Session Format: In Person

Nutrition Assessment Skills Lab (M25)

Skills Lab

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PT

Format:

In Person

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-032-L99-P

Course level:

Basic

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

Explore a variety of topics related to Nutrition Assessment in this deep dive session. This session will address knowledge gaps through interactive discussions, hands-on demonstrations, and case study presentations. This skills lab will have multiple stations covering a variety of topics and will feature the latest practices, research, and guidelines to enhance clinical practice skills. Participants may move among the individual stations as they choose.

  • Implement the use of the appropriate nutrition assessment tools in a variety of settings.
  • Outline the advantages and limitations of each nutrition assessment tool.
  • Experiment with each nutrition assessment tool through demonstration and hands-on experience.

Topics & Presenters

CT Imaging

Amanda Bode
MC, RD, CSO, LD

Registered Dietitian

CCF

Mansfield, OH

Ultrasound

Christan Bury
MS, RD, LD, CNSC

Advanced Practice II Dietitian

Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Bioelectric Impedance Analysis

Addison Coffey
MS, RDN, LDN

Clinical Dietitian

Nutrition and Food Service, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital

Tampa, FL

Indirect Calorimetry

Stacy Pelekhaty
MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN

Senior Clinical Nutrition Specialist

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, MD

Calf Circumference

M. Cristina Gonzalez
PhD, MD

Professor

Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Food, Federal University of Pelotas

RS, Pelotas, Brazil

Handgrip Strength

Terese Scollard
MBA, RD, FAND, FASPEN

Owner, Consultant, Educator

MySurgeryPlate LLC

Beaverton, OR

Moderators:

Hailey Wilson

MS, RD, CSO, CNSC

Registered Dietitian

Medical Nutrition Therapy, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Seattle, WA

Late Breaking Updates in Clinical Nutrition: ICD-11 Undernutrition Coding, Multi-Chamber Bag PN Guidance, and Augmented Enteral Protein During Critical Illness (SU33)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 15, 2026

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-019-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Identify the new ICD-11 adult undernutrition code and apply its updated documentation requirements to accurately code adult undernutrition in clinical nutrition practice.
  • Apply the Multi-chamber Bag Parenteral Nutrition (MCB-PN) Consensus Statements developed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition to improve the safety and standardization of MCB-PN use in clinical practice.
  • Evaluate the methods and outcomes of the TARGET Protein trial, compare its results with existing critical care protein-dosing literature, and assess how protein metabolism in critical illness explains the effects of higher protein dosing.

Topics & Presenters

ICD-11 Adult Undernutrition Coding: New Code and Documentation Requirements for Clinical Practice

Charlene Compher
PhD, RD, LDN, FASPEN

Shearer Chair of Healthy Community Practices

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Professor of Nutrition Science; Director of Nutrition Programs

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Philadelphia, PA

Safe and Standardized Use of Multi-Chamber Bag Parenteral Nutrition: ISMP/ASPEN Consensus Statements in Practice

Phil Ayers
PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN

Chief, Clinical Pharmacy Services

Department of Pharmacy, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center

Jackson, MS

Augmented Enteral Protein During Critical Illness: The TARGET Protein Randomized Clinical Trial - Evidence and Clinical Implications

Lee-anne Chapple
BMedSci, MNutrDiet, PhD, FASPEN

Associate Professor

School of Medicine, College of Health, Adelaide University

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Moderators:

Charlene Compher

PhD, RD, LDN, FASPEN

Shearer Chair of Healthy Community Practices

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Professor of Nutrition Science; Director of Nutrition Programs

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Philadelphia, PA

Nutrition and Metabolism Research Paper Session: Pediatric, Neonatal, Pregnancy, and Lactation (M24)

Paper Session

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-031-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

Pediatric Content Included

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

Today’s medical environment demands evidence-based practice, replicable results, and improved patient outcomes. Our abstract authors conduct research to help meet these challenges and provide breakthroughs in our knowledge and in our patient care. These sessions are dedicated to presentations of high-ranking abstracts. Abstracts are presented by topic, so you can explore cutting edge research on issues that interest you. The abstracts will also be published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN), making them part of the body of evidence available to guide your clinical care.

Topics & Presenters

Impact of Increased Phosphate in Total Parenteral Nutrition on the Incidence of Refeeding Syndrome in Preterm Infants: A Comparative Study

Suzan Assfour
Msc, BCNSP, BCPPS

Senior NICU Clinical Pharmacist

King Saud Medical City

Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Adherence to Guideline-Based Nutritional Interventions Following Diagnosis of Neonatal Malnutrition in the NICU

Jennifer Fowler
MS, RDN, CSPCC, LDN

Pediatric Dietitian

ECU Health Medical Center

Washington, NC

Relationship Between Enteral Nutrition Initiation and Delivery in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Long-Term Feeding Functional Outcomes in Neonates With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Jill E. O’Hara
MD, MPH

Assistant in Critical Care Medicine

Instructor of Anaesthesia, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

A Pilot Analysis of Outcomes From a Direct-to-Patient Registry on the Use of an Immobilized Lipase Cartridge in Pediatric Patients With Short Bowel Syndrome Dependent on Parenteral Nutrition

Jason Soden
MD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

Prevalence of Malnutrition and Evaluation of Malnutrition Risk Screening (MNRS) Tools in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients

Jeremiah C. Torrico
RND, MD, FPPS

Fellow of Pediatric, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Effect of Two Clinical Guidelines on Calcium and Phosphate Dosing on the Risk of Hypophosphatemia in Newborn VLBW Infants Receiving Parenteral Nutrition

Brandon J. Trandai
MD

NICU Fellow

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Moderators:

Abigail Martin

MD, MA, FAAP
Lexington, KY

Samantha Joyce Mumford

PharmD, BCNSP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - NICU/Nutrition

Nemours Children's Hospital - Delaware

Wilmington, DE

Chemistry Fundamentals in Nutrition Support: Stability, Drug-Nutrient Interactions, and Incompatibilities (SU32)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 15, 2026

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-018-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Critically evaluate stability studies to see if they meet criteria set out in the USP.
  • Predict which nutrition situations could lead to interactions and incompatibilities.
  • Identify which medications are at most risk for interactions and potential consequences of co-administration with nutrition support.

