2026 EDW Medical Complications of Eating Disorders

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Eating disorders are often inextricably connected to serious medical complications especially as the eating disorder becomes more severe and chronic. Therefore, expert medical care is required to care for these patients when their eating disorder has progressed in order to begin the medical stabilization process efficiently and effectively.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS to Endeavor Health: Edward Hospital to deliver this special presentation!

Dr. Mehler founded the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition in 2001 and serves as its Executive Medical Director. He began his career at Denver Health more than 35 years ago and was formerly its Chief of Internal Medicine and then Denver Health’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) until he was promoted to its Medical Director, a position he held until his retirement in 2014.

Dr. Mehler is also the Glassman Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and has for decades conducted research into the optimal medical treatment of the most severe cases of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. He has authored more than 600 scientific publications, including five textbooks published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Dr. Mehler was the recipient of the Academy of Eating Disorders 2012 Outstanding Clinician Award, has been recognized among the “Best Doctors in America” for the past 23 years in a row, and was voted the “Top Internal Medicine physician in Denver” multiple times by 5280 Magazine up to and including 2004.

In 2023, he was honored by IAEDP with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member and fellow of the Eating Disorders Research Society and the Academy of Eating Disorders, as well as a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Eating Disorders and serves as the Senior Editor of The Journal of Eating Disorders. Since the early 1990s, Dr. Mehler has lectured extensively on a national and international level as the leading medical expert on the topic of the medical complications of eating disorders.

1. Discuss medical implications of anorexia nervosa and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
2. Describe best practices for refeeding people with anorexia nervosa and ARFID
3. Identify the most recent new medical findings to improve the care of people with eating disorders

Physician Credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Illinois State Medical Society. Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society to provide accredited continuing medical education for physicians. Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals designates this live 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.  

Other Participant Credit

Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME/ISMS, please consult your professional licensing board.

CNE & CPD Credits

Continuing education provided by Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center, jointly accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The planners, faculty, and others in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. The Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals CME Program adheres to the ISMS/ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individual in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests).

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Kenneth J Black, MBA
Manager, Accredited Physician Education & Leadership Development
Endeavor Health: Edward Hospital

Activity Administrator

Nothing to disclose

Philip Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS
Executive Medical Director
ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition

Faculty

Nothing to disclose