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.
February 28-March 3, 2010
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
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
Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Holly Boyd, MSN, RN, NNP-BC
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - 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
Medical Director, Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program
Texas Children's Liver Center
Houston, Texas - See Wai Chan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Eric C. Eichenwald, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director of Newborn Center, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Ethics
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 - Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, PhD
Chief, Nutrition Branch
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia - Lisa Havins, MSN, RN, NNP-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, CNSD
Pediatric Nutrition Support Specialist
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri - Nancy Hurst, PhD, RN, IBCLC
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Lactation Support Program and Milk Bank
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas -
Mimi Kaufman, MPH, RD, LD *
Early Intervention Nutritionist
PRIDE Early Childhood Intervention Program
Round Rock, Texas- Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD, MPH
Richard W. Mithoff Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Director, MS in Clinical Research Degree Program
UT-Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas
- Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD, MPH
- * Planning Committee Member
Kristi L. King, MPH, RD, LD
Pediatric Dietitian, Intestinal Rehabilitation
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas
- Chantal Lau, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Barbara Levy, BSN, RN *
Parent of NICU Graduate
NICU Staff Nurse, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - L. Adriana Massieu, RD, CNSC, LD
Senior Neonatal Dietitian
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Antonio R. Mott, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac ICU
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennslyvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
- Lu-Ann Papile, MD
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 *
Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York and
Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York - Robert J. Shulman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Texas Children's Hospital
Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Denise Sofka, MPH, RD *
Project Officer
DHHS/HRSA/MCHB
Rockville, Maryland - Michael E. Speer, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Ethics
Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas - Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD *
Assistant Professor, Chair, Public Health Nutrition Program
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Ann R. Stark, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Head, Section of Neonatology
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas - Robyn Wong, MPH, RD, CSP *
Coordinator, Clinical Nutrition/Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii - Steven H. Zeisel, MD, PhD
Kenan Distinguished University Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics
Director, UNC Nutrition Research Institute at Kannapolis
Director, UNC Clinical Nutrition Research Center
Director, UNC Center of Excellence in Children's Nutrition
Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine
Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nutrition Research Institute at Kannapolis
Kannapolis, North Carolina
- Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD *
Professor and Director, Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
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