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ASPEN20 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SPEAKER BIOS Ruba A. Abdelhadi, MD, CNSC Director of Nutrition Support and Nutrition Services Programs, Gastroenterology and Nutrition; Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Director of Education and Faculty Development, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO Christina B. Bales, MD Dr. Christina Bales is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She received her doctorate in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed her residency in Pedriatrics and fellowship training in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She has a particular interest in quality improvement initiatives related to reduction of central line associated bloodstream infections in the short bowel syndrome population. She enjoys teaching and is the recipient of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Master Clinician Award. Molly Band, MHS, PA-C Molly Band is a Physician Assistant, practicing in Pediatric Nephrology at Connecticut Children's in Hartford, CT. She graduated with her Masters of Health Science, Physician Assistant Studies from Quinnipiac University in 2011. Lori J. Bechard, PhD, RD Dr. Lori Bechard is a clinical nutrition researcher and registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in the investigation of nutrition interventions and assessment techniques for critically ill children at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is the project director for the Pediatric International Nutrition Study (PINS), a cohort study of mechanically ventilated children in PICUs around the world. Dr. Bechard has wide-ranging expertise in clinical nutrition research and specialized pediatric clinical practice and is the author of many publications in highly regarded peer-reviewed journals. She educates dietitians, physicians and other health care providers on these topics, and is an active member of ASPEN, ASN, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, serving as the current chair of the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group. Matthew Bechtold, MD, FACP, FASGE, FACG, AGAF Dr. Matthew Bechtold is Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri – Columbia where he serves as the Director of Endoscopy and Director of Ambulatory Services for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He is a full-time clinician practicing general gastroenterology and nutrition. He is actively involved in research with interests in outcomes research, quality improvement, and nutrition. Over the past decade, he has published numerous articles in these fields. He also serves on many ASPEN committees since his nutrition fellowship in 2013 and is an active national speaker.

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Mette Berger, MD, PhD Dr. Mette Berger, MD, PhD, is an Intensive care physician and associate professor in the Lausanne University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, specializing in burn care and clinical nutrition. She is also Coordinator of the Lausanne Burn Center. Dr. Berger received her MD degree from the Lausanne School of Medicine, and her medical PhD from the Umeå University, Sweden. She completed her residency in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the CHUV with intermittent fellowships in Stockholm, Sweden and Sydney, Australia. She also trained as a nutritionist in Nancy, France. Dr. Berger is a world-renowned professor and researcher in the field of nutrition and metabolism in critically ill patients. Her research interests include clinical nutrition, micronutrition, and major burns. She developed the concept of maximal tolerable energy debt during the ICU stay. She has also conducted randomized trials with combined enteral and parenteral nutrition in patients with failing enteral feeding, resulting in reduction of infectious complications and of costs, due to an improved immune response. Dr. Berger has spoken globally on the role of micronutrients in major burns, trauma, and patients on continuous renal replacement therapy. She has authored over 230 peer-reviewed publications and 40 book chapters. Dr. Berger is a member of the ESPEN-ICU guidelines group, the ESICM-MEN metabolism and nutrition working group, and the ICALIC (Indirect Calorimetry in the ICU) working group. Sabrina Bierman, MS, RD, CNSC I graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2014 with my BS in dietetics and from Rush University in 2016 with my MS in clinical nutrition. My passion for neonatal nutrition began during my internship when I realized the critical role an RD has in the growth and development of neonates. My first job, as a NICU dietitian at Golisano Children’s Hospital in Florida, reinforced this passion. Currently, I am a Principal NICU dietitian at the University of California San Diego. Over the course of my career, I have had an article published in the NCP titled “Identification, Coding, and Reimbursement of Pediatric Malnutrition at an Urban Academic Medical Center,” received ASPEN’s Neonatal New Practitioner of the Year Award, and became the editor of ASPEN’s Neonatal Newsletter. In my current position at UCSD I have played an instrumental role in the implementation of a donor human milk program in our newborn units. This has assisted in bridging the gap until mom’s milk supply comes in. I believe in the importance of helping the premature infant receive the best nutrition possible by optimizing nutrient delivery for adequate growth while at the same time ensuring that they receive immunoprotection through human milk. Ann-Marie Brown, PhD, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN, FCCM Dr. Ann-Marie Brown completed her BSN at the University of Akron, MSN at Kent State University, and PhD through the joint program at The University of Akron/Kent State University. Her 30+ year career has focused entirely in pediatric critical care, primarily in the Pediatric ICU. She has greater than 15 years of experience as a Pediatric ICU nurse practitioner. She is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, and her leadership roles include serving on the Board of Directors for the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. Her ASPEN involvement includes serving on the Research and Conference Monitoring Committees and membership in the Nursing, Critical Care, and Pediatrics Sections. She is an assistant clinical professor and director of

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the acute care pediatric NP program at Emory University in Atlanta. In addition, she also has a joint appointment as a Nurse Scientist at Children’s Health Care of Atlanta. Her program of research on nutrition in critically ill and injured children has spanned more than a decade, with a focus on nurse driven methods to optimize nutrition delivery, feeding intolerance, symptom management and relationship to clinical outcomes. Kara L. Calkins, MD, MS Dr. Kara Calkins is an Associate Professor in the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of California, Davis with Bachelor of science in Nutrition Science, and completed her pediatric residency and perinatal-neonatal fellowship in Los Angeles. She has a Master of Science in Clinical Research. She is has published on IV lipids and parenteral nutrition in the NICU and beyond. Dr. Calkins’ overall research and clinical goal is to optimize fetal, infant, and pediatric nutrition to improve health outcomes for all patients. Tommy Cederholm, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Nutrition at Uppsala University, Senior consultant, head of R&D, Theme Ageing, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm. Board certified in Geriatric medicine and Internal medicine. Research focus on catabolism in old and chronically ill subjects. >260 peer-reviewed articles. Served as Executive Committee member of ESPEN 2012-2016. Member of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older people. Recently contributing to the GLIM Criteria for malnutrition. Lingtak-Neander Chan, PharmD, BCNSP, FCCP, FACN Dr. Chan is a Professor of Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy, and an Interdisciplinary Faculty of the Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was formerly a faculty member of the College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a board-certified nutrition support pharmacist, an elected fellow of the American College of Nutrition and an elected fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. His primary research focus is on the absorption kinetics of micronutrients and drugs after bariatric surgery and other GI tract repairs. Other key areas of interest include micronutrient deficiencies, intestinal failure, and critical care nutrition. Yimin Chen, PhD, RD, CNSC Dr. Yimin Chen is a human milk researcher with 15 years of clinical experience. She investigates the effect of maternal mental health on human milk components produced by mothers of preterm infants, and the impact of human milk immunomodulatory components on the infant gastrointestinal and systemic immune response. Dr. Chen uses a full complement of cell culture models, neonatal piglet model, and human studies to examine mechanistic pathways. Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, CNSC, LDN, FADA, FASPEN Dr. Compher is the Shearer Chair in Healthy Community Practices and Professor of Nutrition Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a former ASPEN President. She is Director of Clinical Initiatives for the Penn Nutrition Science and Medicine Center, an omics

