Preferred
(EDT)
Credits
1.50 Dietitian | 1.50 Nurse | 1.50 Pharmacist | 1.50 Physician | 1.50 Other
Objectives
- Discuss the importance of a good nutrition status in children with neurodevelopmental impairment (NI).
- Articulate the reasons for conducting a comprehensive nutrition assessment including anthropometric measurements, alternate growth charts, and nutrition focused physical exam in children with NI.
- Elucidate key elements of safe oral and enteral nutrition care plans to optimize nutrition in a child with NI who will be undergoing orthopedic surgery.
Resource
- SU40_3-23-2025_Rempel_Desai_Hulst_VermilyeaUpdated: May 18, 2025
Speakers
Tejas Desai, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Children’s Hospital London Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada
Jessie Hulst, MD, PhD
Staff Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition; Director, Advanced Clinical Nutrition Fellowship Program, The Hospital for Sick Children; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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
Sarah Vermilyea, MS, RD, CSP, LD, CNSC
Clinical Dietitian
St. Josephs Home of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Other
Nutrition Care Pathway
Pediatrics/Neonatal
Disease Specific
Surgery
Breakout
In Person
Virtual
Pedatric Content
Intermediate
