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Advocacy

Breastfeeding/Human Milk

Critical Care

Gastroenterology/Hepatology

Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health

Neonatology

Nephrology

Pediatric Nutrition
Session Type: Clubs in Convention Center

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Focus Group

Saturday, April 26, 2025
11:40am – 12:55pm HST
Location: Convention Center: 315
CE: 1.5

Disclosure(s):
Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc: Infant Bacterial Therapeutics / Premier Research (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant); Noveome (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant)

The NEC Club will address the exceptional nutritional needs of infants at risk of and diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Led by the NEC Society, the world’s leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing NEC research, education, and advocacy, the NEC Club will confront urgent challenges and opportunities to optimize NEC prevention, treatment, and recovery through human milk nutrition. The NEC Club will be moderated by NEC Society’s Scientific Advisor, Ravi Patel, MD, MSc, Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University, with presentations from Jennifer Canvasser, MSW, founder and executive director, NEC Society, Misty Good, MD, MS Neonatology Division Chief, UNC-Chapel Hill, Rebecca Hoban, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Division of Neonatology, Shetal Shah, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, and Jonathan Fanaroff, MD, JD. Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

The NEC Club presents 1) Partnering with Patient-Families to Prevent NEC by Jennifer Canvasser; 2) Advocacy Efforts for Equitable Access to Donor Milk by Shetal Shah; 3) Pathobiology of NEC: Nutritional Strategies for NEC Prevention by Misty Good; 4) Human Milk as Medicine: Stem Cells, Growth Factors, and More for the Gut-Brain Axis by Rebecca Hoban; 5) NEC: Ethical and Legal Considerations by Jonathan Fanaroff.

The nutritional needs of infants at risk of NEC are highly complex, and there is mounting pressure to optimize how premature infants are fed. Multidisciplinary clinicians, scientists, and trainees aiming to improve NEC prevention, treatment, and recovery through nutrition are encouraged to join us for the NEC Club.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the value and power of patient-families’ partnership and collaboration to help improve access to lifesaving nutrition.
  • Identify the gaps and strategies to overcome disparities in access to human milk.
  • Describe the protective factors within mother’s own milk and pasteurized donor human milk that provide protection against NEC.

Presentations:

  • 11:40am – 11:55am HST
    Partnering with Patient-families to Prevent NEC

    Speaker: Jennifer M. Canvasser, MSW (she/her/hers) – Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society

  • 11:55am – 12:10pm HST
    Advocacy Efforts for Equitable Access to Donor Milk

    Speaker: Shetal Shah, MD FAAP (he/him/his) – Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center

  • 12:10pm – 12:25pm HST
    Pathobiology of NEC: Nutritional Strategies for NEC Prevention

    Speaker: Misty Good, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – UNC Chapel Hill

  • 12:25pm – 12:40pm HST
    Human Milk as Medicine: Stem Cells, Growth Factors, and More for the Gut-brain Axis

    Speaker: Rebecca Hoban, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Seattle Children's

  • 12:40pm – 12:55pm HST
    NEC: Ethical and Legal Considerations

    Speaker: Jonathan M. Fanaroff, MD, JD – UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital