Dietitians in Nutrition Support
“Charting the Course to Advance
Your Practice”
2013 DNS Symposia
Program
Charting the Course to Advance
Your Practice Charleston, SC
Embassy
Suites SC
Embassy Suites,
Charleston,
June 7-8, 2013
June 7 – 8, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
8:00 am – Welcome: Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, CNSC – Outgoing DNS Chair
8:10 am – 9:00 am: Keynote Address: Malnutrition Introduction & Overview: Ainsley Malone, MS, RD,
CNSC, A.S.P.E.N. President
9:00 am - 9:50 am: Sarcopenia vs. Cachexia & Functional Status Assessment: Mary Marian, MS, RD, CSO
9:50 am – 10:30 am: Malnutrition & Obesity: Gail Cresci, PhD, RD,CNSC
10:30 am – 10:50 am: Break/Exhibits
10:50 am – 11:30 am: Case Study Panel Discussion/Questions: Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, CNSC, Mary
Marian, MS, RD, CSO, & Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, CNSC
11:30 am-12:30 pm: Box Lunch/Exhibits
12:30pm – 1:20 pm: Nutrition-focused Physical Exam Day-to-Day: Cindy Hamilton, MS, RD,CNSC
Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment Hands-on Session
Attendees will be divided into two groups for this session. Group 1 will attend Lab A from 1:30 to 3:30
pm and Lab B from 3:45 to 5:15 pm. Group 2 will attend Lab B from 1:30 to 3:30 pm and Lab A from
3:45 to 5:15 pm.
Lab A: Head, Neck, Skin, Hydration, Nails, Abdominal Assessment & Dysphagia Screen Nutrition
Focused Assessment: Cindy Hamilton, MS, RD, CNSC, Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, CNSC & Susan Roberts,
MS, RD, CNSC
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Break/Exhibits
Lab B: Radiographic Reading of Feeding Tube Placement, Ileus, etc.; Handgrip and Functional
Assessment; Blood Pressure/Vital Signs: Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, CNSC, Mary Marian, MS, RD, CSO, Mary
Russell, MS, RD, CNSC & Dema Esper, MS, RD, CNSC
Saturday, June 8, 2013
8:00 am- 8:10 am: Welcome: Dema Esper, MS, RD, CNSC - Incoming DNS Chair
8:10 am – 9:30 am: Keynote Address: Review of Gastrointestinal Anatomy/Nutritional
Challenges/Deficiencies that can Arise with Disease & Surgical Resection: Mark DeLegge, MD
9:30 am – 9:45 am: Break
9:45 am – 11:30 am: Gastrointestinal Challenges Panel Presentation: A Case Study Approach:
Moderator: Mark DeLegge, MD
Nutrition for an Open Abdomen: Beth Taylor, MS, RD, CNSC
Nutrition Intervention Post-Whipple Surgery: Dealing with Complications: Amy Berry, MS, RD, CNSC
Bariatric Surgery & Nutritional Deficiencies: Debbie Petitpain, MS, RD, LD & Nina Crowley, MS, RD, LD
11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Lunch and Learn (Box Lunch provided) - Ethics in Nutrition Support: Beth Taylor,
MS,RD,CNSC
12:45 pm – 3:30 pm: Nutritional Challenges - Optimizing Outcomes
Fluid & Electrolyte Management: Mandy Corrigan, MS, RD, CNSC
Feeding the Patient with Respiratory Failure & Sepsis: Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, CNSC
Acute Kidney Injury: What, When, and How to Feed: Britta Brown, MS, RD, CNSC
Improving outcomes with Protocols: Susan Roberts, MS, RD, CNSC
3:30 pm -3:45 pm: Break
3:45pm -5:00 pm: Journal Club with Round Table Discussions - Jennifer Wooley, MS, RD, CNSC & Susan
Roberts, MS, RD, CNSC
5:00pm – 5:15pm: Closing Comments and Program Evaluation – Dema Esper, MS, RD, CNSC
Registration information is available https://store.dnsdpg.org. DNS has applied for 16
CPEUs. Some meals and the ability to download speaker presentations are included as
part of the registration fee. Single day registration is available. Complimentary airport
shuttle and onsite parking is available. Complimentary breakfast is available at the
hotel.
General Information:
Hotel:
Embassy Suites Hotel Airport & Convention Center
5055 International Blvd.
North Charleston, SC 29418
843-747-1882
For reservations call 1-800-EMBASSY (362-2779)
Please reference the group: Dietitians in Nutrition Support or DNSC
Hotel information:
Embassy Suites Hotel Airport & Convention Center
Charleston, SC
Room rates start at $149 plus applicable taxes per night
The rate is guaranteed till May 16, 2013. After this date, the room rate is subject to
change if space is available. For more information you can
visit: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/C/CHSEMES-DNS20130606/index.jhtml
Hotel check in time is 3:00pm
Hotel check out time is 12:00pm
Airport / Hotel Transportation:
The hotel is located 1.5 miles from the Charleston International Airport. The hotel offers
a 24 hour complimentary shuttle.
Arrival to airport:
When you arrive and have your bags, call the hotel directly at 843-747-1882 and the
shuttle will swing by for you.
Departing hotel:
Just alert the front desk staff that you are ready. Shuttles are 24 hours a day.
Transportation to downtown Charleston and Tanger Outlets:
Downtown – The shuttle into downtown is $15.00 round-trip per day.
Make reservations at the front desk. The shuttle will stop at the corner of East Bay
Street and Market Street. See front desk staff for specific drop off and pick up times.
Tanger Outlet Mall – The shuttle is free of charge. See front desk staff for specific drop
off and pick up times for the mall.2
If you are driving – the hotel offers complimentary self parking.
Registration:
Register online at: https://store.dnsdpg.org/2013_Symposium_Full_Program
Credit card payments (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover) accepted
If you are paying by check:
Make payable to: The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/DPG #24
Mail to:
Premier Meetings
6440 N. Beltline Rd. Suite 125
Irving, TX 75063
Phone – 972-518-1600 (Lynn Bjostad)
A $25 fee will be assessed for returned checks. Registration fees are non-refundable
unless written request to DNS is postmarked by May 20, 2013. All refunds will be
reduced by a $75 administrative fee.
The costs for registration are as follows:
Membership
Type
before
5/16/13
after 5/16/13
Single day before
5/16/13
Single day after 5/16/13
DNS Member
$350
$375
$150
$175
Non-DNS
member
$385
$410
$175
$220
Non-Academy
member
$400
$425
$200
$225
Student
$150
$175
$100
$125