Olson Nutrition

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Nutrition Sciences, September 1986 - December 1994
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham Graduate School (Birmingham, AL)

Fellow in Clinical Nutrition, September 1986 - August 1988
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)

Medical Resident, July 1975 - June 1978
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)

Internship, Surgery Major, May 1974 - July 1975
Rotating 2 Internship, Beverly Hospital (Beverly, MA)

Clinical and Research Fellow, July 1973 - May 1974
Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)

M.S. in Physiology, September 1969 - May 1973
University of Louisville Graduate School (Louisville, KY)

M.D., September 1969 - May 1973
University of Louisville School of Medicine (Louisville, KY)

B.A. in Psychology, September 1964 - June 1969
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

A.A., January 1963 - April 1964
Wilbur Wright College (Chicago, IL)

Employment

Medical Director, January 2007 - present
Magnolia Creek Residential Treatment Center for Eating Disorders (Columbiana, AL)

Private Practice, July 1990 - present
840 Montclair Road, Suite 602 (Birmingham, AL)

Consultant in Clinical Nutrition, July 1990 - present
Trinity Medical Center (Birmingham, AL)

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, July 1990 - 2003
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama School of Medicine (Birmingham, AL)

Instructor, September 1988 - June 1990
Clinical Division of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)

Private Practice, July 1979 - August 1986
General Internal Medicine, Five Member Group of General Internists (Muskegon, MI)

Instructor in Medicine, July 1978 - June 1979
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)

Associate Consultant, July 1978 - June 1979
Division of Preventative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)

Medical Licensure

• Alabama (Active): 13077
• Michigan (Inactive): 040384
• Wisconsin (Inactive): 20684
• Iowa (Inactive): 20145
• Minnesota (Inactive): 022546

Professional Certification

• Diplomate, American Board of Nutrition (1990)
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1979)
• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners (1975)

Professional Societies

• American Medical Association
• American Society of Enteral and Parental Nutrition
• American College of Nutrition (Member & Fellow)
• American Society for Clinical Nutrition
• Southern Medical Association

Hospital Committee Appointments

• Member, Nutrition Committee, HealthSouth Medical Center (Birmingham, AL)
• Chairman, Nutrition Committee, Trinity Medical Center (Birmingham, AL)
• Former Member of Executive Staff Committee, Hackley Hospital (Muskegon, MI)
• Former Chairman, Medical Death Review Committee, Hackley Hospital (Muskegon, MI)
• Former Vice Chief, Department of Medicine, Hackley Hospital (Muskegon, MI)
• Former Chairman, Nutrition Committee, Hackley Hospital (Muskegon, MI)

Professional Journals - Reviewer

• The American Journal of Medicine
• The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Professional Committees

• 1992, Examiner, oral examination segment for Diplomate status, American Board of Nutrition.
• 1988 - 1990, Adjunct member of the Committee on Medical/Dental School and Residency Nutrition Education of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition to participate in the identification and development of characteristics of residency training programs which have incorporated exemplary clinical nutrition training into their programs. Roland Winsier, M.D., Dr. P.H., Chairman.

Awards and Honors

• 1992, Invited lecturer and consultant in clinical nutrition at Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
• 1973, Phi Kappi Phi, National Honor Society for Scholarship.
• 1973, Dr. Norvin Green Memorial Prize, for the thesis "Effect of Amiloride on Resistance, Potential, and Acid Secretion of Frog Gastric Mucosa," University of Louisville School of Medicine.
• 1972, Henry Enos Tuley Memorial Prize, for essay "The Ideals of Medicine," University of Louisville School of Medicine.
• 1972, Omicron Delta Kappa, National Honorary for Leadership and Scholarship.
• 1970-1972, Summer Research Scholar, University of Louisville.
• 1970-1972, Alumni Scholar, University of Louisville.

Publications - Abstracts

1. Olson AK, Darnell B, Weinsier R, Nelson K, Wayland A, Khaled M, Long C. Effect of physiologic eucaloric intake of high carbohydrate-high fat diet on body composition and diet-induced thermogenesis in never-obese, postmenopausal, Caucasian females. Am J Clin Nutr 56:771, 1992.
2. Olson AK, Nelson KM, Long CL, Weinsier RL, Darnell B, Hunter G. Resting metabolic rate and diet-induced thermogenesis in mildly obese and lean post menopausal females. Int J Obesity (13:570,1989).
3. Olson AK, TamuraT, Sauberlich HE, Dimick AR. Plasma copper, zinc, and iron in burn patients. The FASEB Journal, 3:A360 (Abstract 782), Feb. 9, 1989.
4. Zapol WM, Qvist J, Liland A, Olson AK, Pontoppidan H. Advanced techniques and results of prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure. First World Congress on Intensive Care, 1974.
   
