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 Supporting Evidence Based Change—Nutrition Outcome Measurement in the NICU Barb Kuzma-O'Reilly, LD, RD, MA Specialized Approaches to Human Milk Fortification and Use of Infant Formulas in the NICU Steven A. Abrams, MD Adriana Massieu, RD, CNSD, LD Post Discharge Nutrition Ian J. Griffin, MD Fluids, Electrolytes and Glucose: Too Much/Too Little James M.Adams, MD 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 TPN Guidelines and Calculations L. Adriana Massieu, RD, CNSD, LD Traci L. Socier, Pharm D Michael E. Speer, MD Nutrition Management of the ELBW Infant Holly Boyd, RNC, NNP, MSN See Wai Chan, MD, MPH Getting Started: Tools and Issues for the NICU Nutritionist Stephanie Howard, MPH, RD Nutrition Management of the Infant with Short Gut Syndrome Sarah Phillips, MS, RD, LD Carol Ann Redel, MD 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