C. difficile & FMT Roundtable
C. difficile & FMT Roundtable
with Andrea McBeth, ND, Mark Davis, ND, & Dominik Mertz, MD
Did you know that Clostridium difficile infections afflict more than 500,000 people in the U.S. each year?
We’re waging a battle against antibiotic resistant C. diff. Recent evidence implicates a common food additive in worsening virulence. C difficile can harm otherwise healthy young people and is a major cause of death in patients over 65 years old. If it isn’t on your radar yet, it should be.
Join Mark Davis ND, Dominik Mertz MD, and Andrea McBeth ND, for a panel discussion about all things C.diff. They will discuss the epidemiology, pathogenicity, clinical pearls and application of the exciting technology of Fecal Microbiota Transplant.
Andrea McBeth, ND
Andrea McBeth is a Naturopathic Doctor with a passion for shifting perspectives toward microbiome-centered health. Her scientific background includes a degree in biochemistry from The University of San Diego and research pursuits in various areas of molecular and cellular biology.
After years in cancer research she was called to the path of naturopathic medicine. She graduated from The National University of Natural Medicine in 2017. As a licensed N.D. in Oregon and Washington, she focuses her clinical care on functional gastrointestinal and autoimmune issues. In conjunction with her functional medicine practice, she founded and runs a stool bank that provides Fecal Microbiota Transplant for the treatment of resistant Clostridium difficile infection.
Mark Davis, ND
Dr. Davis is full-time faculty at Maryland University of Integrative Health. He's a graduate of the National University of Natural Medicine & licensed to practice naturopathic medicine in Maryland, California, Oregon, and the District of Columbia.
His private practices, including the IBD Specialty Center in Maryland and IBD Solution in California, focus on advanced integrative care for adults and children with IBD.
Dr. Davis is internationally respected as an expert on fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and helminths, and is a frequent author and lecturer. He's on the editorial board of the Natural Medicine Journal, and the board of directors of the Gastroenterology Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the Fecal Transplant Foundation.
Dominik Mertz, MD, MSc
Dr. Mertz attended medical school and completed his training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases in Switzerland prior to moving to Canada to complete a Master Degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and is affiliated with the Departments for Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Diseases Research. He is also serving as the Medical Director Infection Prevention and Control at Hamilton Health Sciences.
His particular research interest is the epidemiology and prevention of hospital-acquired infections including surgical site infections, and antimicrobial stewardship. He published >70 peer reviewed articles to date. He is an associate editor for BMC Infectious Diseases and serves as the first-named editor for the 3rd edition of the book ‘Evidence-based Infectious Diseases’. He is teaching at the undergraduate (MD program), graduate (Health Research Methodology) and postgraduate level at McMaster University.