Gina Rempel MD, FRCPC, FASPEN
Medical Lead, Pediatric Nutrition Support and Complex Care Pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Children’s Hospital Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB Canada
Gina is a neurodevelopmental and nutrition support pediatrician who has spent a lifetime watching children eat. She is a clinician, teacher and active participant in research and knowledge translation activities on national and international committees that advocate for optimizing nutrition and feeding safety especially for children with medical complexity. Administratively she holds leadership roles at the Children's Hospital Winnipeg, a teaching hospital of the University of Manitoba. She is the medical director of the provincial nutrition support program that serve children in a wide geographic. Her current interests are in the definition of malnutrition in children with neurodisabilities, in patient safety initiatives for enteral feeding through several ASPEN committees. She frequently speaks at conferences sharing her experiences of providing oral and enteral nutrition support to help widen the table so more children will participate in the life affirming activity of actively participating in eating and feeding.