Upcoming Webinars

Description:

Our understanding of the intestinal microbiota—the complex ecosystem of microorganisms in the GI tract—continues to evolve as sequencing technology advances and research progresses. This webinar will provide a brief introduction of the intestinal microbiota, describe the current body of evidence supporting a role of the intestinal microbiota in anorexia nervosa, and highlight key areas for intervention potential. Additionally, the webinar will introduce a novel, noninvasive biomarker of dietary intake. To bridge clinical research and practice, we aim to have an open discussion about this new sequencing technique and obtain feedback from clinicians about the applications of this tool in eating disorder monitoring, treatment, and research.

• Kylie Reed, PhD 
  Kylie Reed received her PhD in Nutrition from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in May. During her time there, she followed the nutritional biochemistry track, completed a minor in epidemiology, and received a certificate in translational medicine. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow through the Center of Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, a joint center between UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University and NC State University. Kylie’s research focuses on the gut microbiome in eating disorders, and she has a particular interest in how we can use microbiota-driven dietary interventions to improve treatment outcomes and prevent relapse.
  
  

• Kerri Heckert, RD
  Kerri is an anti-diet Registered Dietitian, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist-Approved Consultant and Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist. She is the Co-Founder and Director of Nutrition at Main Line Center for Eating Disorders, a multidisciplinary outpatient practice that provides weight-inclusive, anti-diet, evidence-based eating disorder treatment for children, adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. Her prior clinical experience included more than 10 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program. 
  
  
  

Description:

Patients with severe eating disorders frequently present to private practice clinicians. Without a built-in team and with limited resources, private practice clinicians often grapple with these clients who may be unwilling or unable to access a higher level of care. This outpatient panel, including a medical doctor, dietitian, therapist, and parent with lived experience, will discuss the ethical, legal, and clinical implications of caring for these patients in private practice. How do we balance meeting clients where they are, providing competent care, protecting ourselves, and supporting recovery? Panel members will discuss considerations for creating a multidisciplinary team, appropriate documentation, limit setting, harm reduction strategies, communication, continued hope for recovery, and termination issues.

• Shelly Bar, MD
  Dr. Shelly Bar is a highly qualified and experienced physician with double board certification in Internal Medicine and Adolescent Medicine. She has extensive training and experience in Internal Medicine and Adolescent Medicine, having completed her residency at Kaiser San Francisco and her Fellowship at Stanford Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. Bar has worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University Medical School.

• Danyale McCurdy-McKinnon, PhD
  Dr. McCurdy-McKinnon is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CA #25161) and the Founder of Dr. McCurdy-McKinnon & Associates: Eating Disorders & Wellness Clinic – located in Downtown Los Angeles. The practice specializes in eating disorders and body image concerns. Dr. McCurdy-McKinnon has 20 years of experience working with eating and body image disorders and was trained by some of the leading experts in the field. She is actively involved in the Academy for Eating Disorders and serves on the editorial board for Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention.

• Stefanie Ginsburg, RD, CEDS-C
  Stefanie Ginsburg, RD, CEDS-C has been a Registered Dietitian since 2006 Stefanie Ginsburg, RD, CEDS-C has been a Registered Dietitian since 2006 and is the owner of UNRESTRICTED NUTRITION Counseling and Consulting, a virtual group practice specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating and general eating/feeding struggles. Her career began as a Nutrition Therapist working for three years at the Center for Eating Disorders through Penn Medicine Princeton Health, treating inpatients and partial hospitalization patients of all ages. During an eight-year tenure at Eating Recovery Center of Denver's Child and Adolescent Program, she became a Senior Clinical Dietitian and the company's subject matter expert in the treatment of patients with an ARFID diagnosis, helping to create a treatment protocol, admission assessments and providing trainings for fellow clinicians and floor staff. While with ERC and since starting her private practice, she has trained a multitude of professionals, working at all levels of care, about ARFID and best care practices.

• Judy Krasna
  Judy Krasna is the Executive Director of F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders). She is the mother of four children, including a daughter who struggled with an eating disorder for 13 years before taking her own life, and is an eating disorders parent advocate. She offers free support and advice to parents of people with eating disorders. Judy is an active member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and advocates both in Israel and globally.

• Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D., FAED, CEDS-C
  Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D., FAED, CEDS-C is a psychologist, fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), and certified eating disorder specialist (CEDS) and approved consultant for the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP). She directs Eating Disorder Therapy LA, a group practice in Los Angeles. She integrates various evidence-based treatments along with Health at Every Size® principles. She is certified in FBT for adolescent eating disorders and is the author of When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder. Dr. Muhlheim has held leadership roles in several professional organizations including the AED, IAEDP LA Chapter, and the Los Angeles County Psychological Association.
  
  
• Lauren Anton, MS, RD, CEDS-C
  Lauren Anton is a weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Eating Disorder specialist, and trained meditation instructor. I do speaking, workshops, 1:1 nutrition therapy, in-person cooking experientials, mindfulness, and meditation,. I specialize in eating disorders and sports nutrition. I am based in the Greater Los Angeles area (specifically, Culver City, CA). I have worked in most levels of care, from residential to IOP. I am also a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and work with clients to bring them from a punitive exercise approach to a joyful expression of the innate strength and endurance present in each body, in whatever capacity that might be. I work with athletes of all abilities.