Virginia Neonatal Nutrition Association 14th Annual Conference
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 (8:45 AM - 3:45 PM EST)
Location: Zoom Registration Options: Zoom Webinar: $50 Vendor Conference Registration: $150 |
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8:45-9:00 AM Introduction, Welcome, & Announcements
9:00-10:00 AM Safety, Trends, and Considerations for Goat Milk-Based and Plant-Based Infant Formulas
Krista Viau, PhD, RD
10:00-11:00 AM Consistency Matters: Feeding Safety and Liquid Modification for High-Risk Neonatal Populations Meredith Powell, SLP and Kayleigh Warburton, SLP
11:00-11:15 AM Break + visit vendors
11:15-12:15 PM IV Iron Practices in the NICU
Heidi Lochen, MS, RD, CSPCC
12:15-1:30 PM LUNCH + visit vendors
1:30-2:30 PM Tiny Tummies, Big Decisions: A NICU Feeding Protocol Discussion
Featuring: Morgan Denhard, MS, RDN, CSP, LDN; Christina Mooradian, RD; Molly Potter, MS, RD, CSP, LDN, CNSC; and Elizabeth Uliana, RDN, CSPCC
2:30-3:30 PM Neonatal Body Composition
Maggie Jerome, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC
3:30-3:45 PM Wrap-Up, Announce Scholarship Recipients, Vendor Bingo Raffle, Evaluations, CEUs
9:00-10:00 AM Safety, Trends, and Considerations for Goat Milk-Based and Plant-Based Infant Formulas
Krista Viau, PhD, RD
10:00-11:00 AM Consistency Matters: Feeding Safety and Liquid Modification for High-Risk Neonatal Populations Meredith Powell, SLP and Kayleigh Warburton, SLP
11:00-11:15 AM Break + visit vendors
11:15-12:15 PM IV Iron Practices in the NICU
Heidi Lochen, MS, RD, CSPCC
12:15-1:30 PM LUNCH + visit vendors
1:30-2:30 PM Tiny Tummies, Big Decisions: A NICU Feeding Protocol Discussion
Featuring: Morgan Denhard, MS, RDN, CSP, LDN; Christina Mooradian, RD; Molly Potter, MS, RD, CSP, LDN, CNSC; and Elizabeth Uliana, RDN, CSPCC
2:30-3:30 PM Neonatal Body Composition
Maggie Jerome, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC
3:30-3:45 PM Wrap-Up, Announce Scholarship Recipients, Vendor Bingo Raffle, Evaluations, CEUs
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Past Conferences with the Virginia Neonatal Nutrition Association:
Growing in Excellence: Managing Ongoing Challenges in the NICU to Improve Future Outcomes
September 22, 2023, held virtually and in-person in Richmond, VA
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
Growing in Excellence: Managing Ongoing Challenges in the NICU to Improve Future Outcomes
September 22, 2023, held virtually and in-person in Richmond, VA
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