Autoimmunity Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications

This course will provide an extensive literature review of autoimmunity. An evidence-based model incorporating diet, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine will be presented. Clinical applications of cross-reactivity, oral tolerance, microbiome diversity, and immune modulation will be highlighted.
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Instructor

Datis Kharrazian
PhD, DHSc, DC, MS, MMSc, FACN

What you'll learn

  • A basic review of immunology.
  • Review the fundamental concepts of autoimmunity.
  • Review the scientific literature for nutrients, dietary approaches, and lifestyle factors that impact autoimmune diseases.
  • Understand T-cell, B-cell, and antibody laboratory testing.
  • Learn clinical history and physical examination findings found with autoimmunity.
  • Learn a clinical approach to managing autoimmunity with a functional medicine model.

This course includes

12 hours on-demand video
2 Certification Exams
Downloadable resources
Certificate of completion

Course content

Session 1 - Review of basic immunology and autoimmunity
  • The role of cell-mediated and humoral immunity.
  • The complement system.
  • The role of antibodies.
  • The role of the intestinal and blood-brain barriers.
Session 2 - Fundamental concepts of autoimmunity
  • Molecular mimicry/cross-reactivity.
  • Agglutination.
  • Citrullination.
  • Haptenation.
  • Immunological tolerance.
Session 3 - Dietary proteins and autoimmunity
  • Principals of cross-reactivity including amino acid sequence homology and topographical antibody binding homogeneity.
  • Dietary proteins, antigens, and chemicals that bind cross-reactive with target proteins.
  • How to develop the appropriate diet for autoimmune disease.
Session 4 - Infections and autoimmunity
  • Principals of antigen cross-reactivity.
  • Clinical strategies with autoimmunity and infections.
Session 5 - Review of Part 1
Session 6 - Questions and Answers
Session 7 - Environmental and lifestyle triggers for autoimmunity
  • Chemical triggers for autoimmunity.
  • Lifestyle triggers for autoimmunity.
  • Clinical strategies to manage environmental and lifestyle triggers for autoimmunity.
Session 8 - How to perform a comprehensive evaluation of patients suffering from autoimmunity
  • Key principals of conducting a medical history and physical examination for autoimmunity.
  • How to evaluate autoimmune laboratory tests.
Session 9 - How to clinically manage patients suffering from autoimmunity
  • How to develop a dietary, nutritional, and lifestyle strategy for patients suffering from autoimmunity.
  • How to develop realistic clinical outcomes.
Session 10 - Autoimmunity Case Study
  • Clinical principals learned from case studies.
Session 11 - Review of Part 2
Session 12 - Questions and Answers

Instructor

Dr. Datis Kharrazian

PhD, DHSc, DC, MS, MMSc, FACN
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Dr. Datis Kharrazian is a Harvard Medical School trained researcher, clinical research scientist, academic professor, and a functional medicine health care provider. Dr. Kharrazian earned a Master of Medical Science degree (MMSc) in Clinical Investigation from Harvard Medical School, and is a member of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association and the American Association of Immunologists.

Today, Dr. Kharrazian’s clinical models of functional medicine are used by several academic institutions, and thousands of health care clinics and practices providers throughout the world.

He maintains a private practice near San Diego, California, and consults with patients from all over the world who are seeking non-pharmaceutical alternatives. His practice is focused on developing a personalized medical approach using diet, nutrition, and lifestyle approaches.

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