Nutritional management of upper gastrointestinal surgery Presented by Dr Sharon Carey, PhD, APD
Nutrition management of Upper GI surgical patients is multifaceted.
Our clients move from diagnosis into the perioperative then post-operative periods. They are then faced with the issues involved in long-term management, and unfortunately often into palliative care. However, at every stage nutrition can play a major part in improving clinical outcomes and quality of life for this patient group. Sharon explained our extremley important role in the management of people requiring upper GI surgery
About the presenter:
Dr Sharon Carey is Head of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney she is a Gastrointestinal Specialist Dietitian and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. She has had more than 10 years’ experience in the area of gastroenterology and has a specific interest in major gastrointestinal surgery including intestinal failure. In 2008 she was awarded a Churchill Scholarship for her work in the nutritional management of intestinal failure. Sharon completed her PhD through the University of Sydney in 2013, which involved an in-depth look at the long-term nutritional consequences of major upper gastrointestinal surgeries, and the impact the surgery has on quality of life.
Sharon presented two webinars for us in 2016 on the Nutritional management of upper gastrointestinal surgery and the Nutritional management of stomas.
In February she will return with a presentation on TPN: the basics.
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