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Scientific Session

Patient engagement/self-management
General Topic: Clinical Science

14T166: Personalized Nutrition for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Location: Room 1A-B
CE: 1

In Person On Demand

    Speaker(s)

  • DC

    Danica Cowan, MS

    University of California San Francisco
    San Francisco, CA, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

  • HK

    Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD, MBA

    Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine
    Washington, DC, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

  • Sarah Patterson, MD

    University of California, San Francisco
    Pacifica, CA, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

This session will discuss nutritional interventions commonly recommended for patients with rheumatic diseases, including the autoimmune protocol diet, intermittent fasting, as well as the Mediterranean and ketogenic diets. This session will review the benefits and limits of each diet and how to personalize dietary recommendations according to the individual patient and their underlying rheumatic disease and comorbidities.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the four most common nutritional interventions used in patients with rheumatic disease.
  • Recognize how to tailor a nutritional intervention to the individual patient, considering their underlying rheumatic disease, comorbidities, and concurrent medications.
  • Understand how specific nutritional interventions may affect the gut microbiome, a key participant in the pathogenesis of diverse rheumatic diseases.

Presentations:

  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
    Understanding How Nutritional Interventions Affect Disease Outcomes Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Speaker: Sarah Patterson, MD – University of California, San Francisco

  • 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    Implementing Personalized Nutrition in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: The Importance of Integrating Dieticians into Your Rheumatology Practice

    Speaker: Danica Cowan, MS – University of California San Francisco

  • 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM PT
    Plant-Based Diets and Rheumatic Disease

    Speaker: Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD, MBA – Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine

  • 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Q&A