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A.S.P. E.N. DEVELOPING NEW AND UPDATED RESOURCES
CLI NIC A L NUTRIT ION WEEK 2 016
Save the Date
for CNW16
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In 2009, A.S.P. E.N. recognized a need for
greater awareness of malnutrition, a common
problem for hospitalized patients in the U.S.
In some studies, 30 to 50 percent of patients
become malnourished, often during a hospital
stay. Because malnutrition is associated with
unfavorable outcomes, including higher infection
rates, poor wound healing, longer lengths of
stay, and higher frequency of readmission,
A.S.P. E.N. decided to take significant steps
toward making change. In just a few short
years, the Society has succeeded in bringing
national attention to this critical health issue
and continues to roll out educational products
and services designed to help mobilize the
healthcare community and caregivers.
A.S.P. E.N. NUTRITION
CARE PATHWAYS
RESOURCES
A.S.P. E.N. Library of
PN Resources Grows
PAGES 04—05
Our newest tools will be interactive, web-based
care pathways for both adult and pediatric
patients. The pathways will be designed as an
algorithm-based decision tree, beginning with
patient admission and walking clinicians through
a series of questions that will help them evaluate
and assess whether malnutrition is present. If it
is, the care pathway will provide a series of
actions, including determining severity, chronicity,
and etiology; documentation; coding; intervention;
monitoring and evaluating; reassessment;
and discharging planning. The end goal is to
provide clinicians with a step-by-step guide for
providing optimal nutrition care.
“Throughout the care pathways, users will
be able to access other malnutrition tools for
further support,” said Peggi Guenter, PhD,
RN, FAAN, A.S.P. E.N.’s senior director of clinical
practice, quality, and advocacy. “It will serve
as an interactive toolkit, with decision points
and interventions at every step of patient
care. It will be the first of its kind to help
counteract the incidence of malnutrition in
hospitalized patients.”
We plan to have the Nutrition Care Pathways
and comprehensive resource center
completed for both adults and pediatrics
by late summer 2015.
RAISING AWARENESS
Meanwhile, we have made huge strides over
the past year in raising awareness and bringing
national attention to this important health
topic. In 2014, A.S.P. E.N. petitioned the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services to
place Malnutrition Awareness Week™ (MAW)
on its National Health Observances calendar,
which serves to dedicate special days, weeks,
or months to a specific health concern.
A .S.P.E.N. NEWS
Meet A.S.P. E.N.’s
2015–2016 President
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C O NTI N U E D O N PAG E 0 6
THE A.S.P.E.N. BOOKSTORE
ESSENTIAL RESOURCES ON CLINICAL NUTRITION
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A.S.P.E.N.
Parenteral
Nutrition
Handbook
Second Edition
The A.S.P.E.N.
PEDIATRIC NUTRITION
SUPPORT CORE
CURRICULUM
Phil Ayers, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Beverly Holcombe, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Steve Plogsted, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC
Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN
Clinical Nutrition Week (CNW) is all about having choices, whether it’s by discipline or skill
set, years of expertise, or need for practice-based course content versus advanced research.
And CNW16—January 16 – 19, 2016—will offer a Texas-sized platter of choices for all of its
attendees at the Austin Conference Center!
2nd Edition
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mark R. Corkins, MD, CNSP, SPR, FAAP
SECTION EDITORS
Jane Balint, MD • Elizabeth Bobo, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC •
Steve Plogsted, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC • Jane Anne Yaworski, MSN, RN
This newly revised book focuses
on the pediatric patient and the
importance of nutrition to the growth
and development of children.
BONUS: Free online podcasts and videos!
This interdisciplinary go-to quick reference
guide on parenteral nutrition features
the latest PN information and new
sections on order review, compounding,
and drug shortage management.
An essential resource for all professionals
involved in nutrition support for the
adult patient. Test-your-knowledge
questions make this an ideal CNSC and
classroom study companion.
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Non-Member: $214.95
A.S.P.E.N.
Parenteral
Nutrition
Workbook
The A.S.P.E.N.
