attendees will need to check in with an event staff member on the morning of the event.
Topics & Presenters
Nutrition and Sarcopenia in GI Motility Disorders
Gastroenterology Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Reframing Obesity Treatment: Integrating Metabolic Surgery and GLP-1–Based Therapy in a Multimodal Longitudinal Care Model
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Louisville
Medical Director of Advanced Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss
University of Louisville Health
Two Issues, One Patient: Comanaging Short Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Associate Professor
Medical Director of Nutrition Services, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Safety in Numbers: The Clinical and Economic Case for a Centralized US Home TPN Model
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dietary impacts to microbiome function in eosinophilic esophagitis
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Moderators:
Robert Martindale
MD, PhD, FASPENProfessor of Surgery
Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University
Medical Director
Hospital Nutrition Services, Oregon Health & Science University
Stephen A. McClave
MD, FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAFProfessor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Nutrition
School of Medicine, University of Louisville
Keith Miller
MDAssistant Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Health
Ryan Hurt
MD, PhD, FASPENProfessor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Chair
Division of General Internal Medicine , Mayo Clinic
Manpreet Mundi
MD, FASPENProfessor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic