The development of parenteral (intravenous) nutrition in 1968, an innovative therapy to nourish individuals during illness and starvation, provided an option to healthcare clinicians concerned with their patients’ nutritional status. This newly developed therapy gave birth to the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) in 1975, when 35 dedicated healthcare professionals met in Chicago to create an interdisciplinary association.
50 years later, ASPEN currently has members all over the world and maintains its proud legacy of promoting evidenced-based nutrition support for our patients.
A look back:
The History of ASPEN Leadership
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ASPEN Organizing Committee
Chairman Mitchell V. Kaminski, Jr., MD
Co-chairman Katherine D. Bury, MD
Treasurer Murray H. Seltzer, MD
Secretary Margarita Nagy, MS, RD
Constitutional Committee James M. Long III, MD
Education Committee
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD
Michael D. Caldwell, MD
Stanley J. Dudrick
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
The Common Denominator and the Bottom Line
George L. Blackburn
MD, PhDRead the Presidential Address:
Interaction of the Science of Nutrition and the Science of Medicine
Mitchell V. Kaminski, Jr.
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Humanism in Hyperalimentation
James M. Long III
MDRead the Presidential Address:
Opening the Closet Door: The Key Is Education
Murray H. Seltzer
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Specialized Nutrition Support: The Standard of Care
William P. Steffee
MD, PhDRead the Presidential Address:
I Am a Nutritionist
Terry W. Hensle
MD, FASPEN
Ezra Steiger
MD, FASPEN
John M. Daly
MD, FASPEN
John P. Grant
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
The Second Decade: A New Beginning
Albert Bothe
MD, FASPEN
John L. Rombeau
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Nutritional Support: Service in Need of New Science
Bruce R. Bistrian
MD, PhD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Recent Advances in Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: A Personal Perspective
Joel D. Kopple
MDRead the Presidential Address:
The Competitive Marketplace for Research Funding
C. Richard Fleming
MDRead the Presidential Address:
A.S.P.E.N. – A Precocious Adolescent
Michael D. Sitrin
MD
John R. Wesley
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
A.S.P.E.N.: Respecting the Past, Managing the Present, Preparing for the Future-Growth Factors in the Media Soup
Bruce Wolfe
MD, FASPEN
Peter J. Fabri
MDRead the Presidential Address:
On the Evolution of a Society—With an Apology to Charles Darwin
Steven Heymsfield
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Nutrition Support at the Scientific Frontier
Kenneth A. Kudsk
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Dear Miss Milk Toast
Virginia M. Herrmann
MDRead the Presidential Address:
Nutrition Support: Ethical or Expedient, and Who Will Choose?
Peggy R. Borum
PhD, FASPEN
Robert F. Kushner
MDRead the Presidential Address:
A New Century: A New Beginning
Philip J. Schneider
MS, FASHPRead the Presidential Address:
Crossing the Quality Chasm: Building a Safe Nutrition System
W. Fredrick Schwenk II
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Specialized Nutrition Support: The Pediatric Perspective
David A. August
MDRead the Presidential Address:
Nutrition Support Research: It Is Our Obligation to Do Better!
Scott A. Shikora
MDRead the Presidential Address:
Severe Obesity: A Growing Health Concern A.S.P.E.N. Should Not Ignore
Gordon L. Jensen
MD, PhD, FASPEN
Marion F. Winkler
PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Presidential Address: Food for Thought: It’s More Than Nutrition
Vincent W. Vanek
MD, FACS, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
A.S.P.E.N. – Past, Present, and Future
Kelly A. Tappenden
PhD, RD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Quest for Excellence: Inspiration from the Ileum
Stephen A. McClave
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Drivers of Oxidative Stress in Acute Pancreatitis
Charles W. Van Way
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
What’s Next? Nutrition Care and Science in the 21st Century
Jay M. Mirtallo
MS, RPh, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Parenteral Nutrition: Can outcomes be improved?
Tom Jaksic
MD, FASPEN
Ainsley Malone
MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Malnutrition: our time is now!
Daniel H. Teitelbaum
MD, PhD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Research in Jeopardy
Gordon S. Sacks
PharmD, BCNSP, FCCP, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
The Shrinking of Formalized Nutrition Education in Health Professions Curricula and Postgraduate Training
Charlene Compher
PhD, RD, CNSC, LDN, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Advancing the Science and Practice of Nutrition Support into the Future
M. Molly McMahon
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Nutrition Support: Integrating Technology and Clinical Expertise
Nilesh M. Mehta
MD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
“Our Time Is Now—Challenges and Strategies for the Field of Nutrition”
Lingtak-Neander Chan
PharmD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
The 2020 Overture—A New Tune for the Future
Todd W. Rice
MD, MSc, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Research in a pandemic—Why, what, how?
Gail A. M. Cresci
PhD, RD, LD, FASPENRead the Presidential Address:
Medical nutrition therapy, is it time to get personal?
Phil Ayers
PharmD, BCNSP, FASHPRead the Presidential Address:
President’s Address: Parenteral Nutrition Compounding: Advancement or Regression – Where Do We Stand?