May 12th at 5:00 PM EST

Description:

Rome Foundation Diet and Nutrition Webinar: an on-demand and live educational opportunity to discuss how to initiate a conversation with the patient around diet and its role in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI). The webinar will give both the physician and dietitian perspectives and provide phrases that clinicians can use to address patients' perception of food and when tackling tough patient questions.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how DGBI and diet are interconnected
Integrate nutrition into medical care plans
Formulate responses to common patient questions around diet
Build a toolbox with conversation points surrounding how to start conversations about diet in patients with a DGBI

No Cost:

MD, PhD, PsyD, BS, MS, MPH

Student, Trainee or Fellow, Non-clinician

Level: Beginner/Intermediate

On-demand begins on May 14, 2025.

Speakers & Topics:

World-Wide Sales for Gut Feelings

Joshua D Novak, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Bethany Doerfler MS, RDN

Clinical Research Dietitian

Behavioral Medicine Group at Northwestern's Digestive Health Institute (DHI)

What doctors are saying

The credibility of the authors is impeccable. Dr. Drossman’s entire career, often mediated via his efforts through the Rome Foundation, has been devoted to providing the research and conceptual basis for a remarkable evolution in U.S. medicine: DGBI are the most completely described biopsychosocial disorders. This not only helps patients and practitioners but also guides the remainder of medicine in this new direction. Just as compelling is Ms. Ruddy’s personal story as a patient with IBS and how she suffered profoundly until treated by someone who understood the biopsychosocial model.

Robert C. Smith, MD, MACP

University Distinguished Professor

Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry

Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine

Gut Feelings is an essential resource for all participants in the health care system–not just patients and doctors– because we are or will be patients. The core of care delivery is the patient and their provider, and this guide focuses on how to successfully activate optimal patient-physician engagement. I urge all readers to heed and follow the advice provided in this book and to support its use and related materials in all clinical training programs for the benefit of patients and providers alike.

Douglas S. Levine, MD, AGAF, FACG

Manager and Sole Member, DSL Consulting LLC

Consultant to the Executive Committee, Rome Foundation Research Institute

What patients are saying

Gut Feelings is a must read for any medical or psychology student working in direct patient care. Dr. Drossman and Ms. Ruddy have created a valuable tool for all readers navigating the healthcare system, in particular gastroenterology and psychiatry, that will be useful for all in the years to come. As a chronic illness patient, I wish I would have had this guide at the beginning of my journey!

Lesley Isaacs

Patient

Now more than ever it is important for patients to advocate for themselves and for doctors to be more understanding, empathetic and validating of their patients' needs. Gut Feelings is an important book for both patients and practitioners alike. Gut Feelings provides practical knowledge and useful insights in a manner which is very easy to digest.

Katherine Wald, LCSW

Licensed Psychotherapist

Certified EMDR Therapist & Patient

About

The Rome Foundation Diet and Nutrition Section was established in 2024. The rapid increase in knowledge and widespread acceptance of diet interventions for DGBI has created unmet professional, educational, and research needs for healthcare providers, including physicians, dietitians, and advanced practice providers.

The Rome Foundation is an independent not for profit 501(c) 3 organization that provides support for activities designed to create scientific data and educational information to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI). Our mission is to improve the lives of people with DGBI.