Cases and Worksheets for Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Patients
PEDIATRIC NUTRITION
SUPPORT HANDBOOK
2nd Edition
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
IMPLEMENTING
THE LATEST
MALNUTRITIO
GUIDELINES! N
CLINICAL NUTRITION
POCKET CARDS
Mark R. Corkins, MD, CNSP, SPR, FAAP
SECTION EDITORS
Jane Balint, MD
Elizabeth Bobo, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
Kelly Green Corkins, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
Steve Plogsted, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC
Jane Anne Yaworski, MSN, RN
M. Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP
Karrie Derenski, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC
Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
Jessica Monczka, RD, LDN, CNSC
Based on A.S.P.E.N. Adult Nutrition Support
Clinical Guidelines and Other Documents
LEADING THE SCIENCE AND
PRACTICE OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
New
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Concise and portable, this
handbook contains need-to-know,
on-the-go pediatric nutrition
support information for a variety
of disciplines and practice
backgrounds.
This pack of cards will fit nicely
and conveniently in your pocket
while you’re visiting patients and
need to reference highlights from
A.S.P. E.N.’s Clinical Guidelines at
the bedside.
You simply will not find a more
comprehensive, quick-reference
resource on how to safely and
effectively care for your patients
who have fluid, electrolyte, and
acid-base disorders.
Enhance your knowledge base
of safe PN practices by using the
cases and worksheets for adult,
pediatric, and neonatal patients
featured in this workbook.
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Order now through the A.S.P.E.N. bookstore:
www.nutritioncare.org/bookstore
Long known as THE must-attend conference of the year, CNW16 will serve up cutting-edge
research and best practices; education that will help you care for your patients while saving
your institution time and money; opportunities to network with world-renowned thought leaders;
and tips on raising awareness of the significance of clinical nutrition.
Session topics and faculty are still in development, but several highlights are already confirmed:
• Advance-level, critical care Research
Workshop on Fat Emulsions and Protein
Delivery to the Critically Ill Patient.
• Preconference course topics include:
-- Parenteral Nutrition (PN)
Order-Writing Workshop
-- Excellence in
Pediatric Nutrition Support
-- Critical Care: Applying Evidence
to Practice
-- Physical Examination Skills Lab
• Education sessions on timely topics,
including:
-- Nutrition Metabolomics in Critical Illness
-- The Trend to Blend
-- Vitamin D Trials and Tribulations
-- Maintaining Healthy Circadian Rhythms
in the ICU (Chronically Critically Ill)
-- Manipulation of the Gut Microbiome
to Improve Health Outcomes
World-class education isn’t the only thing CNW16 has to offer: Austin, Texas, offers its visitors
a unique combination of southwestern culture, stunning outdoor settings, a big-city vibe,
and more than 250 music venues that have given it “live music capital of the world” status.
Make plans today to visit this unforgettable capital city!
REGISTRATION OPENS AUGUST 3, WITH EARLY BIRD RATES
GOOD UNTIL NOVEMBER 11.
TO REGISTER FOR CNW16, AND FOR MORE INFORMATION,
VISIT WWW.NUTRITIONCARE.ORG/CNW.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
Be a part of CNW16 by submitting a basic science, clinical research,
or practice abstract. Original, international, and encore abstracts
are being accepted through September 8. Late-breaking abstracts
will be accepted from September 14 to October 5. Please visit
www.nutritioncare.org/abstracts for more information.
A.S.P.E.N. RHOADS
RESEARCH FOUNDATION
DOUBLING GRANTS IN 2016
The Foundation is now
accepting proposals for seven
grants, with the recipients being
recognized at CNW16. For the
first time, a $50,000 PN grant
and two $10,000 grants are
inlcuded in the total available
grants, which will each provide
a unique opportunity for newer
investigators to obtain national
Foundation funding.
Learn more about all seven grants
and how to submit a proposal at
www.nutritioncare.org/
foundation.
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A.S.P. E.N. Library of PN Resources Grows
Parenteral nutrition (PN) safety has long
been a priority for A.S.P. E.N., with education
at the forefront of the Society’s strategy
for advancing the best evidence-based
practices. This focus on safe PN therapy
for all age populations and disease states
is due in large part to PN’s prevalence:
Approximately 320,000 patients during
hospital stays in the U.S. receive PN, while
many others receive it at home and in
alternative care settings.1 Only 58 percent
of organizations have precautions in place
to prevent errors and patient harm
associated with PN2; 44 percent don’t
track PN–related medication errors; and
only 39 percent have a recognized clinical
effectiveness or quality improvement
process for PN.3
Yet, the fact that PN is administered in a
broad range of healthcare settings raises the
potential for disparities to exist at all stages
of its use — from prescribing, reviewing,
and compounding to administration. PN is
a high-alert medication, and deaths have
occurred when safe practice guidelines were
not followed.4 To counteract these realities,
A.S.P. E.N. continues to introduce a variety
of new and updated resources—all focused
on improving competencies and, as a result,
improving patient care in all settings.
