Optimizing Nutrition for Better Cardiovascular Outcomes
Friday, March 19, 2027 | 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. EST
Target Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Pharmacists, Registered Dietitians, and other healthcare professionals.
Program Description
This one-hour virtual presentation focuses on ways that nutrition can be tailored toward improving cardiovascular health. Participants will explore several common diets and how they can benefit individuals that have, or those who are at risk of cardiovascular disease, examine how nutrition can impact health at varying stages of life, starting at a young age, and understand how medications and lifestyle changes can intersect and work together when nutrition and other lifestyle changes are not enough.
Registration Fee
Registration Fee: $20
Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Explore the common diets that positively impact cardiovascular health.
- Gain insight into balanced nutrition at varying stages of life.
- Apply appropriate medication intervention when lifestyle change is not enough.
Agenda
12 p.m. Web Conference
12:55 p.m. Question and Answer Session
1 p.m. Adjournment
Victoria L. Boggiano, MD, MPH
Victoria L. Boggiano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a graduate of Stanford Medical School and completed her residency training at UNC, where she also completed a career development fellowship and served as one of two chief residents. Dr. Boggiano earned her Master’s in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. She has held several leadership positions with the American Academy of Family Physicians and continues to work closely with the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians. Her areas of interest include women’s health, global health, primary care innovation, and narrative medicine.
Ashya Walden, RD, LD, CDCES
Ashya Walden is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist with more than 10 years of experience in nutrition, diabetes management, and healthcare education. She has worked in outpatient nutrition and diabetes care, collaborating with physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to support individuals managing chronic conditions. Ashya is also the owner of Fresh Essence LLC, where she provides practical, attainable nutrition therapy. Her professional interests include diabetes management, medical nutrition therapy, weight management, and nutrition education, with a focus on helping individuals make sustainable and culturally appropriate changes to improve their health.
Credit
Accreditation: Southern Regional AHEC is accredited by the Southern States CME Collaborative (SSCC) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Credit Statement: The Southern Regional AHEC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Additional Credit: Other health professionals will receive Southern Regional AHEC CEU and/or Contact Hours and a certificate of attendance from AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ activity. These certificates are accepted by the NC boards for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses. License requirements are subject to change. Southern Regional AHEC recommends that participants contact their licensing board with specific questions. Southern Regional AHEC will provide 0.1 CEU and 1.0 Contact Hour to participants upon the completion of this activity.
Disclosure Statement: The Southern Regional AHEC adheres to ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosures of faculty/planning committee members and relationships with ineligible companies which are entities that produce, market, resell, or distribute health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients will be made known at the activity. Speakers are also expected to openly disclose a discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigative use of drugs or devices in their presentations.
Substitutes/Refunds/Transfers
• Cancellations must be in writing (email or mail).
• Registrants cancelling between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.
• No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
• No refunds or credit will be given for no-shows.
• No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
• Transfers/substitute(s) welcome (notify in advance of the program).
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ADA Services
Americans with Disabilities Act Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the ADA coordinator at least five days prior to the event at (910) 678-7226 or aelissa.vasquez@sr-ahec.org.
Do you have questions? Contact us!
Shella West, Director of CME / (910) 678-7306 / shella.west@sr-ahec.org
Aelissa Vasquez, Project Specialist / (910) 678-7226 / aelissa.vasquez@sr-ahec.org