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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
  • * 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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