STANDARDIZED COMPETENCIES FOR PN PRESCRIBING
NCP
Nutrition in Clinical Practice
Volume 30 • Number 4 • August 2015
NUTRITION THERAPY IN CHRONIC
DISEASE STATES
Oral Diets and Nutrition Support for Inflammatory
Bowel Disease: What Is the Evidence?
On June 15, A.S.P. E.N.’s highly
anticipated paper, “Standardized
Competencies for Parenteral
Nutrition Prescribing: The
American Society for Parenteral
and Enteral Nutrition Model,”
went live on NCP’s website and
can be accessed via www.
nutritioncare.org/pnresources.
Enteral Nutrition in Chronic Liver Disease:
Translating Evidence Into Practice
The paper highlights many
of the issues that have made
the PN process so error-prone:
PN formulations, for example,
sometimes contain more than
40 ingredients, while nutrient
Peer-reviewed, practical solutions in clinical nutrition
dosing may follow a number
of different formats (amount
per day, amount per volume,
or amount per liter). The majority of PN orders are communicated in
handwriting over electronic order entry, and for transitions in patient
care, PN orders are communicated by a number of individuals, including
the case manager, dietitian, nurse, pharmacist, or physician. It’s perhaps
no surprise, then, that compared with most other medications, ordering
PN varies most considerably between organizations.
Nutrition Management of Cystic Fibrosis in
the 21st Century
Inherited Metabolic Disorders: Aspects of Chronic
Nutrition Management
Nutrition Considerations in Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy
PN ORDER-WRITING WORKBOOK
A.S.P.E.N.
COMING SOON! PRE-ORDER TODAY!
It’s never been easier to learn parenteral nutrition (PN) order writing, with A.S.P. E.N.’s newest workbook,
A.S.P. E.N. Parenteral Nutrition Workbook: Cases and Worksheets for Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal
Patients. Packed with 12 case studies highlighting common clinical presentations for all age populations,
clinicians at every level of experience will gain hands-on practice for prescribing and writing safe PN
orders. The appendix material includes definitions and terms; phrases; explanations of how calculations
are derived; sample workbook-style fillable order forms; and other pertinent background information
needed for a working understanding of the content. The workbook includes the most up-to-date guideline
recommendations, including information from the 2014 A.S.P. E.N. Clinical Guidelines for Parenteral
Nutrition Ordering, Order Review, Compounding, Labeling, and Dispensing. The Parenteral Nutrition
Workbook is due out in the fall; pre-order today at www.nutritioncare.org/pnresources.
Parenteral
Nutrition
Workbook
Cases and Worksheets for Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Patients
M. Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP
Karrie Derenski, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC
Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
Jessica Monczka, RD, LDN, CNSC
LEADING THE SCIENCE AND
PRACTICE OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Can Hypocaloric, High-Protein Nutrition Support
Be Used in Complicated Bariatric Patients to
Promote Weight Loss?
A Call to Action to Bring Safer Parenteral
Micronutrient Products to the U.S. Market
Standardized Competencies for Parenteral
Nutrition Prescribing: The American Society for
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Model
ncp.sagepub.com
ISSN: 0884-5336
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: PN PRESCRIBING AND
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS
This online session, which was first presented in March by the A.S.P. E.N. Clinical
Nutrition Informatics Committee, presents important information about parenteral
nutrition (PN) prescribing, using two large Electronic Health Records (EHR)
systems, and the tenets and challenges with order writing this complex therapy
within hospitals.
To help counteract these variations, the paper outlines what a model
program—based on excellent communication—looks like and leads
readers through a series of competencies and an evaluative checklist.
The goal, of course, is for institutions to more easily establish and
implement a standardized privileging system for PN prescribing.
Speakers Michael Kraft, PharmD, BCNSP; Vicki Ross, RN, PhD, CNSC; and Vincent
Vanek, MD, FACS, FASPEN, also share their experiences with working with EHR
vendors and modifications needed to make their systems successful. To view the
A.S.P. E.N. Clinical Nutrition Informatics Webinar: PN Prescribing and Electronic
Health Record Systems, visit www.nutritioncare.org/PNResources. The webinar
is free for A.S.P. E.N. members.