5. Zapol WM, Olson AK, Nash G, Bloom S, Liland A, Pontoppidan H. Pulmonary fibrosis following acute respiratory failure: Establishment of a quantitative biochemical mode in rats. Aspen Conference on Pulmonary Disease, 1974.
   
6. Kanarek D, Zapol W, Ahluwalia B, Qvist J, Hales C, Bloom S, Olson AK, Liland A, Kazemi H. Radionuclide imaging of the distribution of membrane lung perfusion. Abstracts Amer. Soc. Artif. Int. Organs, 3:35, 1974.
   
7. Zapol WM, Qvist J, Nash G, Liland A, Olson AK, Pontopidan H. Effect of continuous positive airway (CPAP) of one weeks duration on lamb lung morphology. Critical Care Medicine, 2:46, 1974.
8. Carrasquer G, Dinno MA, Fravert D, Olson AK, Schwartz M. Effects of amiloride on nutrient membrane of the in vitro frog gastric mucosa. Physiologist, 16:280, 1973.
9. Carrasquer G, Fravert D, Olson AK. Effect of amiloride on sodium reabsorption in rat proximal tubules. Clin. Res., 21:680, 1973.
10. Carrasquer G, Wilczewski Tw, Olson AK. Amiloride furosemide, and sodium reabsorption in proximal tubule in rats. Proceedings of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, 9:291, 1971.

Publications - Papers

1. Weinsier RL, Boker JR, Brooks CM, Kushner RF, Olson AK, Mark DA, St Jeon ST, Stallings VA, Winnick M, Heber D, Visek WJ. Nutrition training in graduate medical (residency) education: a survey of selected training programs. Am J Clin Nutr, 54: 957-62, 1991.
2. Boker JR, Weinsier RL, Brooks CM, Olson AK. Components of effective clinical nutrition training: A national study of graduate medical education (residency) programs. Am J Clin Nutr, 52: 568-571, 1990.
3. Thurstin A, Olson AK. Issues in the diagnosis and treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Ala J Med Sci, 1987: 24: 427-31.
4. Carrasquer G, Fravert D, Olson AK. Effect of intraluminal amiloride on sodium tubule. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med, 146: 478-480, 1974.
5. Wilczewski Tw, Olson AK, Carrasquer G. Effect of amiloride, furosemide, and ethacrynic acid on sodium transport in rat kidney. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med, 145: 1301-1305, 1974.
6. Kanarek D, Zapol W, Ahluwalia B, Qvist J, Hales C, Bloom S, Olson AK, Liland A, Kazemi H. Radio nuclide imaging of the distribution of membrane lung perfusion. Trans Amer Soc Aftif. Int. Organs, 20: 1974.
7. Dinno MA, Schwartz M, Olson AK, Carrasquer G. Effects of ethacrynic acid on frog gastric mucosa in chloride solutions. Canadian J Physiol Pharm, 52: 166-173,1974.
8. Carrasquer G, Fravert D, Olson AK, Dinno MA, Schwartz M. Effects of amiloride on the in vitro frog gastric mucosa. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med, 144:467-470, 1973.
   

Books, Monographs, and Invited Papers

1. Contributor, Fundamentals of Clinical Nutrition, Weinsier, RL, editor, Mosby Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, MO, 1993.
2. Olson AK. Refeeding in the setting of chronic protein-calorie malnutrition. Nutrition and the MD. Vol XVII: 3, 1991.
3. Contributor, Handbook of Clinical Nutrition, 2nd Edition, Weinsier RL, Heimburger DC, Butterworth, Jr. CE. Mosby Publishing Co., St. Louis 1988.

Research Activities and Interests

1. The effect of a high carbohydrate-low fat diet versus a high fat-low carbohydrate diet on weight maintenance, resting metabolic rate, diet-induced thermogenesis, and energy expenditure in man. Funded by the General Clinical Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
2. The effect of beta carotene and vitamin A on burn wound healing. Project coordinator. Howerde Sauberlic, Ph.D., PI.
3. Total parental nutrition as a therapeutic modality for cholesterol lowering and atherosclerosis reversal in the management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Proposal not funded.
4. The lipoprotein lowering effect of combined total parental nutrition and lovastatin. Funded by the Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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