Neonatal Nutrition Conference
This Program is supported in part by Project # T79 MC00023 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Socical Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administation, Department of Health and Human Services.
March 4–7, 2012
at the Sheraton Suites Houston
Near the Galleria
Planning Committee and Faculty
- Steven A. Abrams, MD*
Professor of Pediatrics
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center and Section of Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - James M. Adams, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Diane M. Anderson, PhD, RD, LD*
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Sarah E. Barlow, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition
Houston, Texas - Holly Boyd, MSN, RN, NNP-BC
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Gerardo Cabrera-Meza,MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director
International Neonatology Program
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Susan J. Carlson, MMSc, RD, CSP, LD, CNSC
Neonatal Dietitian
University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Iowa City, Iowa - Amy Carter, MS, RD, LD
Neonatal Dietitian
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Beth A. Carter, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Baylor College of Medicine
Interim Co-Director of
Pediatric Liver Transplant
Medical Director,
Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program
Texas Children's Liver Center
Houston, Texas - Claudia Conkin, MS, RD, LD
Director, Food and Nutrition Services
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Tina Crook, PhD, RD, LD*
Assistant Professor and
Director of Dietetic Internship
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
College of Health Related Professions
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas - Richard A. Ehrenkranz, MD
Professor of Pediatrcs and Obstertrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Yale University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Newborn Special Care Unit
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut - Pauline A. Filipek, MD
Director, The Autism Center at CLI
Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Learning Institute and the Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology
University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas - Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Ethics
Program Director, Neonatology Fellowship Training Program
Section of Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director,
Arnold J. Rudolph Newborn ICU
Ben Taub General Hospital
Houston, Texas - Jennifer L. Gardner, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist,
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Alfred L. Gest, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director of Newborn Center
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Ganga Gokulakrishnan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology,
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Lisa Havins, MSN, RN, NNP-BC, PNP-BC*
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Texas Children's Hospital Kangaroo Crew
Intensive Care Transport Team
Houston, Texas
- William C. Heird, MD*
Professor of Pediatrics
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition
Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Stephanie Howard, MPH, RD, LD
Neonatal Dietitian
Saint Luke's Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri - Nancy Hurst, PhD, RN, IBCLC
Director, Women's Support Service
Texas Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Mimi Kaufman, MPH, RD, LD *
Early Intervention Nutritionist
PRIDE Early Childhood Intervention Program
Bluebonnet Trails Community Services
Round Rock, Texas - Kristi L. King, MPH, RD, LD
Pediatric Dietitian, Intestinal Rehabilitation Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Kimberly N. Le, Pharm D, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist — Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Barbara Levy, BSN, RN*
Parent of NICU Graduate
NICU III, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - L. Adriana Massieu, RD, CNSC, LD
Senior Neonatal Clinical Dietitian
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, IBCLC
Academic Chair and Residency Director, Pediatrics, Orlando Health
Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Sciences
The Florida State University
College of Medicine
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
University of Central Florida
College of Medicine
Orlando, Florida - Mohan Pammi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - William B. Pittard, III, MD, PhD, MPH*
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina -
Roxanne Robinson, RD, LD*
Children with Special Health Care Needs
Nutrition Consultant, WIC Program
Texas Department of State Health Services
Austin, Texas - Richard J. Schanler, MD*
Associate Chairman, Department of Pediatrics Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Cohen Children's Medical Center
of New York at North Shore
Professor,
Hofstra University School of Medicine
Manhasset, New York
- Robert J. Shulman, MD
Professor or Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Children's Nutrition Research Center
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Denise Sofka, MPH, RD*
Project Officer
DHHS/HRSA/MCHB
Rockville, Maryland - Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD*
Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Public Health,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Stephen E. Welty, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Neonatal Services,
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Terry Whaley, MPH, RD, LD
Assistant Director
Food and Nutrition Services
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Robyn Wong, MPH, RD, CSP*
Clinical Nutrition Specialist – Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii - Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD*
Professor and Director,
Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
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