Director of the Center for Human Nutrition
Douglas L. Seidner, MD, FACG, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He serves as the Director of the Center for Human Nutrition, Medical Director of Vanderbilt University Hospital Clinical Nutrition Service and Medical Director of Vanderbilt Home Care Services.
Education
Dr. Seidner graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the State University of New York at Albany. He received his Medical Degree from the State University of New York at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse.
Postgraduate Training
Dr. Seidner completed fellowships in Nutrition and Metabolism at
New England
Deaconess
Hospital,
Harvard
Medical
School in Boston, Massachusetts and Gastroenterology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Care Sciences in
Washington, D.C. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine and has received advanced certification from the National Board of Nutrition Support.
Professional Activities
American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American College of Physicians. He is also a member of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition where he was the chairman of a committee that developed guidelines for clinical practice and the American Society for Nutrition where he is the chairman of a committee that promotes nutrition education for physicians. He is a board member of the OLEY Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of the lives of patients on home parenteral and enteral nutrition.
Clinical and Research Interests
Dr. Seidner’s research interests include improvement of clinical outcomes in patients on home nutritional therapies and intestinal rehabilitation for severe intestinal malabsorption. His clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and management of individuals with severe malabsorption and malnutrition, parenteral and enteral nutrition, and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, including endoscopic feeding tube placement, and colonoscopy.
