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For more information about MEDA and services call
1-866-343-MEDA
or
1-617-558-1881
MEDA Events
17th National MEDA Conference
Inspiring Improved Eating Disorder Care:
Translating Theory into Practice
May 18th - 19th, 2012
Sheraton Hotel
Needham, MA
MEDA welcomes eating disorder specialists and non-specialists to take part in the conference. Certain workshops are designed to meet the need of advanced professional and others are targeted to a more general audience.
MEDA has been approved for CEUs (Continuing Education Credits) for LMHCs, LICSWs, and RDs, MDs, PhDs, PsyDs, and RNs. Up to 12.0 credits can be rewarded. Please contact Mary Korba at mary.korba@medainc.org or 617-558-1881 ext. 18 with any questions.
Click here to view Conference brochure
Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors & Exhibitors!
Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors & Exhibitors!
- ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health
- Arbour Health System
- Carolina House
- Castlewood Treatment Center
- Cambridge Eating Disorder Center
- Center for Hope of the Sierras
- Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources
- Eating Disorders Center of Andover, LLC (website coming soon)
- Eating Recovery Center
- Green Mountain at Fox Run
- Klarman Eating Disorders Center
- Laureate Eating Disorder Program
- Laurel Hill Inn
- Oliver-Pyatt Centers
- Remuda Ranch
- The Renfrew Center
- Rogers Memorial Hospital
- Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders
- Sierra Tucson
- Someday Melissa
- Timberline Knolls
- Veritas Collaborative, LLC
- Walden Behavioral Care
- Wild Acre Inns
Workshops
- Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia and their Treatment Phillip S. Mehler, MD
- DBT with a Twist - Monika Ostroff, MSW, LICSW
- Eating Disorders, Celiac Disease, and Food Sensitivities - Anne Welsh, PhD
- Bone Health in Adolescents with Eating Disorders - Catherine Gordon, MD, MSc
- The Challenge of Treating Patients with Chronic Eating Disorders - Judith Feldman, MD, Suzanne E. Gleysteen, MD and Beth Mayer, LICSW
- From Silence to Freedom; Effective Treatment of Sexual Trauma and Eating Disorders - Christina Sendiña Garbati, LMHC and Angelica Gonzalez, LMHC
- Using Metaphor to Access and Treat Eating Disorders - Rachel Goren‐Watts, MPH, MS
- IFS Therapy: A Safer and Easier Way to Work With Eating Disorders and Addictions - Mary E. Kruger, MS, LMFT
- Motivational Interviewing for Clinicians - Ellen R. Glovsky, PhD, RD, LDN
- The Self‐Compassion Diet: Treating Binge Eaters with Loving‐Kindness - Jean Fain, LICSW, MSW
- Connectivity: Effectively Utilizing Social Media and Technology in Eating Disorders Recovery - Marci Anderson, MS, RD, LDN / J. Amber Barke, LICSW, RYT
- A Collaborative Recovery Model: Narrowing the Divide between Treatment, Support, and Community - Mary Ellen Clausen and Carolyn Hodges Chaffee, MS, RD
- Understanding Binge Eating Disorder and the 12‐Step Model of Recovery - Kim Dennis, MD and Whitney Post, MA
- Yoga tools for ED therapy - Ana Renno dos Mares Guia
- Integrating Research and Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders - Doug Bunnell, PhD
- Transforming Binge Eating with Innovative Body/Mind Modalities - Beth Rontal, LICSW and Patricia Thatcher, LICSW
- Eating Disorders and PCOS: Exploring causes, effects, & treatments for those who struggle - Rhys Wyman, MS, RD, LD
- Treating Eating Disorders with Acceptance and Values Based Approaches - Emmett R. Bishop Jr., MD, FAED, CEDS
- Two Bodies in the Room: Using Authentic Connection and Self‐awareness for Effective Body Image Treatment - Wendy Oliver‐Pyatt, MD, FAED, CEDS, Karin R. Lawson, Psy.D, and Melissa Orshan Spann, Ph.D.
- Utilizing IFS & Guided Imagery to Work with Clients Eating Disordered Parts of Self - Theresa Chesnut, MSW, LCSW
- Diabulimia – When Diabetes and Body Image Collide - Maryjeanne Hunt
- Advances in Refeeding Practices in Adolescents with AN in the Inpatient Setting - Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAAP, FSAHM, FAED, CEDS