Stephen A. McClave, M.D., FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF

Stephen A. McClave, M.D.

Stephen A. McClave, M.D., FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Director of Clinical Nutrition
UofL Physicians Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-6991 - Academic Office
502-588-4600 - Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise
Endoscopic Ultrasound; Critical Care Nutrition; Nutrition Education

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Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine -
    Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology
  • American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists

Education and Training

  • Medical School: The Ohio State University
  • Residency: Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of South Florida

Featured Publications

  • McClave SA, Omer E, Eisa M, Klosterbauer A, Lowen CC, Martindale RG. The importance of providing dietary fiber in medical and surgical critical care. Nutr Clin Pract. 2024 Jun;39(3):546-556. doi: 10.1002/ncp.11092. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 37947011.
  • Lopez-Delgado JC, Patel JJ, Stoppe C, McClave SA. Considerations for medical nutrition therapy management of the critically ill patient with hematological malignancies: A narrative review. Nutr Clin Pract. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1002/ncp.11152. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38666811.
  • Taylor BE, McClave SA. In the Critically Ill Obese Should We Tip the Scale With More Protein? Crit Care Med. 2024 Apr 1;52(4):671-675. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006159. Epub 2024 Mar 14. PMID: 38483225.
  • Patel JJ, Lopez-Delgado JC, Stoppe C, McClave SA. Enteral nutrition in septic shock: a call for a paradigm shift. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2024 Apr 1;30(2):165-171. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000001134. Epub 2024 Jan 12. PMID: 38441124.
  • McClave SA, Martindale RG. Browning of white adipose tissue may be an appropriate adaptive response to critical illness. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2024 Jan;48(1):37-45. doi: 10.1002/jpen.2576. Epub 2023 Nov 23. PMID: 37908064.
  • Patel JJ, Rice TW, Mundi MS, Stoppe C, McClave SA. Nutrition dose in the early acute phase of critical illness: Finding the sweet spot and heeding the lessons from the NUTRIREA trials. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2023 Sep;47(7):859-865. doi: 10.1002/jpen.2539. Epub 2023 Jul 15. PMID: 37354044.
  • Kavalukas S, McClave SA. Immunonutrition vs standard nutrition for patients with cancer. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023 Aug;38(4):924-931. doi: 10.1002/ncp.10963. Epub 2023 Feb 14. PMID: 36788760.
  • Wischmeyer PE, Bear DE, Berger MM, De Waele E, Gunst J, McClave SA, Prado CM, Puthucheary Z, Ridley EJ, Van den Berghe G, van Zanten ARH. Personalized nutrition therapy in critical care: 10 expert recommendations. Crit Care. 2023 Jul 4;27(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s13054-023-04539-x. PMID: 37403125; PMCID: PMC10318839.
  • Patel JJ, Puthucheary Z, McClave SA. Nutrition during the acute phase of critical illness: discussions on NUTRIREA-3. Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Jul;11(7):e64. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00213-8. Epub 2023 May 24. PMID: 37244265.
  • Davidyuk V, Bhutiani N, Gold MK, Mortensen GF, Trestrail T, Brown AN, Vitale RJ, McClave SA, Vitale GC. Surgical Diagnoses of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Not Found on Previous Endoscopic Ultrasound: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Am Surg. 2023 Apr;89(4):990-995. doi: 10.1177/00031348211054531. Epub 2021 Nov 8. PMID: 34743589.