The paper will be published in the print issue of NCP in August.
A.S.P. E.N. also published a paper titled “Parenteral Nutrition Safety
Consensus Recommendations” in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral
Nutrition (JPEN), in March 2014, as well as clinical guidelines on PN
ordering, order review, compounding, labeling and dispensing—both of
which are now two of the top most-downloaded articles in recent years.
These important resources are designed to help individuals and
institutions apply best practices, implement standards, and improve
competencies—which allow us to do the most important thing of all:
improve patient care.
UPDATED!
An A.S.P.E.N. best seller since
2009, the A.S.P. E.N. Parenteral Nutrition
Handbook, 2nd Edition, is a fully revised,
interdisciplinary reference on parenteral
nutrition (PN). New material includes
sections on order review, compounding,
and drug shortage management. There’s
something for everyone involved in caring
for patients receiving PN therapy, from the
novice to the advanced practitioner.
PN SAFETY SERIES AND
CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING
PROGRAM
A.S.P.E.N.’s popular training series,
developed to educate all members of the
healthcare team who work with PN to
optimize their knowledge base of safe PN
practices, is available on demand! Access
the archived content, claim CE credit, and
receive a certificate of training at a time
that is convenient for you. Learn more at
www.nutritioncare.org/pnresources.
Order online at www.nutritioncare.org/bookstore.
Ask us about bulk discounts.
REFERENCES
1. National Inpatient Sample (NIS) of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
2. Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Results of ISMP survey on high alert medications. ISMP Medication Safety Alert! 2012;7(3):1-4.
3. Boullata J, Guenter P, Mirtallo J. A parenteral nutrition use survey with a gap analysis. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. March 2013 37:212-222.
4. Mirtallo J, Canada T, Johnson D, et al; A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors and Task Force for the Revision of Safe Practices for Parenteral Nutrition. Safe practices for parenteral nutrition [published correction appears in
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2006;30:177]. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2004;28:S39-S70.
5. Boullata JI, Guenter P, Mirtallo JM. A parenteral nutrition use survey with gap analysis. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2013;37(2):212–222.
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MALNUTRITION AWARENESS WEEK
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Meet A.S.P. E.N.’s 2015 – 2016 President,
Gordon S. Sacks, PharmD, FCCP, BCNSP
SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 2, 2015
WWW.NUTRITIONCARE.ORG/MAW
and doctors; that was a unique experience for
me, and I like to interact with patients, so I fell
in love with the specialty area, and I’ve been
involved with A.S.P. E.N. ever since.
Mark your calendars for the week of September 28, and get ready to participate in our fourth annual
Malnutrition Awareness Week™! This year’s program promises to be one of our best yet, with a full
schedule of webinars and virtual chats with experts from diverse healthcare settings, all designed to
increase clinicians’ knowledge about malnutrition and provide participants with additional resources
for detecting malnutrition. The following webinars and chats with the experts will be offered:
• MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28: 4:00 – 5:30 P.M. FREE FOR MEMBERS ONLY
Webinar: Addressing Pediatric Malnutrition, A Carepath from Admission to Discharge*
• TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. FREE FOR MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS
Chat With The Experts: Pediatric Malnutrition—Connections in the Community
• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30: 4:00 – 5:30 P.M. FREE FOR MEMBERS ONLY
Webinar: Adult Malnutrition—Tools and Algorithms to Optimize Early Recognition and Malnutrition*
• THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1: 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. FREE FOR MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS
Chat With The Experts: Adult Malnutrition—Connections in the Community
* Continuing Education (CE) credits offered. Non-members can access the webinars for $19 during pre-registration dates,
or for $29 within 72 hours of the webinar.
C O N T I N UE D FROM PAGE 01
Our petition was accepted, and we are pleased
that MAW is featured on the 2015 calendar.
Its placement there will direct even more
attention to malnutrition, as well as increase
recognition nationwide that it can pose a
serious threat to patient health.
A.S.P. E.N. also took the lead last year on
formally requesting that The Joint Commission
consider recognizing disease-related
malnutrition as a National Patient Safety
Goal. We will learn the outcome of our request
after the Commission’s Patient Safety Advisory
Group meets; if malnutrition is made a National
Patient Safety Goal, additional standards
may be written to assist accredited hospitals
to deliver optimal nutrition care. A position
paper on this topic was also accepted for
publication in The Joint Commission’s
publication, The Joint Commission Journal
on Quality and Patient Safety, and should
be out shortly.
