Amy J. Berry MS, LD, RD, CNSC

Amy began her specialization in nutrition support at the Medical University of SC. She then accepted a position with the Surgical Nutrition Support Team at the University of Virginia. There, she specialized seeing all surgical patients receiving nutrition support therapy during admission. She eventually began further specializing in working with the pancreatic surgery team; seeing their patients post discharge as well as collecting data to show the need for more RD support. In 2017, this led to the creation of a full-time nutrition support position with UVA’s cancer center. In this role, she was able to provide continuity of care to pancreatic, gastric, esophageal surgery patients as well as the ENT tube feeding patients. She currently resides in Charleston SC, where she continues her work there advocating for comprehensive outpatient nutritional care for PEG and J-tube cancer patients. She has written multiple papers and presented on these topics at FNCE and Clinical Nutrition Week, as well as presenting for the Dietitians in Nutrition Support and Oncology Nutrition practice groups for the Academy. She received the 2019 award for Excellence in Clinical Practice as well as the 2019 Academy’s Foundation Abbott Nutrition Malnutrition Award.