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research collaboration, and she directs microbiome-related dietary intake for the Penn-CHOP Gut Microbiome program and for the Penn Center for Human Phenomic Science. Dr. Compher was a coinvestigator for the study that she will present in this session. Casey P. Cooper, PharmD, CNSC Casey Cooper, PharmD, CNSC currently serves as the Business Development and Integration Project Manager at Amerita Specialty Infusion in Amarillo, TX. He has over 10 years of experience in home infusion. Casey is an experienced infusion pharmacist with emphasis in clinical management of chronic disease states, with focus in cardiology, clinical nutrition, immunology, and infectious diseases. His experience includes pharmacy practice management, clinical disease state management, education, and clinical research. He is a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC). Casey was chosen as the National Home Infusion Association’s Excellence in Pharmacy Practice Award winner in 2017 and was also honored to receive his company’s highest recognition, the Amerita Circle of Excellence Presidential Award in 2017. He is a member of the National Home Infusion Association and the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). Craig Coopersmith, MD, FACS, FCCM Dr. Craig Coopersmith is the Interim Director of the Emory Critical Care Center. He is also Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Coopersmith is currently the Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator on 3 R01 research grants from the National Institutes of Health in the United States related to his work on the gut in sepsis and the immune response to sepsis. He is also the Principal Investigator on a NIH-funded T32 training grant on critical care. Dr. Coopersmith co-chairs the research arm of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign and co-chairs Conflict of Interest for the next Surviving Sepsis Guidelines. Dr. Coopersmith is also past president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC is Faculty in Departments of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Inflammation & Immunity, and Director for Nutrition Research within the Center for Human Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic. She is Nutrition Thread Director within the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Dr. Cresci completed her doctorate degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Medical College of Georgia, Master of Science degree in Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences, and Bachelor of Science Degree in Dietetics at the University of Akron. Dr. Cresci’s research focus is on the gut microbiome in health and disease. Dr. Cresci has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters and edited a textbook in critical care nutrition. She has received numerous awards including the 2018 Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award from ASPEN; 2018 Outstanding Research Dietitian Award from the Ohio Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; 2014 Excellence in Practice Research Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; 2010 Distinguished Nutrition Support Dietitian Advanced Clinical Practice Award from ASPEN; and the 2009 Excellence in Practice Clinical Nutrition Award from the American Dietetic Association. Dr. Cresci is currently a member of the ASPEN Executive Committee; she is currently Vice President.

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John Daly, MD, FACS, FRCSI (Hon), FRCSG (Hon) Dr. John Daly is an internationally recognized surgical oncologist, known for his expertise in the treatment of patients with hepatobiliary, pancreatic, colorectal and breast cancer. Dr. Daly graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 1973. He trained in surgery at the University of Texas at Houston spending two additional years on the faculty at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center. He served as Assistant and Associate attending surgeon at MSKCC until 1986. In 1986, Dr. Daly was recruited to the University of Pennsylvania as the first Jonathan E Rhoads Professor of Surgery and chief of surgical oncology. In 1993, he became the Chair and Stimson Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Chief of Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. In 2002, Dr. Daly became Dean of Temple University School of Medicine and the Donohoo Professor of Surgery. Dr. Daly continues to practice surgical oncology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, a part of the Temple University Health System. In addition, he has recently been appointed as the Interim Dean at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine of Temple University Beth Deen, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS Beth Deen is the Senior Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Nutrition Support at Cook Children’s Medical Center. She provides daily parenteral nutrition consults to all inpatients receiving parenteral nutrition as well as managing parenteral nutrition in all outpatients followed by the Gastroenterology service. Beth received her B.S. in Pharmacy from The University of Iowa and her Doctor of Pharmacy from The University of Texas. She completed a Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Residency at LeBonheur Children's Medical Center/The University of Tennessee, Memphis. Beth is Board Certified in both Nutrition Support (BCNSP) and Pediatrics (BCPPS). She precepts PGY1 and PGY2 residents on their Nutrition Support rotations and is the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Director (RPD). She also serves on the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) Specialty Council on Pediatric Pharmacy and is the incoming Chair of the Pharmacy Practice Section of The American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). John DiBaise, MD, FACG John K. DiBaise, MD is a Professor of Medicine and a Consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. DiBaise has published over 200 original articles, reviews, chapters, books and editorials. In addition, he is an active clinical investigator and educator focusing on gastrointestinal motility and nutrition-related disorders. He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and an active member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society. He is currently Associate Editor of the American Journal of Gastroenterology and completed serving as Associate Editor of Nutrition in Clinical Practice. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. He completed his Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. DiBaise received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska and his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Roland N. Dickerson, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

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Rose Ann Dimaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAAN, FGSA Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAAN, FGSA, blends her passion for nursing, the older adult, and nutrition into a strong body of interdisciplinary research which impacts practice. DiMaria-Ghalili’s efforts are recognized nationally across disciplines (nursing, nutrition, medicine, and engineering) and contexts (research, practice, and policy). Her research focuses on the impact of nutrition and use of cutting-edge technology on recovery, quality of life, and health outcomes in older adults with acute and chronic conditions. Rose Ann is a Professor of Nursing and Assistant Dean for Interprofessional and Collaborative Research at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions. William Drake, PharmD President/Chief Consulting Officer, Emergency Preparedness, WCD Holdings, LLC, Clinton Township, MI Liselotte (Lotte) Dyrbye, MD, MHPE Dr. Dyrbye is Co-director of the Program on Physician Well-Being and Associate Chair for Faculty Development, Staff Satisfaction, and Diversity for the Department of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. She also holds the academic rank of Professor of Medical Education and Professor of Medicine and serves as Assistant Dean of Faculty Development for the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Dyrbye’s research focuses on the prevalence, drivers and consequences of burnout and mitigating strategies. She co-developed the Physician Well-Being Index - Expanded, Resident Well-Being Index, Medical Student Well-Being Index, and the general Well-Being Index, which are brief self-assessment tools designed to identify the subset of health care workers in severe distress and most likely in need of individualized interventions. Dr. Dyrbye's research in burnout, depression, and well-being in students, residents and physicians contributes to increased well-being for health care providers and better patient outcomes. Dr. Dyrbye has authored over 130 publications and has received several grants to support this work. Dr. Dyrbye has been recognized by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the Journal of Academic Medicine, and the University of Illinois at Chicago for her work. She has also received many awards and honors, including the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Charles H. Griffith III MD Educational Research Award, the Mayo Clinic Education Research Achievement Award, and the Mayo Clinic Clinician Education Investigator Award, which recognizes education researchers who have significant, sustained contributions to education science on a national and international scale. David C. Evans, MD, FACS, PNS David C. Evans, MD this past year joined OhioHealth Trauma and Surgical Services in Central Ohio after completing 7 years as Director of Nutrition Support Services, Trauma Medical Director, and Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. He has a busy clinical practice focusing on trauma, emergency general surgery, endoscopy, and critical care. His special interests include nutrition support in surgical and ICU patients and

