Most Recent Conference

Growing In Excellence: Complexities and Care for the Micro-Preemie
September 23, 2022
8:45 AM-3:30 PM EDT
Location: Zoom

Continuing Education:
This conference was approved for 5 nursing and dietitian CE credits.
8:45 AM
9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM
11:15 AM


12:15 PM
1:15 PM

2:15 PM

​3:15 PM
Introduction, Welcome, & Announcements
Dr. Jonathan Swanson: Exclusive Human Milk Diets in High-Risk Neonates: Evidence and Experience
Dr. Pete Murray: Moral Obligations of Caring for the Micro-Preemie
Break
Dr. Daniel Robinson: Relevance of Maternal Health and Diet in Defining Nutritional Requirements for Preterm Infants
Lunch
Dr. Nneka Nzegwu: Nutrition for High-Risk Infants Requiring Complex Care
Dr. Nneka Nzegwu: Quality Improvement for the Dietitian 
Wrap-Up
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Past Conferences with the Virginia Neonatal Nutrition Association:
Growing In Excellence: Complexities and Care for the Micro-Preemie
September 23, 2022, held virtually

Growing In Excellence: Timely Topics in Neonatal Nutrition Support
September 10, 2021, held virtually

​Growing In Excellence: Maximizing Growth Outcomes in the High Risk Neonate
September 11, 2020, held virtually

Growing in Excellence: Supporting Our Neonates, One Organ System at a Time
September 20, 2019, Richmond, VA

Growing in Excellence: Nutritional Support and Ethical Considerations in the NICU
September 28, 2018, Richmond, VA

Growing in Excellence: Providing Breast Milk and Early, Optimal Nutrition in the NICU​
September 22, 2017, Richmond, VA

Growing In Excellence: Nutrition and GI Health in the NICU and Beyond
September 23, 2016, Richmond, VA

Growing In Excellence: Nourishing the Late Preterm Infant
September 25, 2015, Richmond, VA

Growing In Excellence: Caring for the High Risk Infant from Birth to Home
September 19-20, 2014, Richmond, VA

Growing In Excellence: Challenges in Nourishing the High Risk Neonate
September 26, 2013, Richmond, VA

Conferences prior to 2013 have addressed these topics:
  • Nutrition and medical management of severe reflux disease
  • Nutrition management of food allergies in infants and children
  • Nutrition management for infants and children with renal disease
  • Vitamin D updates
  • Breastfeeding promotion in the NICU
  • The RD role in process improvement and data collection