We will continue to track this issue closely
and will continue to lead the effort to put
malnutrition in the forefront.
ONLINE & PRINT RESOURCES
A.S.P. E.N. is updating its popular Malnutrition
Toolkit, ensuring that healthcare professionals
can quickly access the latest articles; tools;
educational opportunities; and websites to
screen, assess, and diagnose malnutrition.
If you haven’t accessed the online Toolkit
recently, now is the time! Visit
www.nutritioncare.org/MalToolkit.
Malnutrition awareness resources directed
to the public, such as family members and
caregivers of those at risk for malnutrition,
are also available. Help empower consumers
at your institution with these powerful and
informative posters for adult and pediatric
malnutrition, which can be downloaded from
www.nutritioncare.org/posters.
DON’T DELAY—GET INVOLVED!
Get your chapter or institution in on Malnutrition
Awareness WeekTM offerings. Here are the top
five ways to participate:
1 R
egister for a Malnutrition Awareness Week™
webinar as a chapter or site and invite as
many people as you want, both members and
nonmembers, to participate for CE credit.
2 F
ill out the customizable PDF resolution
template at www.nutritioncare.org/
MAWResolution/ and petition your state
legislature to recognize Malnutrition
Awareness Week™.
3 Identify an expert in your chapter or
institution to lead your own “Ask the Experts”
in-person session.
4 O
rganize a campaign to distribute and
post A.S.P. E.N.’s malnutrition posters in
your institution.
5 G
et active on ASPENConnect and social
media (use the hashtag #MAW2015) to ask
questions and share best practices with
colleagues all over the world.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
WITH MALNUTRITION AWARENESS
WEEK , INCLUDING HOW TO
ACCESS COMPLIMENTARY
RESOURCES AND REGISTER FOR
THE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, VISIT
WWW.NUTRITIONCARE.ORG/MAW.
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2015-2016 A.S.P.E.N. President Gordon S. Sacks,
PharmD, FCCP, BCNSP
On June 1, the 2015-2016 A.S.P. E.N. Board
of Directors began their terms, with Gordon
S. Sacks, PharmD, FCCP, BCNSP, leading the
Society as our new president; eight members
continuing their service; and three new
members joining the Board.
Dr. Sacks is department head and professor
at the Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn
University, in Auburn, Ala. He has been a
board-certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist
since 1995 and an active member and leader
within A.S.P. E.N., serving as president of two
A.S.P. E.N.state chapters (Mississippi and
Wisconsin) and chair of four committees. He
has served on the Board of Directors for the
past three years and on the editorial board
of NCP from 1998 to 2012, including as an
associate editor between 2003 and 2012.
Read on for an overview of what Dr. Sacks
hopes to accomplish this year.
Q: What drew you to A.S.P. E.N., and why did
you decide to lead?
A: I became a member during a nutrition
support research fellowship at the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis,
Tennessee, from 1992 to 1994. When I was
working with Rex Brown, an active A.S.P.E.N.
pharmacy member, and Ken Kudsk, a surgeon
and former A.S.P.E.N. president, I attended
my first Clinical Nutrition Week (CNW) in 1992
and presented research. Rex introduced me
to other involved pharmacists, and I quickly
realized CNW and the Society provided an
excellent opportunity to network and learn
more about the pharmacists’ role in nutrition
support. At that time, pharmacists were ‘down
in the basement’ dispensing prescriptions.
Being part of a nutrition support team meant
going up on the floor and talking with patients
I decided to take on leadership positions
because if you really want to have an impact,
you need to be at the table to craft policies
and procedures. Because of my interest in
nutrition support, and my desire to advance the
profession, I got involved in a lot of committees
and task forces. But I didn’t easily ascend to
this position today, and that’s an important
part of the story too. I applied to be on the
Board several times but wasn’t selected. It took
time to understand the process, but if you’re
passionate about something, find out what
qualities and prerequisites they’re looking for,
and then go after it! Don’t give up!
Q: What do you see as the most critical
priorities in education within A.S.P. E.N.’s
membership?
A: Our two biggest audiences are novices and
experts. For those who are new to the specialty,
we need to make sure there are enough basic
education courses to give them a foundation.
