About The Module:
After participating in this lecture, you will be able to:
- Review the current and proposed definitions for eating disorders.
- Identify the risk factors and warning signs of eating disorders.
- Describe the levels of care available for treating adolescents with eating disorders.
- Define the process of outpatient medical appointments for the management of eating
disorders.
- Prepare an inpatient protocol for the medical stabilization of adolescents with
eating disorders.
About The Speakers:
Terrill Bravender MD, MPH, is the chief of adolescent medicine and the founder and
director of the eating disorders program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
Columbus, OH, and associate professor of clinical pediatrics and psychiatry at The
Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr Bravender attended college and medical
school at the University of Michigan and trained in pediatrics at Duke University
Medical Center. He received additional training in adolescent medicine at Children’s
Hospital Boston, and he received his master of public health degree from Harvard
University. Prior to coming to Columbus, he held faculty positions at Harvard Medical
School and Duke University and has authored numerous research papers, review articles,
and book chapters related to eating disorders and adolescent health.
Betty Staples, MD, is a general pediatrician and member of the Duke Eating Disorder
Program. She is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Duke and program director
of the Duke Pediatric Residency program. Dr. Staples’ research has focused on the
areas of eating disorder treatment and risk factors and graduate medical education.
Dr. Staples did her residency training in pediatrics at Duke University Hospital
in Durham, NC, and continued for an additional year as a general pediatrics fellow
focusing on the treatment of eating disorders. Dr. Staples is a member of the Academic
Pediatric Association, Association of Pediatric Program, and is a fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics.