Jennifer M. Taylor, MD, MPH, presented “Optimizing Perioperative Nutrition and Assessing Frailty” at the 27th Annual Innovations in Urologic Practice conference on September 22nd, 2023.
How to cite: Taylor, Jennifer M. “Optimizing Perioperative Nutrition and Assessing Frailty.” September 2023. Accessed Jul 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/optimizing-perioperative-nutrition-and-assessing-frailty/
Optimizing Perioperative Nutrition and Assessing Frailty – Summary
Jennifer M. Taylor, MD, MPH, discusses interventions for optimizing perioperative outcomes surrounding patient frailty and nutrition. Dr. Taylor begins by defining the causes of frailty and acknowledging that most cancer patients will have a certain level of frailty.
Dr. Taylor presents tools for the assessment of frailty that medical practitioners can use to evaluate frailty-based risks of invasive treatments. She notes that frail patients have a higher risk of mortality after surgery, and demonstrates a prototype of a Risk Analysis Index that is currently being trialed at multiple VA hospitals.
Dr. Taylor concludes by discussing the importance of having a multidisciplinary team that includes a dietician to support the frail patient pre- and post-operatively. She highlights that preoperative nutritional interventions, particularly in malnourished patients, are effective in reducing frailty in a short amount of time.
About The 27th Annual Innovations in Urologic Practice:
Presented by co-chairs Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH, and Michael Coburn, MD, FACS, the Innovations in Urologic Practice conference provides a detailed review and commentary on multiple genitourinary and urologic diseases. Among the featured oncological topics are bladder cancer and immunotherapies, as well as upper tract cancer management, prostate cancer, including state-of-the-art imaging, focal therapy, and MRI. Experts also discuss new tools and techniques for nephrectomy and treating advanced renal cell carcinoma. In terms of general urological approaches, the conference also includes pelvic reconstruction and trauma; men’s health topics like male infertility, andrology, and sexual dysfunction; OAB and voiding dysfunctions; and ways to diagnose and treat infections in the urology patient.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer M. Taylor, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of urology and a practicing urologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas where she also serves as the residency program director for urology. Additionally, Dr. Taylor practices at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center where she is the director of urologic oncology for the VA urology service. Dr. Taylor earned her MD from the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, where she also completed an internship and residency, and she completed a fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She also earned an MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
Dr. Taylor is involved in clinical research in multiple genitourinary malignancies, with a focus on bladder cancer, as well as in research on medical education and physician wellness and resilience. Dr. Taylor is involved in the national medical community and is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society of Urologic Oncology, the Society of Women in Urology, and the American College of Surgeons. She has won numerous awards, including Baylor College of Medicine’s Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation and the Women of Excellence Award.
