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A Patient-Centric Approach to Integrating Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Care

Presenter(s): John Stutts, MD, MPH, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF, and David Gardinier, RD, LD

Date: 07 October 2025

Time: Noon-1 PM ET

Location: Live webinar

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

In this free, live, accredited webinar, John Stutts, MD, MPH, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF, and David Gardinier, RD, LD, will:

  • Discuss the essential role of nutrition, alongside medications, in managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • Identify clinical nutrition goals and select evidence-based nutritional options to support them
  • Evaluate patients' interest or motivation in nutrition, as well as their available resources to support dietary changes
  • Discuss a clinical case study, using the IBD Nutrition NavigatorTM, for a patient with IBD
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Presenter Bio(s):

John Stutts, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Pediatric Nutrition 
Medical Affairs and Research, Abbott Nutrition 
Columbus, OH, USA

John Stutts, MD, MPH, is the Medical Director of Pediatric Nutrition at Abbott. He has participated in numerous clinical trials in his tenure, including many studies with the Norton Children’s Pediatric Clinical Research Unit. He is a past member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Professional Education, Public Education, and Professional Development Committees. Dr Stutts earned his Bachelor of Science from Purdue University and his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Louisville. He completed his Pediatric Residency, Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship, and Master of Public Health from Vanderbilt University.

David Gardinier, RD, LD

IBD and Celiac Disease Dietitian, Center for Human Nutrition
Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute 
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

David Gardinier is a registered dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Human Nutrition. He specializes in medical nutrition therapy for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease as a part of the Cleveland Clinic IBD medical home. David currently serves on the National Scientific Advisory Committee and the local Healthcare Professional Engagement Committee of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.  His interests include the use of computed tomography as a supportive tool to assess nutritional status and perioperative nutritional care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAM

Associate Professor of Medicine 
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dr Ashwin Ananthakrishnan is the Director of the MGH Crohn's and Colitis Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He completed his medical school training at JIPMER in India and subsequently obtained his Masters in Public Health degree at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. After completing his GI fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he joined the faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital where he is involved in clinical care, research, and teaching. In addition to his clinical expertise in the management of patients with complex IBD, he has been involved in NIH-funded investigations using large prospective cohorts to define the role of environment on IBD. He is also conducting studies aimed to personalize IBD therapy by defining individual patient trajectories and to understand the appropriate treatment algorithms in vulnerable populations including the elderly. He has published over 250 manuscripts, has co-authored two textbooks in IBD, and is an Associate Editor at Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology in addition to serving on multiple editorial boards.

 

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CE CPEU Pediatric Disease State