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research in surgery and trauma care. He has served as an investigator in multiple clinical trials in critically ill patients focused in the areas of nutrition and infection and is author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Michell Fullmer, RD, LDN, CSP CNSC Michell Fullmer is currently working as the Clinical Dietitian at AI DuPont Hospital for Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Wilmington Delaware. She has been in practice over 30 years, with 10 of those years dedicated to pediatric oncology and hematology (just ask her about sickle cell, she loves to talk about that as well). Michell has been published in the Journal of Pediatrics, as well as the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and recently presented a poster on her vitamin D research in childhood cancer at the International Conference on Children’s Bone Health in Austria. Michell has served in many positions within the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics including chair of the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group and served on the Consumer Protection and Licensure Subcommittee and state President. Gabriela Gardner, RD-AP, LD, CNSC Gabriela Gardner is an Outpatient Clinical Dietitian and Nutrition Team Lead at the Ertan Digestive Disease Center at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, where she provides specialty nutrition care for the management of gastrointestinal and hepatology disorders, educates patients and leads the management of patients on home nutrition support. Ms. Gardner received her B.S. in Human Nutrition and Foods from the University of Houston and is a Registered Dietitian and a Board-Certified Nutrition Support Clinician. In addition, she is one of 4 in Texas and 67 nationwide to obtain the Advanced Practice Dietitian in Clinical Nutrition Certification. Ms. Gardner has written several articles and published a book on IBS and the low FODMAP diet. She holds a number of leadership positions; currently she is President-Elect of the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of ASPEN and a member of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Medical Advisory Council. Morgan Gay, MS, RD, CNSC Morgan Gay is a Registered Dietitian working at Connecticut Children's as a Renal Dietitian. She graduated from Florida International University with her Masters in Dietetics. Marianne Gellert-Jones, MA, CCC-SLP Ms. Gellert-Jones has been working in pediatrics for over 30 years. She has spent her career focusing on providing speech-language services, feeding/dysphagia treatment, and assistive technology within the pediatric medically complex population. She has been on staff at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, since October of 1998, where she holds positions as both a Speech-Language Pathologist, and as the school’s Clinical Feeding Specialist. During her time at HMS, she has initiated school-wide programs that address the issues of feeding/dysphagia, respiration and communication/AAC. In her current role as the Clinical Feeding Specialist at HMS, she is charged with providing feeding training for all program and dietary staff, as well as completing in-depth feeding assessments, as needed for all students. She has presented numerous trainings and workshops in the areas of feeding, speech/language/AAC and respiration for colleagues of many disciplines and families. Ms. Gellert-Jones previously held appointments as a Speech-Language Pathologist at Thomas Jefferson University Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital, and as a Dysphagia Specialist at the Children’s Seashore House Pediatric Center for Dysphagia and Feeding

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Management. She completed her training and is certified in Pediatric Neuro-Developmental Treatment. Praveen Goday, MBBS, CNSC Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Maria Cristina Gonzalez, MD, PhD Maria Cristina Gonzalez is a Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Health and Behavior, Catholic University of Pelotas, Brazil and an Associate Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Food and Postgraduate Program of Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. She is the Coordinator of the Group of Studies in Body Composition and Nutrition – COCONUT. Since 2013, she has a position as an Adjunct Instructor of the Metabolism and Body Composition Lab at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, EUA. She has experience in Medicine and Nutrition, focusing on body composition, acting on the following subjects: nutritional assessment, bioelectrical impedance analysis, nutritional support in surgery, elderly, and oncology. Kim Gorsuch, BSN, RN, CNSC I have worked in health care for 20 years. I started out as a pharmacy technician working in an outpatient pharmacy. I was certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). I then transitioned to a hospital setting and began compounding medications like Parenteral Nutrition (PN). While working full time in the hospital pharmacy I went back to school and obtained my Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and then my Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN). I achieved my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with honors in 2016 through Chamberlain University and am currently working on my Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Aspen University. I achieved my Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) certification in 2019. I started my career as an Emergency Department Nurse. I worked in a several community Emergency Departments, two were Level 2 Trauma Centers, and honed my critical thinking and triage skills while obtaining ACLS, PALS, ABLS, ITLS, WI-ECRN and IL-ECRN. I began my career in Nutrition support with Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) in April 2013 where I assisted with implementation of ENFit. I have worked on several nutrition-based research projects for CTCA. I am an active member for the Aspen Nurses. Brenda Gray, PharmD, CNSC, BCNSP, VA-BC, PRS, CVAAC, BCSCP Brenda Gray is Owner and Senior Pharmacist Consultant for Clinical Pharmacy Partners, Board of Director – Pharmacy for National Board Nutrition Support Certification, Board member of CVAA and parenteral nutrition consumer that has practiced pharmacy since 1996 in many settings. She serves as a pharmacy and nursing accreditation surveyor, educator and consultant. Her professional career has been complimented by multiple publications and presentations nationally and internationally including the leadership committee for development of Infusion and Vascular Access guidelines for Canada. She has board certification in nutrition support (BCNSP, CNSC), vascular access (VA-BC) and sterile compounding (BCSCP). Six years ago, she also gained additional expertise as she became a parenteral nutrition consumer. As both a clinician and consumer, she is very active with the Oley Foundation. She also served on the guideline development group for Infusion and vascular

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access guidelines for Canada. Kelly Green Corkins, MS, RD-AP, CSP, LDN, FAND Kelly Green Corkins received her undergraduate degree in Clinical Dietetics from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro and completed a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Food Systems Management at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. Her career has included jobs in various sub-specialties of pediatrics in the inpatient, outpatient and home care settings and has taken her from the east coast to the west coast and now has her in the mid-south. She currently works as a Pediatric Clinical Dietitian III in the Neurology Unit at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. Kelly has authored several reviews and book chapters on various topics in nutrition including infant formulas, enteral products, nutrition focused physical examination in pediatrics, pediatric nutrition assessment and transitioning care. She is active in both the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, serving on and chairing national committees. In addition, Kelly is married to Mark Corkins, a pediatric gastroenterologist and nutrition support specialist. They enjoy presenting together, talking about nutrition topics, traveling, spending time with their 9 year old daughter and traveling to see their older 2 daughters. Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RDN Dr. Groh-Wargo has over 40 years of experience, is a nationally known speaker and researcher, and has authored numerous publications on neonatal nutrition. She is an editor of both editions of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Pocket Guide to Neonatal Nutrition and is a contributor to the Academy’s online Pediatric Nutrition Care Manual. Dr. Groh-Wargo authored a chapter on “Lactoengineering” for the 3rd edition of “Infant and Pediatric Feedings: Guidelines for Preparation of Human Milk and Formula in Health Care Facilities”. She participates in the Pre-B Project, sponsored by the NIH in cooperation with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which was convened to perform systematic reviews of neonatal nutrition and to set national dietary guidelines for the premature infant. Dr. Groh-Wargo received the 2019 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Medallion Award. Kathleen M. Gura, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FPPAG Kathy Gura is the Pharmacy Clinical Research Program Manager and a clinical pharmacist with the Clinical Nutrition Service at Boston Children's Hospital. She is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct member of the faculty at MCPHS University..Her topics of expertise include nutritional support for the critically ill pediatric patient, nutritional support in intestinal failure, intravenous lipid emulsions and sterile products preparation. Dr. Gura received her BS and Pharm.D from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston. Certified as a Nutritional Support Pharmacist, Dr. Gura is a Fellow of the ASHP, ASPEN, PPA and MSHP. She served on the Board of Directors for the Pediatric Pharmacy Association and served as president of the Massachusetts Society of Health System Pharmacists. Dr. Gura is the author of numerous book chapters on pediatric nutrition and has written more than 130 peer-reviewed on topics such as the parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis, clinical practice guidelines for parenteral nutrition, and the use of parenteral nutrition in the neonate. She currently serves on the USP Parenteral Nutrition Expert Panel and is an associate editor for JPEN.

