Webinar: Aging Well with Celiac Disease

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The National Celiac Association and the Celiac Research Program at Harvard Medical School are co-hosting a series of 75-minute virtual meetings. Speakers present on selected topics for 60 minutes, followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer period.

The next one is titled Aging well with Celiac Disease.

From their website:

Join the National Celiac Association (NCA) and the Harvard Medical School Celiac Research Program for the third webinar in our Spring 2022 “All Things Celiac” series. Speakers will present on selected topics for 60 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for Q&A, on Thursday, April 14, 2022, from 1- 2:15 pm ET.

What are the specific medical needs and concerns of a person living with celiac disease as they age? What nutritional deficiencies are more common in the older adult and how can we address them? How shall we approach long-term care for the best outcome? Join Joseph Murray, MD, expert celiac gastroenterologist and Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and Katarina Mollo, MEd, RD, LDN, Director of Education for the National Celiac Association, as they delve into critical questions that affect each and every person living with celiac disease.

Lee Graham, executive director of the NCA, will introduce the webinar, and Ciarán P. Kelly, MD, Director of the Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will moderate the session. A Q&A session will follow the presentations; please submit general questions when you register or during the webinar on the Zoom platform.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs): This course (220323-RSS) is approved by the Boston Children’s Hospital’s Continuing Education Department for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ for physicians, 1.25 contact hours for nurses, 1.25 ACE CE continuing education credits for social workers, and 1.25 CEUs for Registered Dietitians. Instructions on how to access CEU certificates will be emailed to webinar attendees following the event.

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