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Understanding Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome: A Dietetic Led Approach to Management

Program Date: 18 May 2021

Publication Date: 09 September 2021

Continuing Education Credits: Non-accredited

Course Description

In this UK-hosted course, you’ll recognise the presentation and management of non-IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy in relation to FPIES; demonstrate how symptom resolution is possible using an appropriate amino acid-based formula; and assess the impact of FPIES on nutritional status and growth in infancy with reference to current national and international guidelines. Originally presented as a live webinar on 18 May 2021.

Course Objectives
  • Recognise the presentation and management of non-IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy in relation to FPIES. 
  • Demonstrate how symptom resolution is possible using an appropriate amino acid-based formula. 
  • Assess the impact of FPIES on nutritional status and growth in infancy with reference to current national and international guidelines.

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Carina Venter, PhD, RD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Section of Allergy and Immunology
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO, USA

Dr Venter is an Allergy Specialist Dietitian and works as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. She obtained her BS in Dietetics from the University of the Free State in South Africa. Venter furthered her education by obtaining a post-graduate degree and a PhD from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. She has over 90 publications in international journals and has authored several book chapters. Dr Venter regularly gets invited to present at national and international conferences on topics relating to nutrition and allergic diseases.

Rebecca Stevenson, MSc, RD

Medical Director, United Kingdom 
Abbott Nutrition International 
Maidenhead, UK 

Rebecca Stevenson has served as the Medical Director of Abbott Nutrition UK since 2016. She has an extensive background in clinical nutrition working as a Paediatric Dietitian specializing in liver, gastroenterology, neonatology, allergy, and general paediatrics at Kings College Hospital trust, Royal London Hospital, UCLH. Additionally, she has worked as a Paediatrric and Sports Nutrition Dietitian in her own consultant business for several years prior to joining Abbott. She is a member of the British Dietetic Association and served on the research committee for 3 years. Volunteer experience includes serving as a volunteer mentor for Chiva Africa as a member of the interdisciplinary team in Zwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa for HIV anti-retroviral roll-out education.

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Category
Pediatric Allergies & Food Intolerance