Special Considerations: Implementing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in Patients with Diabetes

David Evans, MD, FACS

Trauma, Acute Care, Critical Care Surgeon and Nutrition Support Specialist
OhioHealth Grant Medical Center
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery, Ohio University
Columbus, OH, USA

David C Evans is a trauma, acute care, and critical care surgeon at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, and Medical Director of the System Nutrition Support Team at OhioHealth — a 12-hospital network. David is also an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery at Ohio University. Prior to his current role, he led the nutrition support and trauma programs at The Ohio State University. His interests include nutrition support in surgical and ICU patients and research in surgery and trauma care. He has served as an investigator in multiple clinical trials focused on the areas of nutrition and infection and is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.

Katie Porter Starr, PhD, RDN

Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics

Duke University School of Medicine 
Health Scientist, Durham VA Medical Center 
Durham, NC, USA

Dr Starr is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine at Duke University and a Research Health Scientist at the Durham VA Medical Center, USA. Dr Starr completed her doctorate in Foods and Nutrition at the University of Georgia, and received the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Post-Doctoral National Research Service Award at Duke’s Center for the Study of Aging. She is Co-Director of the Center for Aging Clinical Nutrition Laboratory, and her research focuses on older adults at risk for chronic health conditions and functional disability. Currently, she is Co-PI for clinical trials investigating the impact of protein consumption on lean muscle mass in obese, frail older adults undergoing weight loss interventions, and PI for a Career Development Award assessing the benefits of perioperative protein supplementation in vulnerable geriatric populations. Finally, she serves as a content expert for the ASPEN Surgical Nutrition Evidenced Based Guidelines.

Amie Heap, MPH, RD

Director, Health Policy, Education & Alliances 
Director, Abbott Nutrition Health Institute 
Columbus, OH, USA

Amie serves as the Director of Health Policy, Education and Alliances and as the Director of the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute. In this capacity she directs the creation of health and nutrition resources that assist healthcare professionals, and the populations they serve, on a global level. As part of this role, Amie establishes partnerships with domestic and international organizations working to address the challenge of preventing, identifying, and treating malnutrition.

Prior to joining Abbott, Amie served as the Senior Nutrition Advisor in the Office of HIV/AIDS in the Bureau of Global Health at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In this position, Amie provided technical assistance to 30 countries in eastern and southern Africa, southeast Asia and the Caribbean implementing global HIV/nutrition/food security programs. She also served as the HIV/nutrition strategic information liaison to the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. 

Amie received a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from Brigham Young University and a Master of Public Health degree from The George Washington University.