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Kyle Hampson, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC Kyle Hampson is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Long Island University and the Clinical Pharmacy Educator for Nutrition Support and Pediatrics at the The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Dr. Hampson graduated from the Mylan School of Pharmacy at Duquense University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY-2 Nutrition Support Pharmacy Residency at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently the chair-elect of the GI/Liver/Nutrition PRN of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and is actively involved in the American Society of Parenteral Nutrition and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Jeanette M. Hasse, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, CNSC Dr. Jeanette Hasse has worked in the critical care nutrition field for over 35 years and has worked full-time with transplant patients since 1986. She has been involved in related research and development of nutrition care protocols and currently manages 11 transplant dietitians. Jeanette has given many professional presentations and has several publications on nutrition and transplantation. Dr. Hasse is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Nutrition in Clinical Practice. Dr. Hasse is also co-editor of the book Comprehensive Guide to Transplant Nutrition. She has received several professional awards. Jeanette received her B.S. degree in Nutrition at the University of Nebraska and received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Nutrition at Texas Woman's University. Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD Dr. Frank Hu is Chair of Department of Nutrition, Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He serves as Co-director of the Program in Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention at Harvard and Director of Boston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Epidemiology and Genetics Core. He has served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease, the AHA/ACC Obesity Guideline Expert Panel, and the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA/HHS. He has served on the editorial boards of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Diabetes Care, and Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Hu is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH Dr. Stephen Hursting is the AICR/WCRF Distinguished Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. He is also Professor at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He earned his PhD in nutritional biochemistry and MPH in nutritional epidemiology from UNC-Chapel Hill, and he completed postdoctoral training in molecular carcinogenesis and cancer prevention at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Prior to joining the UNC faculty in 2014, Dr. Hursting was Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin and the McKean-Love Endowed Chair of Nutritional, Molecular and Cellular Sciences at the UT College of Natural Sciences and MD Anderson Cancer Center (2005-14). He also previously served as Chief of the NCI’s Nutrition and Molecular Carcinogenesis Laboratory Section (2000-2005). His research interests center on precision nutrition as applied to cancer prevention, particularly the molecular and metabolic mechanisms underlying obesity- cancer associations, and the interplay between obesity, metabolism, host genetics and cancer. He is currently focusing on the molecular and metabolic changes occurring in response to dietary; surgical (bariatric surgery), or pharmacologic manipulation

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of energy metabolism and cell signaling pathways. Ryan Hurt, MD, PhD Dr. Ryan Hurt is a Professor of Medicine and is the Program Director for the Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Program at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Hurt currently serves as the Vice Chair of Practice for the Division of General Internal Medicine. Since 2019 he has served on the ASPEN Board of Directors. He has been the President of the Kentucky Chapter of ASPEN since 2016. Carol Ireton-Jones, PhD, RDN, CNSC, FASPEN Dr. Carol Ireton-Jones received her PhD and Master’s degree in Nutrition from Texas Woman’s University. Her undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics came from Texas Tech University where she also received her clinical training. She developed The Ireton-Jones equations for estimating energy requirements in hospitalized patients and these are widely used nationally and internationally. She was recently presented the Distinguished Nutrition Support Dietitian Services Award from ASPEN in January 2018. Dr. Ireton-Jones is in private practice currently managing patients with GI disorders including IBS, gastroparesis and IBD, as well as home parenteral and enteral nutrition patients. She is a consultant/speaker and has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on a variety of nutrition topics. She has authored 4 books and numerous book chapters and peer reviewed papers and received many honors and awards. Balancing both evidence-based nutrition with sensible and practical applications is her strong point! Contact info: drcijrd@gmail.com carolireton-jones.com Gordon Jensen, MD, PhD In January 2016 Gordon Jensen became Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Medicine and Nutrition at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont. In June 2019 he was also named the University of Vermont Health Network Director of Research. From 2007-2015 he served as Professor and Head of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State University and Professor of Medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine. He was at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from 1998-2007 where he was Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition and Professor of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and his Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Clinical Nutrition at New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a Past-President of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and a Past-President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). He has authored more than 205 journal articles, reviews, and book chapters. His contributions were recently recognized with the 2014 Jonathan Rhoads Lecture, ASPEN’s most prestigious award, and his selection as a 2019 Fellow of ASN. Abigail Johnson, PhD, RDN Abigail Johnson, PhD, RDN, is a postdoctoral associate and registered dietitian nutritionist. She earned two bachelor of science degrees in nutritional science and biology from the University of

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Minnesota. As a graduate student, she studied molecular metabolism and nutrition at the University of Chicago before completing her PhD in nutrition at the University of Minnesota with a focus on body composition changes after bariatric surgery. Dr. Johnson completed her dietetic internship through Iowa State University in 2015. She became a registered dietitian nutritionist commissioned through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2016. Today, Dr Johnson works with the Knights Lab at the University of Minnesota where she studies the personalized interactions between diet and the microbiome in healthy individuals, in immigrant populations, and during infant development. Her work applies computational methods to nutritional datasets to better understand the complex interrelationships between diet, the microbiome, and health and disease. Haley L. Kavelak, PharmD, BCCCP Dr. Haley Kavelak is a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at St. Luke's University Health Network and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She practices in the medical ICU, trauma/neuro ICU, and cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery ICUs at St. Luke's University Hospital where she also serves as a PGY1 pharmacy residency preceptor. Within ASPEN, Dr. Kavelak serves on the Membership Committee and as the Director of Pharmacy in the Philadelphia Area Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Heather Keller, RD, PhD, FDC, FCAHS Heather Keller RD PhD is the Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition & Aging at the University of Waterloo. She is an internationally recognized expert in geriatric nutrition, assessment, and treatment. Research areas are focused on nutrition risk and malnutrition identification and treatment across health care sectors; improving nutrition care in hospital; self-management and using screening in the community to improve nutritional status; institutional food and promoting and improving food intake, especially for vulnerable older adults, including those living with dementia. Professor Keller has led several national research and knowledge translation projects, including the landmark Nutrition Care in Canadian Hospitals, More-2-Eat and Making the Most of Mealtimes in Long Term Care studies. Professor Keller has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and translates much of this evidence into practice with tools and resources. As a founding member and past chair/co-chair (2009-2018) of the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force, she is involved in translating research into practice and advocating for improvements in nutrition care. She is currently the chair of the primary care working group for CMTF and involved in several national and international expert groups advancing the prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition. Kirk W. Kerr, PhD Kirk Kerr is a health economist specializing in empirical research and analysis. Dr. Kerr joined Abbott in 2019 where he leads projects demonstrating the value of nutrition in improving patient health. Prior to joining Abbott, he served as an economist at the Food and Drug Administration. At FDA, Dr. Kerr led research on access to prescription drugs, drug development incentives, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. He also provided economic support to FDA’s user fee negotiation teams. Dr. Kerr received his PhD in economics from Ohio State University in 2008.

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Charbel C. Khoury, MD, CNSC Dr. Khoury received his MD from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon in 2008. He then moved to the United States where he undertook postdoctoral research at Northwestern University in Chicago, studying the role of glomerular podocytes in diabetic nephropathy. From 2011-2014, he completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He moved to Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 2014 to begin nephrology subspecialty training. After completing his nephrology fellowship, he continued as a clinical nutrition fellow, also at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is a certified nutrition support clinician, and holds boards in Obesity medicine, Nephrology, and Internal Medicine. He currently practices as an academic clinical nephrologist at Washington University in St Louis. Merin M. Kinikini, DNP, FNP, RD, CNSC, IFMCP Merin Kinikini has degrees in Medical Dietetics, Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner where she also earned her Doctorate Degree and also has certifications in Nutrition Support and Functional Medicine. Merin’s current job primarily involves a busy outpatient nutrition support and functional medicine clinic as well as help manage a large outpatient home nutrition support population. She has had numerous publications, many of them through ASPEN in the area of Enteroatmospheric Fistulas and The Hostile Abdomen, and vitamin D in trauma. Her most recent publication was with the rehabilitation team evaluating enteral nutrition in the rehabilitation setting. She is currently an adjunct professor of nursing through the college of nursing at the University of Utah and teaches DNP students about critical care nutrition and functional medicine. She also works closely with Dr. Fang at the University of Utah, recently co-authoring the Enteral Access chapter in the ASPEN core curriculum. In her spare time, Merin loves the outdoors, physical activity, any kind of learning and spending time with her husband Rick and their 5 teenagers… well, at least her husband Rick. Debra Kovacevich, MPH, RN, FASPEN Director of Nursing, Post Acute Care Services, Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan; Adjunct Clinical Instrutor in Nursing; Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI William J. Kraemer, PhD Dr. Kraemer is a full professor at The Ohio State University heading up the Neuroscience/Neuromuscular Laboratory for the study of human performance since 2014. He is a faculty member of the doctoral program in nutrition at The Ohio State University and the Senior Scientific Advisor in the Stanley D. and Joan H. Ross Center for Brain Health and Performance at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He has held full professorships at the Pennsylvania State University, Ball State University and the University of Connecticut along with appointments at their medical schools. He is a fellow in four different professional societies and has won numerous awards for his research. He has published over 490 peer-reviewed papers in the scientific literature and a multitude of other educational publications. Dr. Kraemer and has published 12 books and with over 60,000 citations. In 2016 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland for the impact of his research worldwide. Dr. Kraemer and has published 12 books and with over 60,000 citations with a Google H factor of 138. He is the American

