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Presenter(s): Jeffrey Mechanick, MD, PhD(hc), FACP, FACN, MACE, FASPEN, Robert Kushner, MD, Ana Maria Gomez, MD, Carla Prado, PhD, RD
Presenter(s): Jeffrey Mechanick, MD, PhD(hc), FACP, FACN, MACE, FASPEN, Robert Kushner, MD, Ana Maria Gomez, MD, Carla Prado, PhD, RD
Date: 22 June 2025
Time: 6:30-8 PM CT
Location: Regency Ballroom AB, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Continuing Education Credits: Non-accredited
Join ANHI at the American Diabetes Association's 85th Scientific Conference for an in-person dinner symposium, or join us virtually!
In this presentation, Nutrition, Diabetes and Obesity Care: Bridging Evidence and Clinical Practice, our presenting expert speakers will address the following objectives:
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Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at Mount Sinai Fusher Heart Hospital
Director, Metabolic Support, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Medical Education,
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Head of Endocrinology,
Hospital Universitario San Ignacio
Professor of Medicine, Javeriana University
Bogotá, Columbia
Dr Ana Maria Gomez is the head of Endocrinology at the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia. She is a professor of medicine at Javeriana University in Bogotá. Dr Gomez has extensive experience in diabetes and technology, and she has published numerous journal articles and been involved in multiple investigations on these topics.
Dr Gomez received her MD from the New Granada Military University in Bogotá. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Endocrinology at the Pontificia Universidad Javeria in Bogotá. Dr. Gomez’s professional affiliations include the Columbian Association of Endocrinology, the Latin American Diabetes Association, the GLED Latin American Group of Epidemiology in Diabetes, and the Columbian Association of Internal Medicine. At the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, she is a clinical researcher and the coordinator of the Diabetes Obesity and Technology Research Group. She is a senior researcher in the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Columbia.
Distinguished University Professor
Research Chair, Integrative Nutrition,
Body Composition & Energy Metabolism
Director, Human Nutrition Research Unit
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, CA
Dr Carla Prado is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and a Registered Dietitian. She holds a Campus Alberta Innovates Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health and is the Director of the Human Nutrition Research Unit, a state-of-the-art research and training facility. Dr Prado was recently recognized as one of the most influential young Canadian leaders, receiving Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award.
Carla is an expert in body composition assessment. Her research program focuses on the identification and treatment of abnormalities in body composition (especially low muscle mass), with a special interest in cancer. The focus of her current research program is to develop targeted nutrition interventions for the prevention and treatment of low muscle mass in cancer. She shares her expertise as an Associate Editor of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.
Dr Prado received her PhD from the University of Alberta, Canada, and has completed further training at the Cross Cancer Institute (Canada), the National Institutes of Health (USA), and Newcastle University (UK).
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