For the growth and future of the organization,
we need to keep the experts coming back with
advanced education and research that will
attract clinicians and researchers. Outside of
that, parenteral nutrition (PN) is a major focus
of mine. Nutrition education has fallen out of
the curriculums of a lot of schools, and I want
to make sure it’s prevalent not only in schools
of pharmacy but also in physician and nursing
programs. The delivery route for nutrition, be
it parenterally or enterally, is something we
all need to be more knowledgeable about—
for both feeding and administering drugs.
No matter our specialty, it’s something we all
need to understand.
Q: What do you find exciting about being a
part of the nutrition support field?
A: Interdisciplinary teamwork is what brought
me in to this specialty and in to A.S.P. E.N.—
working with physicians, researchers, nurses,
and patients makes this experience so unique
and so different. And healthcare is moving
in that direction. In pharmacy education,
our accrediting body is mandating that
from the first day of pharmacy school to the
last day, students have to be involved with
interdisciplinary education. It’s important
to the educational process, but it’s also the
way healthcare is provided today—by a team,
instead of by a sole provider. Nutrition support
is the gold standard for interdisciplinary
care, and it’s our unique training that makes
us so strong. Nutrition support in the field
of pharmacy is on the periphery to a lot
of students, but when they observe the
interdisciplinary nature of it, and the teamwork,
it attracts them. I think it’s a hugely exciting
role to play.
Q: How has A.S.P. E.N. helped you
professionally?
A: From a knowledge base, A.S.P. E.N. is the
premier organization within the U.S., if not
the world, for nutrition support education
and resources. But my involvement as a
volunteer has been very fulfilling, giving me
an opportunity to meet people from all over
world, and travel to places I’d never have
gone to otherwise. South America, Japan,
Switzerland, Sweden … on a personal basis,
it’s opened my eyes to the differences between
how countries provide nutrition support,
and that’s been a huge learning opportunity.
“From a knowledge base,
A.S.P. E.N. is the premier
organization within the U.S., if not
the world, for nutrition support
education and resources.”
When I went to Japan in 2000, I talked with
Japanese pharmacists about how to ‘get out
of that basement’ and interact with patients,
which they hadn’t traditionally done. Those
conversations helped them evolve to the type
of patient care we’re enjoying in the States.
For a new member thinking about joining,
A.S.P. E.N. is the organization that will help
tease out whether nutrition support is what
you want to do, as well as give you the tools
you need to become an expert in the field.
Once you get involved, there are endless
opportunities; for me, that meant developing
documents, writing clinical guidelines, and
being involved in educational presentations
at CNW, all of which have helped me
professionally. I have A.S.P. E.N. to thank for
my success as a faculty member.
I also benefited enormously from my mentors,
Rex Brown, PharmD, and Ken Kudsk, MD,
and one way to honor them and pay it
forward is to be a mentor for others. Part of
that mentorship is taking an active role in
professional organizations like A.S.P. E.N.
I’m proud to do this.
Please join A.S.P.E.N. in welcoming our
2015 – 2016 Board members!
Albert Barrocas, MD, FACS, FASPEN
South Fulton Medical Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Charlene W. Compher, PhD, RD, CNSC, LDN,
FADA, FASPEN
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing,
Philadelphia, Pa.
DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT ELECT
Daniel Teitelbaum, MD
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Gordon Sacks, PharmD, BCNSP, FCCP
Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn, Ala.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
M. Molly McMahon, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Phil Ayers, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center,
Madison, Miss.
WELCOME
Michael Christensen, PharmD
University of Tennessee, Dept. of Clinical
Pharmacy, Memphis, Tenn.
Bryan Collier, DO, CNSC, FACS
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital,
Roanoke, Va.
Nilesh Mehta, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital,
Critical Care Nutrition, Boston, Mass.
A.S.P. E.N. RHOADS RESEARCH
FOUNDATION PRESIDENT
WELCOME
Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN,
CNSC, FASPEN
Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical
School of Brown University, Providence, R.I.
EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
Debra S. BenAvram, CAE
Chief Executive Officer, A.S.P. E.N.,
Silver Spring, Md.
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WELCOME
Renay Tyler, DNP, CNSN
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Jennifer A. Wooley, MS, RD, CNSC
University of Michigan Health System,
Saline, Mich.
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