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College of Sports Medicin 2020 Citation Award winner. Erin Lamers-Johnson Erin Lamers-Johnson is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and is a Nutrition Researcher for the Nutrition Research Network for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Erin’s current projects include Malnutrition Clinical Characteristics Validation study, AUGmeNt study, and the Diabetes Outcomes Registry. Ms. Lamers-Johnson graduated from the University of New Mexico, where she completed her MS in nutrition and dietetics. Heather Lazarow, MS, RD, CSO, LDN Heather Lazarow is a Clinical Dietitian Specialist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is board certified in oncology nutrition and specializes in hematological malignancies. Heather works with autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplant patients as well as with patients receiving CAR T-cell therapies. She enjoys conducting interdisciplinary quality improvement work that has resulted in earlier initiation of nutrition support for malnourished patients receiving advanced therapies. Heather is proud to share some of that work with you today, including findings that were recently published in Clinical Lymphoma, Leukemia, and Myeloma. Prior to Heather’s career as a dietitian, she earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University and served as a health care policy aide in the United States Senate. Berkeley Limketkai, MD, PhD Dr. Limketkai earned his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati. He then pursued his medicine residency, gastroenterology fellowship, advanced IBD fellowship, and PhD education at Johns Hopkins University. His clinical and research interests primarily focus on IBD and nutrition. Karen A. Martin, MA, RD, LD, FAND Regional Clinical Dietitian/Liaison, Nutrition Support, Amerita Specialty Infusion, San Antonio, TX Robert G. Martindale, MD, PhD Since 2005, Dr. Robert Martindale has been a tenured faculty member at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, USA. At the University Dr. Martindale is currently a Professor of Surgery and he also serves as the Medical Director for Hospital Nutrition Services. His primary focus throughout his professional career has been on medical and surgical education. The areas in which he concentrates is caring for medical and surgical patients with complex nutrition issues in the hospital and intensive care unit. He has won numerous teaching awards and continues to mentor young physicians and investigators. He is the author of over 300 publications, including peer reviewed manuscripts, review articles, book chapters, several medical educational videos, as well as being the co-editor of a textbook dealing with surgical and critical care nutrition. His research interests include perioperative methods for optimizing surgical outcomes, abdominal wall reconstruction, surgical metabolism, management of enterocutaneous and enteroatomospheric fistulae, and nutritional modulation of the immunity.

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Todd Mattox, PharmD, BCNSP Dr. Mattox is a Medical/Surgical Pharmacy Specialist at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy and completed residency and fellowship programs in pharmacy nutrition support at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics. Dr Mattox has faculty appointments for several colleges of pharmacy in Florida. He has been very active in ASPEN and has served on multiple ASPEN committees including the PN Safe Practices Guidelines workgroup, the Task Force to Revise Standards of Practice for Nutrition Support Pharmacists and most recently the Clinical Practice Committee. He is a past president of Florida Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (FSPEN). Dr. Mattox has also been active with the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS). He is a past Chair for the BPS Specialty Council on Pharmacy Nutrition Support and is a past non-specialist member of the BPS Specialty Council on Oncology Pharmacy Practice. Stephen A. McClave, MD, FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF Dr. McClave is Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Nutrition at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He was on the ASPEN Board of Directors for six years, was an Associate Editor for Nutrition in Clinical Practice, and is a Past-President of the society. He was Co-Chairman and lead author of both the 2009 and the 2016 ASPEN/SCCM Guidelines for Nutrition in the Adult Critically Ill Patient. He is the recipient of the ASPEN 2019 Distinguished Nutrition Support Physician Service Award. He is founding Chairman of the new ASPEN Committee on Physician Engagement. He is Past-President of the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists. He was the past Chairman of the ASGE Special Interest Group in Enteral Nutrition. He was the Co-Chairman and lead author for the 2016 American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines on Nutrition Therapy of the Adult Hospitalized Patient. He was awarded the Honorary Lifetime Membership of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. He is a fellow of ASPEN, ACN, AGA, and the ASGE. He is author of over 250 articles, 40 book chapters, and numerous medical educational videotapes (including a series of 14 videos on enteral access for the ASGE). Kevn M. McNamara, PharmD, CSP, CNSC, BCSCP, PRS, CVAAC Current Position Director of Accreditation- Comprehensive Pharmacy Services Kevn has worked as a clinical pharmacist since 1990. She is the Director of Accreditation for Comprehensive Pharmacy Services and co-owner of Clinical Pharmacy Partners, a consulting company focused on optimizing patient care in the alternative site. Kevn has been a surveyor for ACHC since 2004 and practiced in the home infusion and alternate site setting since 1997. Prior to practicing in the alternate site pharmacy setting she has served as a clinical pharmacist in several hospitals in Florida, Alabama and South Carolina and served as an adjunct professor at Samford University School of Pharmacy and faculty preceptor for pharmacy students from several additional schools of pharmacy. During her career, she has presented and authored numerous presentations, posters and articles related to specialty pharmacy and home infusion, served as a contributing author for the 4th-6th edition of the Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs. In addition, she serves or has served on many volunteer committees and positions for NASP, National Home Infusion Association, American Society of Health System Pharmacists, Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists, and Florida and American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

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Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, ECNU, MACE • Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai • Medical Director, Kravis Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Health at Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai • Director, Metabolic Support – Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai • Chair of the Board of Visitors for the College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland at College Park • Past President, American College of Endocrinology • Past President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists • Past President, American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists • Master, American College of Endocrinology • Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Presidents Council of Fitness, Sports and Nutrition – Elevate Health • Past Member of the Science Board, President’s Council of Fitness, Sports and Nutrition • Vice-Chair, Physician Engagement Committee, ASPEN • Over 300 publications with 237 PubMed citations, over 60 chapters, and 9 books Nilesh M. Mehta, MD Director, Critical Care Nutrition; Associate Medical Director, Medical and Surgical ICU; Director of Quality and Outcomes, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA Keith Miller, MD Dr. Keith Miller is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery’s Division of General Surgery/ Trauma and Critical Care at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He serves as the Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program and the Assistant Trauma Medical Director. He earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Miller completed his general surgery residency and surgical critical care fellowship at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Kimberly I. Mills, MD Dr. Kimberly Mills is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Staff Physician in the Division of Cardiovascular Critical Care in the Department of Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital. She is a clinician-scientist with an academic focus of improving outcomes in critically ill children with congenital heart disease by advancing the science and optimizing the practice of nutrition provision. She currently serves as the Director of the Cardiac Critical Care Nutrition Program at Boston Children's Hospital and section chair for the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) and the Neonatal Cardiac Care Collaborative's (NeoC3) formulation of nutrition guidelines for critically ill children with congenital heart disease. Her current research interests include improving and validating novel indirect calorimetry technology, enhancing metabolic assessment tools, and understanding the association of microbiota alterations and feeding intolerance.

