International Clinical Nutrition Section Forum: Equity in Clinical Nutrition: Bridging the gap between high- and low-resource settings

Section Forum

Date & Time:

February 14, 2027

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT

Format:

In Person

CE Credits:

1 Hours

Course Level:

Intermediate

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Challenges and opportunities involved in delivering high-quality clinical nutrition across diverse healthcare and resource settings.
  • Practical solutions using evidence-based guidelines and standards of care, adapted to different levels of resource availability without compromising patient safety or the fundamental principles of good clinical nutrition practice.
  • Recognition of disparities in nutrition care exist not only between countries, but also within countries, institutions, and communities.
  • Successful strategies and experiences from both higher- and lower-resource environments, illustrating use of innovation, collaboration, education, and resource-sensitive approaches can help overcome barriers to optimal nutrition care.

 

Join the International Clinical Nutrition Section’s panel of international nutrition experts as they provide insight to how socioeconomic, geographic, institutional, and healthcare-system disparities affect the identification and management of malnutrition and the delivery of nutrition support.

Topics & Presenters

Vanessa Fuchs Tarlovsky
MD, PhD, RD

Clinical Researcher

Hospital General de México

Founder of the Nutrition Support Service

Hospital General de México

Mexico City, Mexico
Maria Paula Coelho
MD

Pediatric Surgeon

Sabará Hospital Infantil

Head of Intestinal Rehabilitation Program

Sabará Hospital Infantil

São Paulo, Brazil
Radha R. Chada
PhD, RD, MBA

Chief Clinical Dietitian & HoD

Asian Institute of Gastroenterology

Hyderabad, India
Teresa Pounds
PharmD, BCNSP, FNAPPSA

Founder and President

West African Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (WASPEN)

Staff Pharmacist

Grady Memorial Hospital

Atlanta, GA
Gil Hardy
PhD, FRSC, FASPEN

Director

Ipanema Research Trust

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Nutrition

Massey University

Auckland, New Zealand
Theodoric Wong
MD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Birmingham, United Kingdom