Metabolic Medicine and Surgery

Dr. Michael Rothkopf is a recognized leader in the field of clinical nutrition and Metabolic Medicine. He has over 30 years of clinical experience and an international reputation as an authority in the areas of nutritional support, obesity management and the postoperative care of bariatric surgery patients. He is has been awarded Fellowship status at the American College of Nutrition, the American College of Physicians and the Obesity Society. He serves in a critical capacity on the two separate organizations that certify physicians on knowledge in Nutrition - the Certifying Board of Nutrition Specialists and the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists. Dr. Rothkopf graduated with dual degrees in biology and communications from Syracuse University, where he attended the Newhouse School of Public Communication. He received his medical degree from the Eastern Virginia Medical School where he performed metabolic research at the Jones Center for Reproductive Medicine. He was an Internal Medicine resident at Rutgers/NJ Medical School and Chief Medical Resident at the VA Medical Center. He did his fellowship in Nutrition and Metabolism under Dr. John Kinney at the Surgical Metabolic Unit of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He was mentored in functional biochemistry by Dr Eric Newsholme of Oxford University. Dr. Rothkopf has been a nutrition consultant at multiple NJ hospitals. He is the author of 2 prior textbooks and over 100 scientific publications. He serves on the board of directors of the ACN. He was chairman of the 52nd and 53rd Annual Meetings of the ACN. He currently serves as the Director of Metabolic Medicine at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ.

An Overview of Metabolic Medicine. The Practice of Metabolic Medicine. The Concept of Metabolic Surgery. Metabolic Syndrome. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Insulin, the Glycemic Index, and Carcinogenesis. Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease. The Risk Relationship between Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Strategies for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Resolution. Incretin Response after Bariatric Surgery. Medical Obesity Management. Peripheral Endocrine Response to Weight Loss. An Overview of Surgical Weight Loss Options. Diabetes Surgery. Metabolic Changes Post–Bariatric Surgery. Metabolic Monitoring of the Bariatric Surgery Patient. Hypoglycemia after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. Micronutrient-Deficient Encephalopathy after Bariatric Surgery. Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. The Bedside Diagnosis of Malnutrition. Nutritional Support: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition. Metabolic Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Nutrition and Gut Immunity. Nutrition Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Nutritional Management of Short Bowel Syndrome in the Adult with Crohn’s Disease. Neurological Disease of Metabolism. Nutritional Approaches to Epilepsy. The Role of Nutritional Factors in Multiple Sclerosis. Micromineral Considerations in Alzheimer’s Dementia. Ingestion of Inorganic Copper from Drinking Water and Supplements Is a Major Causal Factor in the Epidemic of Alzheimer’s Disease. Zinc, Health, and Immunity. Index.