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Kris M. Mogensen, MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC Kris M. Mogensen, MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC is a Team Leader Dietitian Specialist in the Department of Nutrition at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Instructor in Health Sciences (Nutrition) at Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences from Douglass College, Rutgers University, completed her dietetic internship at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from Framingham State University. She has been a registered dietitian for over 25 years and has specialized in nutrition support for the majority of her career. She has coauthored numerous articles in professional journals, textbook chapters, and professional manuals. Her research focus is the impact of malnutrition on outcomes in critically ill patients. She lectures nationally and internationally on nutrition support and medical nutrition therapy and serves as a Director on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. She is past chair of ASPEN’s Clinical Practice Committee and Malnutrition Committee. Manpreet Mundi, MD Dr. Mundi graduated Cum Laude from the University of California, San Diego with a double major in Psychology and Chemistry. He obtained a Medical Doctorate from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Mundi completed a residency program in Internal Medicine followed by a fellowship in Endocrinology at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. After completing his fellowship, he joined the Mayo Clinic Division of Endocrinology as an NIH training grant fellow with a research focus in fatty acid metabolism and obesity. Dr. Mundi subsequently joined the clinical staff at Mayo Clinic as a consultant in the Division of Endocrinology nutrition core group. His clinical focus is malnutrition as well as nutrition support in home and inpatient settings. Dr. Mundi is Associate Professor of Medicine and holds the leadership positions of Outpatient Nutrition Core Group Chair, Chair of Mayo Clinic Food Services, and is currently on the board of the Oley Foundation. He is also the medical director of the Home Enteral Nutrition program and the associate program director of the Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition program. Audra R. Nelson, RD, MS, CNSC, LDN I have been a Registered Dietitian for 14 years and a Certified in Nutrition Support since 2009. I have worked in the Intensive Care, Cardiac Care, Neonatal, and Medical Intensive Care Units at teaching facilities in inner city Buffalo, Los Angeles & Miami. My focus has been on neonatal and pediatric nutrition since 2012. I received my Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Science from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and my Master of Science in Nutrition Science from University @ Buffalo, SUNY. I am currently the Assistant Director of Pediatric Clinical Nutrition at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. Reid Nishikawa, PharmD, BCNSP Director of Research and Coordinator of Clinical Services, Nutrishare, Elk Grove, CA

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Jayshil Patel, MD I am currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I care for patients in a medical ICU and teach. My research studies how nutrition (micro- and macronutrients) can be used as a form of therapy in critically ill patients, particularly those with septic shock. Jose M. Pimiento, MD, FACS Dr. Jose M. Pimiento is a Surgical Oncologist from the GI Oncology program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, where he is the Medical Director if the Inpatient Surgical service and the leader of Upper Gastrointestinal Oncology section. Dr. Pimiento was born in Colombia where he attended Medical School at the National University of Colombia. He did his surgical training in Saint Marys’ Health system in Waterbury, Connecticut a Yale University affiliated program where he completed 1 year of research in vascular biology. Additionally, he trained in Surgical Oncology and Surgical oncology research at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer center. His area of clinical and translational research is in foregut cancers including gastric, esophageal and pancreatic malignancies, with special interest in chemoprevention strategies, nutritional support of patients with gastrointestinal malignancies and minimally invasive techniques for gastrointestinal malignancies. He was awarded the Stanley J Dudrick Research Scholar award in 2019. Steven W. Plogsted, BS, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC, FASPEN Steve recently retired as Clinical Pharmacist with the Nutrition Support Service at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus Ohio where he had been for the past 27 years. He is a Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist and a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician. He has served on numerous ASPEN committees and is the current Chair of the Pediatric Section and the current Chair of the Drug Shortage Task Force. Two of his 4 children are pharmacists and one serves as the pharmacy director for a home infusion company. Steve has recently become a Fellow in ASPEN. Angela Poff, PhD Angela Poff, PhD is a Research Associate in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, and Co-Founder of Metabolic Health Initiative. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Hendrix College, and completed her graduate work at the University of South Florida a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on the development and characterization of metabolic based, non-toxic therapies for cancer and neurological disorders. Angela is passionate about education and travels to give lectures to varied audiences on science and research related to ketosis and metabolic health around the world. She co-founded Metabolic Health Initiative which hosts the annual Metabolic Health Summit and seeks to spread knowledge about improving and optimizing our metabolic health to prevent and treat disease. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband Lin, two-year-old son Franklin, and assorted cats and dogs. The family is anxiously awaiting their daughter Lorelai due to arrive this Spring. Eileen Potter, MS, RD Eileen Potter, MS, RD has been with the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (formerly Children’s Memorial Hospital) for 27 years as CF nutritionist and Center Coordinator. Eileen is recognized for advancing the concept of supplemental tube feeding to optimize CF outcomes with patient stories in brochure and video formats; promoting an

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understanding of the CF intestine as it relates to constipation, DIOS and nutrition goals. As a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Partnerships for Sustaining Daily Care Champion and a Partnership Enhancement Program (PEP) Trainer, Eileen is channeling her passion for coproducing care with patients and families for dietitians and the interdisciplinary CF care team. She has presented at numerous North American Cystic Fibrosis Conferences, and has served as a CF nutrition mentor. Jenessa S. Price, PhD Dr. Jenessa Price is a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor of Surgery and Psychiatry in the Division of Transplant Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, clinical internship at The Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology, and a T32 Posdoctoral fellowship in Drug Abuse and Brain Imaging at McLean Hospital - Harvard Medical School. As a transplant psychologist, Dr. Price provides psychological assessment and intervention to patients in need of and receiving solid organ transplantation. Her clinical work focuses on understanding the full biopsychosocial picture in criticially-ill patients, towards the goal of individualized care and optimization of psychological and health functioning. Zudin Puthucheary, MBBS, BMedSci, DUHM, PGCME, EDICM, MRCP, FHEA, FFICM, PhD Dr Zudin Puthucheary is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine at the William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, and an Honorary Consultant at the Royal London Hospital Adult Intensive Care Unit. He graduated from Nottingham University in 1997. His work on acute muscle wasting has won awards from the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, European Society of Anesthesia, the British Thoracic Society, the Intensive Care Society, The American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrtition and the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society. Katina L. Rahe, BSN, RN, CPN Nurse Coordinator, Enteral Access Team, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Prairie Village, KS Matthew Ralls, MD Matthew Ralls is an assistant professor of pediatric surgery at Mott children’s hospital at the University of Michigan. His undergraduate was completed at the College of Wooster in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Medical school was completed at the University of Toledo, Ohio and his residency in general surgery and fellowship in pediatric surgery were completed in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. A Mentee of the late Dan Teitelbaum MD, former ASPEN president, Dr. Ralls has research interest in pediatric intestinal inflammatory diseases and host-microbe interaction especially in the setting of enteral deprivation. Carol Rees Parrish, MS, RDN Carol Rees Parrish, MS, RDN, has 39 years of clinical experience; the past 30 of which have been spent specializing in nutrition support and GI disorders at the University of Virginia Health System (UVAHS) Digestive Health Center. Carol founded the Medicine Nutrition Support Team in 1991, developed the GI Nutrition Clinic, and is the co-founder of the UVAHS GI and Nutrition Support Training and Webinar educational programs. She has been the nutrition series editor for the journal, Practical Gastroenterology, since 2003 publishing over 190 articles since taking the position. She has numerous abstracts, publications, book chapters, and given well over 300 GI & nutrition support

