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Virginia Neonatal Nutrition Association 14th Annual Conference

Growing In Excellence: Advancing Neonatal Nutrition and Feeding Strategies


Date & Time: Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 (8:45 AM - 3:45 PM EST)
Location: Zoom
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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

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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

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

About VANNA

The Virginia Neonatal Nutrition Association was founded in 2010 to serve as an avenue for education and networking for dietitians and other healthcare providers who provide specialized nutrition-related care to infants and young children.

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