Interdisciplinary Approach to Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia: Disparities in Diagnosis, Screening, and Treatment particularly in Women of Color or in Minority Groups
Non-CE. In Collaboration with Shield Therapeutics.
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Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world. In the US, ~ 50% of women overall and up to 90% of pregnant women, especially minority and poorer women have ID or IDA, both have potentially serious negative impacts across all of Women’s Health from adolescence to post-menopausal. Newer data and discussions rightfully highlight the continued use of outdated guidelines, guidance, and treatment for ID with or without anemia in Women’s Health.
Dr. Wendy Wright and Dr. Lisa Gittens-Williams will review and discuss current data and key points in diagnosing and treating all women with ID/IDA, pointing out the continued disparities that exist across this patient population; and they will incorporate a few real-life cases of how to work from an interdisciplinary approach. Dr. Gittens-Williams will provide a brief overview of ID/IDA and disparities in diagnosing, screening, and treatment in women of color or in minority groups. Dr. Wright will review top line data from pivotal studies, highlighting the efficacy and tolerability of ferric maltol for the treatment of ID with or without anemia. At the conclusion of presentations, there will be a live Q&A discussion with the panel, moderated by Michael Cody, MD, Shield Therapeutics.
This fireside chat is done in collaboration between NPWH and Shield Therapeutics. No CE credit will be given.
Speakers
Lisa Gittens-Williams, MD
Dr. Gittens Williams completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and fellowship training in Maternal Fetal medicine at New Jersey Medical School. She received her M.D. degree in 1987 from Temple University School of Medicine and her B.S. in 1982 from Cornell University. Her practice encompasses the spectrum of high risk pregnancies with attention to prior pregnancy losses, advanced maternal age and medical conditions complicating pregnancy. Dr. Gittens-Williams’ additional areas of interests are in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, addressing racial disparities in health care, recurrent pregnancy loss; diabetes; hypertension; obesity; prematurity prevention; and substance use disorder complicating pregnancy. Dr. Gittens-Williams is currently the Director of Obstetrics, at University Hospital Newark NJ
Wendy L. Wright, DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
Wendy Wright, DNP received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2019 from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. She is a 1992 graduate of the Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts and completed a family nurse practitioner post-master’s program in 1995. She is an adult and family nurse practitioner and the owner of two, nurse practitioner owned and operated clinics within New Hampshire named: Wright & Associates Family Healthcare. Her family practices have won numerous awards, including Top Providers in New Hampshire 2018, Top 20 Fastest Growing Family Business, and Top 20 Women-Owned Business in New Hampshire. In addition, she is the Owner of Partners in Healthcare Education, a medical education company. She is the Past President of NPACE and the Senior lecturer for Fitzgerald Health Education Associates. She is the recipient of numerous awards.
Commercial Support: This fireside chat is done in collaboration with Shield Therapeutics.
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