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Neonatal Nutrition Conference

Cosponsored by Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, this program is supported in part by the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.

March 2–5, 2008
at the Sheraton Suites Houston
Near the Galleria

Program

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday

Sunday, March 2, 2008 ^

3:00–7:30 p.m. Registration
7:30 Systematic Reviews and Their Application to Evaluating Neonatal Feeding Strategies
Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD, MPH
8:15 Breastfeeding the Very Preterm Hospitalized Infant: A Qualitative Study
Nancy Hurst, RN, PhD, IBCLC
9:00 p.m. Reception

Monday, March 3, 2008 ^

7:30 a.m. Late Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 Pretest
8:20 Welcome
Ann R. Stark, MD
8:30 GI Development
Robert J. Shulman, MD
9:20 Intestinal Microbiome Friend or Foe
Josef Neu, MD
10:10 Break
10:40 Cholestasis: Do Fatty Acids Make the Difference?
Beth A. Carter, MD
11:30 Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Yvette R. Johnson, MD, MPH
12:15 p.m. Lunch on your own
2:00 Workshops
  1. Supporting Evidence Based Change—Nutrition
    Outcome Measurement in the NICU

    Barb Kuzma-O'Reilly, LD, RD, MA
  2. Specialized Approaches to Human Milk Fortification and Use of Infant Formulas in the NICU
    Steven A. Abrams, MD
    Adriana Massieu, RD, CNSD, LD
  3. Post Discharge Nutrition
    Ian J. Griffin, MD
  4. Fluids, Electrolytes and Glucose: Too Much/Too Little
    James M.Adams, MD
  5. Assessing Growth in the NICU
    Diane M. Anderson, PhD, RD, LD
3:30 Break
3:50 Workshops Repeated
5:20 p.m. Adjourn

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 ^

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 Calcium, Phosphorous, and Vitamin D Needs of Premature Infants
Steven A. Abrams, MD
8:45 Iron, Zinc and Copper Needs During Pregnancy and Infancy
Ian J. Griffin, MD
9:30 Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Premature Infants with Human Milk
Steven A. Abrams, MD
10:15 Break
10:45 DHA in Perinatal Nutrition: A Continuing Saga
William C. Heird, MD
11:30 Brain Injury of Prematurity: What Role Nutrition Plays
Lu-Ann Papile, MD
12:15 p.m. Lunch on your own
2:00 Workshops
  1. TPN Guidelines and Calculations
    L. Adriana Massieu, RD, CNSD, LD
    Traci L. Socier, Pharm D
    Michael E. Speer, MD
  2. Nutrition Management of the ELBW Infant
    Holly Boyd, RNC, NNP, MSN
    See Wai Chan, MD, MPH
  3. Getting Started: Tools and Issues for the NICU Nutritionist
    Stephanie Howard, MPH, RD
  4. Nutrition Management of the Infant with Short Gut Syndrome
    Sarah Phillips, MS, RD, LD
    Carol Ann Redel, MD
  5. Early Childhood Intervention—Nutrition Applications
    Mimi Kaufman, MPH, RD, LD
3:30 Break
3:50 Workshops repeated
5:20 p.m. Adjourn

Wednesday, March 5, 2008 ^

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:15 Cultural Awareness During the Perinatal Period
Gerardo Cabrera-Meza, MD
9:00 Infant Feeding and Pediatric Obesity
Stephanie H. Abrams, MD
9:45 Break
10:15 Management of the Late Preterm Infant
Eric C. Eichenwald, MD
11:00 Support of the Family
Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, MD
11:45 Posttest and Evaluations
12:00 p.m. Adjourn