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The ASPEN Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award is to recognize excellence in interdisciplinary clinical nutrition practice in institutions or agencies who meet certain criteria and compliance with ASPEN national standards, guidelines and values for the purpose of awarding them a designation of high achievement.
- Shall have an identified interdisciplinary group of practitioners with all 4 disciplines represented (do not need to be formal members of a team, may work collaboratively, but must be from dietetics, medicine (may include physician assistants), nursing (may include nurse practitioners) & pharmacy) and need to participate in clinical nutrition or nutrition support functions in some way, e.g., patient rounds, clinic or home care visits, nutrition committee, policy &/or formulary activities. Must show evidence of involvement of all 4 disciplines
- At least 2 team members (from different disciplines) shall be ASPEN members
- A team shall be recognized within the institution, or agency as noted by a letter from a department chair or facility manager/director
- At least two members of the team (from different disciplines) shall be certified in nutrition support (NBNSC, BPS, or ABPNS)
- A team shall use ASPEN Standards, Clinical Guidelines &/or Practice Recommendations (EN or PN Safety) and provide documentation of using 3 different documents
- The team shall demonstrate involvement with a nutrition support quality improvement project such as SustainTM National Patient Registry for Nutrition Care
- At least one team member shall attend the annual conference (list last 3 years and names of attendees)
- At least one team member shall present an abstract (platform or poster), published paper or presentation at a national, chapter, or local meeting on nutrition support in the past 3 years (list the last 3 calendar years and cite presentations)
- At least 2 team members (from different disciplines) shall demonstrate involvement with nutrition support organizational activities in the past 3 years. This may include ASPEN Board of Directors, committees, task forces, JPEN or NCP journal editorial boards, or section leadership positions; ASPEN chapter leadership or committee activities; leadership activities with NBNSC, BPS or ABPNS; or regional nutrition support conference program committees
- All team members shall demonstrate receiving at least 2 contact hours annually of continuing education in nutrition during the past 3 yearsNee
2026 ASPEN Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award Winners
Valley Health Winchester Medical Center Nutrition Support Team
The Winchester Medical Center Nutrition Support Team demonstrates excellence in nutrition support through ongoing quality improvement projects, demonstrating their dedication to safe and effective nutrition care. These projects include best practices in nutrition care, such as creating policies on the use of indirect calorimetry in appropriate cases and utilizing immune-modulating formulations in pre-surgical cases, with data collected from over 34,000 patients.
UNC Nutrition Support Team
The UNC Parenteral Nutrition Team demonstrates excellence in nutrition support through utilizing ASPEN guidance to expand their team’s reach to ensure safe transitions of care for patients receiving parenteral nutrition upon discharge. More details about their UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement project can be found in the February 2026 edition of JPEN under “P30 – Aligning Parenteral Nutrition Use at an Academic Medical Center With Best Practices: A Quality Improvement Project.”
(2026), Poster Abstracts. J Parenter Enteral Nutr., 50: S71-S332. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.70052.
| UNC Nutrition Support Team | 2026 |
| Valley Health Winchester Medical Center Nutrition Support Team | 2026 |
| Children’s Mercy Kansas City Intestinal Rehabilitation Team | 2025 |
| Option Care Health | 2025 |
| City of Hope: Chicago – Atlanta – Phoenix Nutrition Metabolic Support Team | 2024 |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Metabolic Support Services | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt Medical Center Nutrition Support Team | 2024 |
| Amerita’s Nutrition Support Team | 2023 |
| Beaumont Health Nutrition Support | 2023 |
| Emory University Hospital Nutrition and Metabolic Support Service | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic Home Enteral Nutrition Team, Rochester, Minn. | 2023 |
| Nationwide Children’s Hospital Comprehensive Nutrition Support Team | 2023 |
| Riley PAIR Nutrition Team at Indiana University Health; Parenteral Support and Intestinal Rehabilitation Nutrition Team | 2023 |
| Duke University Hospital Parenteral Nutrition Team | 2022 |
| Nutrishare Nutrition Support Team | 2022 |
| Optum Infusion Pharmacy Parenteral Nutrition Team | 2022 |
| CHOP Nutrition Support Service | 2021 |
| Mayo Clinic Children’s Center Nutrition Support Team | 2021 |
| Truman Medical Center Metabolic Support Service | 2021 |
| Winchester Medical Center Nutrition Support Team | 2021 |
| University of Chicago Adult GI/Nutrition Support Service | 2020 |
| Cancer Treatment Centers of America | 2019 |
| University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital | 2019 |
| Beaumont Health Nutrition Support Service | 2018 |
| Boston Children’s Hospital | 2018 |
| Children’s Mercy Kansas City | 2018 |
| NorthShore University Health System | 2018 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | 2018 |
| ThriveRX A Division of Diplomat Specialty Infusion Group | 2018 |
| Truman Medical Center | 2018 |
| University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Children’s Intestinal | 2018 |
| Rehabilitation Program, Dedicated to Daniel Teitelbaum, MD, FASPEN | 2018 |
| Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Nutrition Support Team | 2017 |
| Emory University Hospital Nutrition and Metabolic Support Service (NMSS) | 2017 |
| Nutrishare, Inc. | 2016 |
| Children’s Intestinal Rehabilitation Center at Le Bonheur (CIRCLe) | 2015 |
| Winchester Medical Center, Valley Health System | 2015 |
| Cancer Treatment Centers of America | 2014 |
| Truman Medical Center | 2014 |
| Cleveland Clinic Nutrition Support Team | 2013 |
| CoxHealth Metabolic Support Service | 2013 |
| The Johns Hopkins Hospital Parenteral-Enteral Support Service | 2013 |
| Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Nutrition Support Team | 2013 |
| Mayo Clinic Rochester Nutrition Service | 2013 |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center Clinical Nutrition Team | 2013 |
| Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Nutrition Support Team | 2013 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center Nutrition Support Team | 2013 |
| ThriveRx Nutrition Support Team | 2013 |
| University Health Network Nutrition Support Team | 2013 |
| The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Clinical Nutrition Support Services | 2013 |
| Vanderbilt University Center for Human Nutrition | 2013 |
| Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Memphis Nutrition Support Team | 2013 |