The Healthcare Nutrition Council (HNC) and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) invite you to attend the “Medical Foods Workshop: Science, Regulation and Practical Aspects” taking place August 13-14 in Washington, DC.

Discuss the regulatory framework for medical foods in the U.S. with clinicians, regulators, patients, and other interested stakeholders. If you have an interest in nutrition policy, you don’t want to miss this event!

Find the agenda and register by August 6 here: healthcarenutrition.org/medical-foods-workshop-2019

A livestream option is available at a discounted rate for those who cannot attend in person. A discounted student rate is available.

A few sessions and speakers include:

The Current Regulatory Framework of Medical Foods: Challenges and Opportunities

Speaker: Tim Morck, Spectrum Nutrition LLC

Learnings from the 2018 NASEM Workshop on Examining Special Nutritional Requirements in Disease States

Speaker: Barbara Schneeman, UC Davis

The Role of Clinical Guidelines in “Distinctive Nutritional Requirements”

Speaker: Ainsley Malone, American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Practicality of the Usage of Medical Foods to Assure Compliance and Meet Nutritional Requirements: Healthcare Providers Perspectives on Three Disease States

Speaker: Dr. Eric Kossoff, Johns Hopkins Medicine (Intractable Epilepsy)

Speaker: Dr. Osama Hamdy, Harvard Medical School (Spectrum of Diabetic Patients)

Speaker: Alison Steiber, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (End-Stage Renal Disease)