Research, Improvement, and Follow Through: Integrating evidence into practice with the exclusive human milk diet (EHMD)

Objectives:

• Interpret focused recent clinical and basic science research on the EHMD
• Recognize how EHMD implementation & practice may differ from previous cow-milk based practices
• Utilize published evidence to generate process-focused QI projects for your NICU
• Judge real-world data and lessons from NICU’s using EHMD

Speakers:

Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD, Professor of Pediatrics Division Chief, Division of Neonatal Medicine, Los Angeles General Medical Center & PH Good Samaritan Hospital

Jonathan Swanson, MD, MSc, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, Chief Quality Officer for Children’s Services and Medical Director for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in Charlottesville, VA

Erin Hamilton-Spence, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM, Director, Clinical Education and Professional Development

Sandra Sullivan, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, Clinical Neonatologist

Emily Canata, MS, RDN, CLC, Medical Science Liaison – Neonatal & Pediatric Nutrition

Moderator:

Liz Krull, MS, RD, LD, Medical Science Liaison- Neonatal & Pediatric Nutrition