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presentations at the local, state, regional, national, and international level. Carol’s passion in GI and nutrition support includes taking care of patients with short bowel and other malabsorption syndromes, high output ileostomies, enteral and parenteral nutrition support, pancreatitis, gastroparesis, and many others. Gina Rempel, MD, FRCPC Gina Rempel is a neurodevelopmental pediatrician with special interest in children with eating and drinking difficulties and those who require nutrition support. She is the clinical lead for the in-patient Feeding, Eating and Swallowing Team (FEAST) at Children's Hospital Winnipeg and the medical director of the out-patient Feeding Clinic at the Rehabilitation Centre for Children in Winnipeg. In addition to her clinical work, Gina is an enthusiastic teacher about feeding and swallowing problems in children for health professional learners at all levels of training at the University of Manitoba. Her administrative responsibilities include leadership in the Manitoba Home Nutrition Program, a community-based program for all children requiring nutrition support in a wide geographic area including Manitoba and Nunavut. She also serves as Chief Medical Officer at the Rehabilitation Centre for Children in Winnipeg where she is a staunch advocate for optimising nutrition and improving eating or feeding in children with disabilities. Gina has shared many meals with children and enjoys learning from them and their parents, as she watches them eat. Todd Rice, MD Dr. Rice is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He currently serves as the director of the Medical ICU and the medical director of Human Research Protections Program (IRB) at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. As a physician scientist, he takes care of critically ill patients as an intensivist at Vanderbilt and also conducts clinical research in the ICU, specifically in patients with sepsis, ARDS, and acute respiratory failure. Dr. Rice has numerous publications and has designed and conducted numerous studies in critically ill patients. He has been federally funded since 2005. In the ARDS Network, Dr. Rice led numerous studies, including two studies on critical care nutrition. Celina M. Scala, MS, RD, CSPCC, LD, CNSC Celina Scala is a neonatal intensive care unit dietitian at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio. She obtained her Bachelor of science degree in dietetics from Miami University and completed her Master of science degree in medical dietetics and dietetic internship at The Ohio State University. With 13 years of experience, optimizing NICU nutrition and perusing evidence-based practice remain her passions. Timothy Sentongo, MD Timoty Sentongo is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. He is also Director of Pediatric Nutrition Support Serice and Director of Pediatric Gastrointesintal Endoscopy. His research interests are intestinal failure and micronutrient deficiencies in children. Wednesday Sevilla, MD, MPH, CNSC Wednesday Sevilla is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a pediatric gastroenterologist by training and her practice currently focuses on intestinal rehabilitation, advanced nutrition support, and feeding difficulty in infants and children.

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Heather E. Skillman, MS RD, CSP, CNSC Heather is a pediatric critical care dietitian who has worked in a PICU for 23 years, including the past 20 years at Children's Hospital Colorado. The PICU at Children's Colorado has 48, non- cardiac, acute care beds staffed 7 days a week by 2.5 full time dietitian equivalents. The PICU dietitians round daily with the critical care teams. Heather is an active participant in PICU nutrition research and has submitted data for at least 40 patients at each of the last 3 Pediatric International Nutrition Studies coordinated by Dr. Lori Bechard and Boston Children's Hospital. Christian Stoppe, MD, FAHA Clinical career 05/2014: Clinical specialist anesthesiology 09/2014: Clinical specialist emergency medicine 03/2017: Clinical specialist emergency medicine 10/2016: Certified ESPEN course of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Professional Life 09/2008 – 03/2011: Clinical research fellow & specialist training, Anesthesiology, Aachen 04/2011 - 4/2013 : Research fellow, Institute of Biochemistry 7/2013 Clinical research training, Kingston, Canada (Dr. D. Heyland) 04/2013 – 12/2015: Clinical research fellow & clinical specialist Anesthesiology, Aachen 2016 – today: Consultant, Dep. of Intensive Care Medicine, Aachen 2016 – today: Executive Head, cardiovascular critical care & anesthesia & research 2017- today: Executive lead, Intermediate Care, Dep. of Intensive Care Medicine, Aachen 2018- today: Executive lead, Experimt. Rersearch Group, Dep. of Intensive Care Medicine, Scientific career 3/2014 - today: Principal investigator (Prof. DK Heyland, Kingston, Canada) of a large-scale international multicenter study to assess the selenium supplementation in high risk cardiac surgical patients (SUSTAIN CSX®-trial)”; 4/2016 - today: PI of “nutrition in cardiac surgery program” (> 20 intern. colleagues ) 3/2011 – today: published > 125 peer review articles (including IF> 10, such as New England Journal of Medicine) From today: several other following interventional nutrition studies in critically ill patients Membership - SCCM, AHA, DGAI, DIVI, BDA, ESPEN, ERAS, DGTHG Kassie Stovell, MA Kassie Stovell is a seasoned publishing professional with more than 20 years of experience in editorial leadership, writing and editing, strategy development, publishing and project management roles. She worked in commercial publishing for most of that time, and last year took the position of Director, Publications at ASPEN to oversee their journals and books program.

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Kelly Tappenden, PhD, RD, FASPEN Dr. Kelly Tappenden is Professor and Head of the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Tappenden’s research program focuses on intestinal failure, mechanisms of intestinal adaptation and patient malnutrition. For these contributions, she has received multiple awards, published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and delivered over 400 invited lectures. Dr. Tappenden served as the 33rd President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition in 2008-09, Chair of the Nutrition, Metabolism and Obesity section of the American Gastroenterology Association Institute from 2009-13, and represents the American Society for Nutrition on the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Currently, she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Justine Turner, MD, PhD Dr. Justine Turner is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta. Dr Turner completed her General Pediatrics training in 1996 in Perth, Western Australia and her Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition training at the Hospital for Sick Children, Canada. She also completed 6 years of postgraduate nutrition research training including a PhD in bone metabolism and malnutrition and a post-doc in amino acid metabolism. Dr. Turner’s is currently co-lead of a CIHR funded translational research laboratory at the University of Alberta. The laboratory focus is neonatal intestinal failure, using a piglet model of short bowel syndrome. Dr Turner’s clinical research interests include infant and adolescent nutrition, the effect of chronic gastrointestinal diseases on nutrition and bone accrual, and celiac disease. She is medical lead for the Celiac Disease Clinic and the Pediatric Home Nutrition Support Program at Stollery Children’s Hospital; and the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Pediatric Feeding Clinic. She is co-principal investigator for the Provincial Eating and Swallowing or PEAS Project across Alberta. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (Nutrition Sector) and is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Renay Tyler, DNP, ACNP Renay worked at the Johns Hopkins Hospital on the Parenteral – Enteral Support Service for over 20 years managing complex patients on parenteral and enteral nutrition. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and currently serves as Co-Chair of the ASPEN Value Project. Her Doctoral work focused on the implementation of an evidence-based clinical pathway for the management of home parenteral nutrition. Renay has lectured extensively on topics of nutrition support. She has edited book chapters, authored articles in peer-reviewed journals and served as an expert reviewer for several publications. Renay has an adjunct-faculty appointment at the University Of Maryland School Of Nursing. Renay assumed a position as the Vice President for Ambulatory Services and Associate Chief Nursing Officer at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2015. In addition to her strategic and operational oversight of Outpatient Services, she focuses on the value proposition by championing quality outcomes and organizational stewardship. Christina Valentine, RD, MD Christina J. Valentine, MD, MS, RD, FAAP is a Physician- Scientist focused on maternal / infant diet strategies to attenuate inflammation and improve outcomes. Dr. Valentine is double boarded in Pediatrics and Neonatology and is proudly a Registered Dietitian. She is the Medical Director of North America for RB Health and focuses on innovating products and

