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Lifestyle & Nutrition Presentations

Managing Nutrition for Sport Real World Applications & Considerations

Erik SesbrenoErik has been a full-time sport dietitian and applied scientist in high performance sports for 8 years. He is currently working as nutrition lead at l'Institut National du Sport du Québec and is a PhD candidate from the School of Human Nutrition at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. At the institute he supports international elite athletes and coaches with the development and application of evidence-based nutrition strategies for training and competition. He also conducts, collaborates in and evaluates research and innovation projects to further the discipline.

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Learning Objectives:

  1. Inform about general health nutrition requirements for athletes
  2. Inform about general sport nutrition requirements for athletes

    Impacts of different diets: how to intervene with patients

Annyck Besso

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Annyck Besso is a Registered Dietitian and the founder of Sööma, a private multidisciplinary practice in Montreal and the United States. Annyck is a McGill Affiliate member with the school of human nutrition, providing internship opportunities for dietetics students through Sööma and guest lecturing on the topic of eating disorders for two lectures per year.Ìý

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Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify how weight stigma and bias may impact medical recommendations and interventions
  2. Understand factors that contribute to body weight
  3. Assess whether a patient‘s weight is a risk factor for their health status
  4. Identify risks of low calorie diets
  5. Provide inclusive and collaborative dietary recommendations
  6. Have a better understanding of harm reduction strategies for patients in larger bodies

    NFL: Health and Safety update

Dr. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

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NFL football player and Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Medical School graduate.

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Learning Objectives:

  1. Define the role of the Mackey-White Committee
  2. Understand when and where MSK injuries and concussion happen in the NFL

    Cases in Pediatric Obesity

Dr. Preetha KrishnamoorthyDr. Krishnamoorthy completed her residency at the Montreal Children’s Hospital in 2000, before completing a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology. She has been on staff in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the MCH since 2003. She is heavily involved in medical education and serves as the Director of Pediatric Undergraduate Education at McGill. She won the Paige and Bernard Kaplan Award for excellence in teaching in 2004 and was named to the Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence. She is also one of the recipients of the 2016 CAME Certificate of Merit Awards.Ìý

Learning Objectives:

  1. Distinguish between exogenous and endocrine forms of obesity
  2. Have a basic approach to dyslipidemia and PCOS
  3. Recognize red flags for syndromic and monogenic forms of obesity
  4. Know when to refer to endocrinology

    Bariatric Surgery for Obesity

Dr. Amin AndalibDr. Amin Andalib completed his General Surgery Residency at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ during which, he also completed a Master’s degree in Epidemiology. He then completed a Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at the Main Campus Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Andalib has since joined the Division of General Surgery at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre in July 2015 and is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Given his sub-speciality training, bariatric surgery remains the main focus of his clinical practice. In addition, he is the Program Director for Fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery at McGill.Ìý

His research interests center on clinical outcomes, quality improvement, and patient safety projects in bariatric surgery. They include outcomes assessment and risk reduction after bariatric surgery especially using large databases.

Dr. Andalib is also an active member of the important national and international academic surgical societies including a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and a member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity. He is also a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, where he currently serves as a member of the Bariatric Surgery Committee.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the burden of obesity
  2. Know indications for bariatric surgery
  3. Know the important early and late complications after bariatric surgery
  4. Understand the outcomes of bariatric surgeries
  5. Know a brief overview of pharmaceutical agents for weight loss

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