About this course

Learning Objectives

• The Medical Evaluation of a Patient with an Eating Disorder
• Special Medical Considerations
• Medical Complications in Patients with Eating Disorders

Course Instructor(s)

• Eva Maria Trujillo, MD, CEDS, FAED

  Medical Director, Comenzar de Nuevo

  Médico Cirujano con Especialidad en Pediatría y Medicina del Adolescente y Adulto Joven. Especialista en Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria. Director Médico de Comenzar de Nuevo, Centro Internacional de Tratamiento para TCA desde hace 15 años. Presidente Capítulo Internacional, IAEDP Miembro del Consejo de Directores de IAEDP Director de Membresías y Capacidad Global, AED Miembro del Consejo de Directores de AED

• Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS

  Executive Medical Director & Chief Medical Officer, Eating Recovery Center

  Philip Mehler, as Executive Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer, is the head of medical services across Eating Recovery Center’s (ERC) National treatment spectrum at all levels of care. Prior to ERC, he served as Medical Director-Denver Health and Hospital Authority. While at Denver Health for 30 years, he founded ACUTE and continues as its Executive Medical Director. Dr. Mehler has conducted research into optimal treatment of severe cases of anorexia and bulimia, authoring 400 publications, including Medical Complications of Eating Disorders now in its third edition. He is the recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Clinician Award (AED) and recognized among the “Best Doctors in America” for 20 consecutive years. He is the Glassman Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado.

References

• Keys, A., Brozek, J., & Henschel, A. (1950). The biology of human starvation. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
• Nielsen, S. (2002). Eating disorders in females with type 1 diabetes: an update of a metaanalysis. Eur Eat Disord Rev, 10(4), 241-254.
• Nagata, J. M., Ganson, K. T., & Murray, S. B. (2020). Eating disorders in adolescent boys and young men: an update. Curr Opin Pediatr, 32(4), 476-481.
• Keys, A., Brozek, J., Henschel, A., Mickelsen, O., & Taylor, H. L. (1950). The biology of human starvation. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
• Mehler, P. S., Watters, A., Joiner, T. E., Jr., & Krantz, M. J. (2022). What accounts for the high mortality of anorexia nervosa? Int J Eat Disord, 55(5), 633-636.
• Eseaton, P., Sanwo, E., Anighoro, S. O., John, E., Okobia, N. O., Enosolease, U., . . . Edigin, E. (2022). Emergency department utilization by patients with eating disorders: a national population-based study. Cureus, 14(8), e28526.
• Bahia, A., Mascolo, M., Gaudiani, J. L., & Mehler, P. S. (2012). PseudoBartter syndrome in eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord, 45(1), 150-153.
• Mann, S., Hollis, J., Frederics, T., Watters, A., Oakes, J., Cass, S. P., & Mehler, P. S. (2022). Transient patulous eustachian tube in severe anorexia nervosa: a prospective observational study. Laryngoscope Invest Otolaryngol, 7(4), 1143-1149.