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translating science. She is also an Associate Visiting Professor at the University of Cincinnati (UC), where she is the Principal Investigator evaluating maternal docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation in early pregnancy to reduce early preterm birth, called The ADORE Trial- ”Assessment of DHA on Reducing Early preterm birth,”(R01 HD083292). She has 26 years of Human Milk Research. She earned her MS in human nutrition from the University of Florida; her medical degree, and Residency from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. She completed her neonatal fellowship at The Ohio State University/Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She was the physician co-lead for Baby Friendly at UC (certified!). She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a long-time member, previous board member, and current co-chair for the Neonatal Practice Section of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Pankaj Vashi, MD I am a board certified Gastroenetrologist and Senior Vice President of program Development at Cancer Treatment Centers of America. I started Nutrition and Metabolic support program at CTCA - Chicago in 1994 and expanded it to all the 5 centers over the next 25 years..I am the Medical Director of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at CTCA. Most of my research work has been in Nutrition in Oncology. After graduating from University of Mumbai, India, I did residency in Internal Medicine at Hurley Medical Center, Flint and fellowship in Gastroenterology from University of Michigan. Dan Linetzky Waitzberg, MD, PhD MD, MSc and PhD, professor and coordinator of the Nutrition and Gastroenterology Tract Metabolic Surgery Lab - FMUSP, president of Ganep Nutrição Humana and scientific director of Bioma4me. Brandi Weller, PharmD As the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Nutrition Support Clinical Pharmacist at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, Brandi Weller strives to provide the most compassionate and evidence-based care to her patients. She accomplishes this by making recommendations for medication therapy in the ambulatory clinic and during inpatient medical rounds. Brandi started her career in pharmacy after completing a Pharmacy Technician certification program and internship in Colorado Springs, CO. After working as a Pharmacy Technician for half of a decade, the passion that she had for patients and the profession led her to SUNY Jefferson Community College, were she received an Associates in Science degree. She then attended Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Profession and graduated with her PharmD in 2018. Upon graduation, Brandi began Post Graduate Year 1 Residency Training at Children’s Mercy which came to completion in 2019. Brandi’s education and training prepared her well for her first, and current, clinical pharmacist role. In this role, she plays an integral role in research and program development while being an active team member that works diligently caring for pediatric patients with intestinal failure who require parenteral and enteral nutrition.

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Gillian G. White, RDN, LD, CNSC Gillian White is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist currently practicing at Cooper Clinic in Dallas Texas. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and actively participates in the Dietitians in Gluten and Gastrointestinal Disorders within the Dietitians in Medical Nutrition Therapy Practice Group. Gillian is a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC); she has a strong background in clinical nutrition and specializes in nutrition for gastrointestinal disorders. Gillian recently completed specialized training through Monash University for irritable bowel syndrome and the low FODMAP diet. Since joining Cooper Clinic in 2015, Gillian has focused on expansion and development of services related to gastrointestinal nutrition in the ambulatory outpatient setting. Hailing from West Texas, Gillian graduated cum laude from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics and completed her Dietetic Internship with Baptist Health Systems in San Antonio. She formerly practiced at Baptist Medical Center in San Antonio as a clinical dietitian where she gained vast experience, from neo-natal nutrition to adult gastrointestinal disorders. Gillian is passionate about helping others optimize nutrition and regain their independence and quality of life in the face of chronic gastrointestinal conditions. Erin Williams, RD, CSO, CNSC Erin Williams has worked in the outpatient setting at the University of Colorado Cancer Center since 2013. She provides care to patients with a wide variety of cancer diagnoses and specializes in the management of home nutrition support. In addition to coordinating her patient’s nutrition support care with the oncology team, home infusion companies, and home health agencies, Erin has co-developed outpatient parenteral nutrition management procedures and practice guidelines for her department and the University of Colorado Hospital. Furthermore, Erin co-authored the nutrition support chapter in the upcoming 2nd edition of the textbook, Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice. Valaree Williams, MS, RD, CSO, CNSC, FAND Valaree Williams MS, RD, CSO, CNSC, FAND is employed by UCHealth as the dietitian lead at the University of Colorado Cancer Center in Aurora, Colorado. Over the past nine years, she has specialized in caring for patients with cancers focusing on cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. She serves in several volunteer roles for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is a commissioner for the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Additionally, she serves as the chair-elect for ASPEN’s Oncology Section and has contributed to textbooks on nutrition for patients with cancer. Valaree received a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, completed her dietetic internship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian-Shadyside and obtained her Master of Health Sciences degree from Chatham University. Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN Marion F. Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC is Associate Professor at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She practices as the Surgical Nutrition Specialist, Department of Surgery and Nutritional Support Service at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Winkler received a BS in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio, MS in Allied Health and Clinical Dietetic Research from the University of Connecticut, and PhD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now Rutgers University). She is a Past President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and currently serves as President of the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral

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Nutrition (JPEN) and Topics in Clinical Nutrition. She speaks nationally and internationally on topics including malnutrition, short bowel syndrome, and enteral and parenteral nutrition. Dr. Winkler's current research focuses on the quality of life of home parenteral nutrition dependent patients. Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FASPEN, FCCM Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FASPEN, FCCM is a critical care, perioperative and nutrition physician who serves as a Professor with Tenure of Anesthesiology and Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC. He also serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Dept. of Anesthesiology, Director of the Nutrition Team at Duke Hospital. Dr. Wischmeyer’s clinical/research focus is in critical care, nutrition, perioperative care to help patients prepare/recover from ICU and surgery. His research interests include ICU/surgical nutrition therapy, perioperative optimization, post-illness muscle mass and functional recovery, probiotics/microbiome in illness and cognition. He has received numerous awards from national/international societies, including the Jeffrey Silverstein Award for Humanism in Medicine from American Delirium Society, the John M. Kinney Award for most significant contribution to field of general nutrition, the Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award of ASPEN and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Parenteral Nutrition Education/Methodology Advancement for significant contributions to the field of nutrition. Dr. Wischmeyer has over 150 publications (with an H-index of 54 and 31 papers with >100 citations), including publications in New England Journal of Medicine. He has been an invited speaker at numerous national/international meetings, delivering >700 invited presentations. Jodi Wolff, MS, RDN, LD Jodi Wolff is a dietitian at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been practicing in the field of pediatric nutrition for over twenty years and is currently part of an interdisciplinary team caring for children with complex medical needs. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from Youngstown State University and a Master of Science degree in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio where she is currently an adjunct instructor at the CWRU School of Medicine. She is a fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. Jodi has authored articles and book chapters on topics such as critical care, nutrition for neurologically impaired children and management of GI symptoms. She is a frequent lecturer on pediatric malnutrition and Nutrition Focused Physical Exam and assisted in the development of the curriculum for the Academy’s Nutrition Focused Physical Exam Hands-On Workshops which is used to train dietitians around the country. Donna M. Yadrich, MPA Donna Yadrich’s National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research leadership and peer reviewed publications concern multi-system life threatening chronic diseases (cancer, total parenteral nutrition consumers, heart failure) and their medical, psychosocial and economic impact to patients as well as family members (e.g. siblings, parents, partners). Ms. Yadrich currently oversees a nationwide telehealth study of teens and young adults with complex chronic illness as Research Operations Coordinator and Telehealth Interventionist at the School of Nursing, University of Kansas.

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From lived experience as the mother of a 15-year old daughter who died from complications of chronic complex illness, Ms. Yadrich founded AudreySpirit in her honor. Also as the mother of a young adult son, Ms. Yadrich is passionate about the effects long term caregiving has on sibling caregivers. Ms. Yadrich is an Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs board member, a mentor to members of the Family Advisory Council for Kansas Special Health Services, and a member of the Kansas Maternal and Child Health Council. Ms. Yadrich served as a merit reviewer for the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI). Ms. Yadrich has bachelor degrees in life sciences and physical sciences and a master in public administration with an emphasis in health services.