Dr. Christine Wood is a pediatrician with expertise in the management of the medical complications of eating disorders and is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) as designated by the International Association of Eating Disorder Specialists (IAEDP).
She has been in private pediatric practice in North County San Diego since 1990 until 2022 and then had her own practice for two years as an eating disorder consultant. She is currently the Medical Director for the residential eating disorder treatment center at Center for Discovery in Del Mar since 2013. In 2022, she was appointed as the National Physician Liaison for the eating disorder division of Center for Discovery.
She has published several articles in magazines and in medical journals. Of note, she was a co-author of a Clinical Report published in September 2016 in Pediatrics, titled “Preventing Eating Disorders and Obesity in Adolescents.” She is also the author of the book, How to Get Kids to Eat Great & Love It.
She graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and went on to Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles for her pediatric residency.
Understanding and Navigating Eating Disorder Treatment Pathways and Managing Medical Complications Across Levels of Care
Treating eating disorder patients takes an understanding of what type of treatment paths are available, known as Levels of Care (LOC). Matching the treatment level with the medical presentation of the patient is an important part of achieving treatment success. Understanding the different medical complications which can be life-threatening and medically damaging, is extremely important in the ability to make a decision on the correct LOC. Participants will learn from two medical doctors in the field, one treating patients at the residential level, and the other treating patients at the hospita...Read morel level of care. Although this presentation targets medical professionals, all who care for eating disorder patients will benefit from becoming aware of the medical complications in this population. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify 2-3 tools to use to screen for patients with eating disorders.
- Describe the different levels of care for patients with eating disorders and what medical and clinical criteria meet treatment at that particular level of care.
- Identify different medical complications in this population of patients.
Learning Levels
- All levels
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Live Interactive Webinar
12:00 PM PST - 01:00 PM PST
EARN 1 CE Credit Hours
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About the speakers
Christine Wood, MD, CEDS
Center for Discovery National Physician Liaison
Dennis Gibson MD, FACP, CEDS
Clinical Operations Director ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition at Denver Health
Dr. Dennis Gibson serves as the Clinical Operations Director at ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition at Denver Health, he joined ACUTE in 2017 and has since dedicated his clinical efforts to the life-saving medical care of patients with extreme forms of eating disorders and severe malnutrition. He has quickly developed an expertise in the treatment of this extremely ill and underserved population, and he is actively involved in several research initiatives to help identify evidence-based treatment best practices to address the serious medical complications of eating disorders. Dr. Gibson is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate degree at Albion College in Michigan and earned his medical degree at Southern Illinois University. He completed his internal medicine residency at University of South Florida, is Board certified in Internal Medicine and earned the prestigious CEDS Certified Eating Disorder Specialist credential from iaedp International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals.
Agenda
12-1:00pm CE Presentation and Q&ACE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour
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