Webinars

Adult and Pediatric Malnutrition Screening and Assessment

Presenter(s): Carley Rusch, PhD, RDN, LDN

Date: 04 June 2025

Time: 3-4 PM ET

Location: Virtual

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Please join us for a free, live Continuing Education program with Abbott Nutrition's Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team in collaboration with ANHI. This webinar will address the following learning objectives:

  • Discuss validated screening tools for adult and pediatric malnutrition.
  • Review the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy)/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) indicators for the diagnosis of adult and pediatric malnutrition (AAIM).
  • Examine how to perform the nutrition-focused physical exam (NFPE), including subcutaneous fat loss and muscle wasting assessment.

This is the third of three courses in the Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam webinar series.

Register for all three courses below:

  • Course 1: Adult Malnutrition Screening and Assessment
  • Course 2: Extending the Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam: Assessing Clinical Signs of Micronutrient Deficiencies
  • Course 3: Adult and Pediatric Malnutrition Screening and Assessment

Nurse Contact 1.0 CE and Dietitian 1.0 CPEU are available for each course.

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Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam Webinar Series

Presenter Bio(s):

Carley Rusch, PhD, RDN, LDN

Adult Medical Science Liaison
Medical Affairs & Research
Abbott Nutrition 
Gainesville, FL, USA

Carley Rusch is a Medical Science Liaison in Medical Affairs & Research at Abbott, specializing in Adult Therapeutic Nutrition. Prior to joining Abbott, Dr Rusch completed her bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida (UF), specializing in Dietetics. She earned her master’s degree and completed her dietetic internship through the MS-DI program at UF. During her dietetic training, she also served as a research coordinator on a variety of study protocols, including topics on gastrointestinal dysfunction, inflammation, pre- and probiotics, and the gut microbiome. She then went on to work as an inpatient dietitian at AdventHealth Orlando and served as a preceptor for their dietetic internship program. Her clinical experience spans a variety of disease states, such as cancer, gastrointestinal and neurological disorders, malnutrition, and critical care.

After working in clinical practice, Dr Rusch completed her PhD in Nutritional Sciences at UF. Her doctoral research investigated the effect of the Mediterranean diet on improving constipation and intestinal inflammation in Parkinson’s disease. She has taught multiple undergraduate and graduate courses on nutrition, metabolism, and research methods during her graduate programs. In 2020, she was awarded Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year by the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dr Rusch has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been invited to present at national and international conferences.

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