Eating Disorders Should Always Be On Your Differential (Medical Series)

Michaela Voss, MD 

Nuggets from Dr. Voss to all medical providers include being ok with not always having a diagnosis for a symptom and assuring your patients “we will figure it out” and that eating disorders should always be on your differential. 

  

How to determine target weight range (hint: Health determines weight, weight does not determine health) and how to know if a low heart rate is a sign of a strong conditioned heart (like in an athlete) or malnutrition. 

 

People don't need to be a specialist in the ED world to catch and treat eating disorders! They're there, they don't discriminate and check biases. 

Bio: 

Michaela Voss, MD, is the Medical Director of The Eating Disorder Center at Children’s Mercy – Kansas City, MO.  She graduated medical school from the University of Kansas Medical Center – Kansas City, KS, in 2010.

She completed a pediatric internship and residency in 2013 at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, WI. Afterward, she pursued advanced training in the field of adolescent medicine, graduating from fellowship in 2016 at Seattle Children’s Hospital – Seattle, WA. During this time, Dr. Voss was a Leadership and Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Fellow and participated in research under a T32 grant.

In addition to her clinical and administrative duties, Dr. Voss enjoys educating medical professionals and the general community about adolescent health and eating disorders. She participates in multiple research and quality improvement projects to expand evidence-based medical knowledge of eating disorders. 

 

With your host Beth Harrell 

IG  @beth.harrell.cedss  

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