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Publication Date: 01 June 2020
Publication Date: 01 June 2020
Presenter(s): Refaat Hegazi, Laura Matarese, Gerry Mullin
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
In this 33-minute podcast, Laura Matarese, PHD RDN, LDN, CNSC, FADA, FASPEN, FAND, Gerry Mullin, MD, MS, and Refaat Hegazi, MD, PhD, MS, MPH, MBA, discuss the central role muscle plays in immunity, recovery and overall health, and how ingredients like HMB can help improve patient outcomes.
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Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina, United State
Director of Integrative GI Nutrition Services
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Head of Global Medical Affairs
Abbott Nutrition
Columbus, OH, USA
Dr Refaat Hegazi is the head of Global Medical Affairs for Nutrition at Abbott. As a physician scientist, Dr Hegazi oversees a team of nutrition experts and medical directors who advance education, clinical research, science, and nutrition product development. He is passionate about leading his team to uncover the role of nutrition in health and disease. He is interested in studying the correlation between nutrition and immune and glycemic responses to develop therapies to manage chronic and acute diseases.
Dr Hegazi joined Abbott in 2009 and helped develop a global diabetes nutrition care model encompassing transcultural diet and lifestyle differences. Also an expert in malnutrition, he has contributed to advances in the treatment of malnutrition through healthcare coalitions and educational programs.
Dr Hegazi graduated from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt. He earned a Master of Occupational Health and Industrial Medicine from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine in Mansoura, Egypt. He also has a Master of Public Health from the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, he has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Business Administration from Franklin University. He completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr Hegazi is certified by the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists and has authored 50 peer-reviewed articles and five book chapters.
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