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The Specialty of Pediatric Intestinal Failure Management

Introduction

Dr. Samuel Alaish gave his presentation at APNSA’s 2021 conference, entitled, “The Specialty of Pediatric Intestinal Failure Management”. Here he reviews the impact of an intestinal rehabilitation program can have for pediatric surgical patients. He discusses current medical and surgical management of pediatric short bowel syndrome, current research, and potential future options.

This course is great for pediatric surgery providers who want to learn more about short bowel syndrome patients and take a deeper dive into understanding the therapies used to manage them.

Faculty

Samuel M. Alaish, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, THRIVE Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Samuel Alaish trained in Pediatric Surgery at the Babies and Children's Hospital of New York. He was on staff there briefly and then returned to Maryland. There, he founded the Children's Hospital Intestinal Rehabilitation Program at the University of Maryland in 2009 and then moved across town to establish the pediatric intestinal rehabilitation program at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the THRIVE program. Dr. Alaish is the surgical director of the THRIVE program. He has a basic science laboratory in which he performs translational research to better understand the pathophysiology of short bowel syndrome and ways to augment adaptation. He won a Hartwell Foundation Biomedical Investigator award in 2016 for this work.

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Learner objectives

1. Review the impact of pediatric intestinal rehabilitation programs.
2. Discuss the current management of pediatric short bowel syndrome.
3. Highlight current research and potential future therapies for short bowel syndrome.
   

Course Details

Contact hours .75 CE
Open date: 12/1/2021
Review date: 9/1/2023
Close date: 12/1/2025
Cost 15.00 Members/20.00 Non-Members