Topics & Presenters

Compatibility Insights, It Is Not Whether You Can See a Precipitate

Mark Klang
MS, RPh, BCNSP, PhD, FASPEN

Program Manager

Research Pharmacy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Chemistry of Drug-Nutrient Interactions

Lingtak-Neander Chan
PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Professor of Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Faculty in Nutritional Sciences

School of Pharmacy, University of Washington

Seattle, WA

A Lyte Course of Additive Stability

Steven Plogsted
PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Retired Pharmacist

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

Moderators:

D. Dante Yeh

MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, FASPEN, CNSC

Chief of Emergency General Surgery

Denver Health

Professor of Surgery

Denver Health

Denver, CO

When Nutrition Gets Surgical: Interprofessional Team Management of Complex Surgical Oncology Cases (M23)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-030-L01-P

Course level:

Intermediate

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Describe the nutritional and pharmacologic considerations in the perioperative management of patients undergoing Whipple procedures and total pelvic exenteration.
  • Apply nutrition assessment strategies and intervention plans for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, delayed gastric emptying, and postoperative glycemic management.
  • Describe the medication management of patients with enterocutaneous fistula, the selection of appropriate candidates for home parenteral nutrition, and strategies to prevent/limit associated complications.
  • Collaborate effectively within interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize surgical nutrition care across complex oncologic cases before and after surgery.

Topics & Presenters

Pancreatic Cancer and the Whipple: A Critical Surgical Solution

Jose Pimiento
MD, FACS

Section Lead for Upper Gastrointestinal Oncology and Medical Director for Inpatient Surgical Care

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, FL

From Preparation to Recovery: Nutrition Strategies Before and After Whipple Procedure

Shelby Yaceczko
DCN, RDN-AP, CNSC, CCTD

Advanced Practice Registered Dietitian

UCLA Health

Los Angeles, CA

Beyond Surgery: Navigating Medication Management After the Whipple Procedure

Anne Tucker
PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care and Nutrition Support

Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Exenteration Aftermath: Understanding and Addressing Enterocutaneous Fistulas

D. Dante Yeh
MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM, FASPEN, CNSC

Chief of Emergency General Surgery

Denver Health

Professor of Surgery

Denver Health

Denver, CO

From Preparation to Recovery: Nutrition Strategies Before and After Surgery

Federika Garcia
MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, CSO

Director, Clinical Programs – Nutrition and Wellness, Cancer Survivorship and Supportive Care

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System

Miami, Florida

Optimizing Care: Fistula Management, Home PN, and Prevention of Complications

Rina Patel
PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care and Nutrition Support

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Moderators:

Anne Tucker

PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care and Nutrition Support

Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Patient Care: A 2026 Update (M22)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-029-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Identify areas where artificial intelligence (AI) may improve the administrative management of patient care.
  • Evaluate clinical practice and determine how AI can benefit healthcare team members in practice.
  • Determine how to integrate AI into literature research.

Topics & Presenters

How to Use AI to Improve Inpatient and Administrative Patient Care

Ryan Hurt
MD, PhD, FASPEN

Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Chair

Division of General Internal Medicine , Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Trust But Verify: How to Effectively Incorporate AI Into Your Practice and Research

Lillian Harvey Banchik
MD, FACS, FASPEN, CVAAc, VA-BC, DABS

Retired Physician

San Diego, CA

How to Incorporate AI Into Pharmaceutical Aspects of Patient Care

Brenda Gray
PharmD, CNSC, VA-BC, PRS, CVAAc, BCSCP, FASPEN

Senior Clinical Educator

Clinical Pharmacy Partners

Tampa, FL

Moderators:

Ryan Hurt

MD, PhD, FASPEN

Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Chair

Division of General Internal Medicine , Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Peggi Guenter Excellence in Clinical Practice Award Lecture: Democratizing Knowledge, Strengthening Interprofessional Specialty Care, and Improving Patient Outcomes in Nutrition and Intestinal Failure (M31)

Breakout

Marion Winkler
PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN

This lecture will discuss the importance of nutrition education, clinician expertise, and patient engagement in understanding the complexity of chronic intestinal failure and home parenteral nutrition management.  The presentation will describe the value of LIFT-ECHO, a virtual learning platform, and how the ECHO model expands access to specialty care, as well as tools to evaluate patient outcomes, including the home parenteral nutrition patient-reported outcome questionnaire (HPN—PROQ) and a novel intestinal failure disease activity index.

Read Biography

Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN is Professor of Surgery at Brown University Alpert School of Medicine (Providence, RI) and a Surgical Nutrition Specialist in the Department of Surgery at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Health.  Dr. Winkler has expertise in managing enteral and parenteral nutrition in acute care, critical care, and home care, and has expertise in the nutritional management of short bowel syndrome.  Dr. Winkler received a BS in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio), MS in Allied Health and Clinical Dietetic Research from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in Health Sciences from Rutgers University.  She is a Past President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation.  Dr. Winkler serves as a Deputy Editor for the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN) and a research editor for the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (JAND).  She is on the medical advisory board for LIFT-ECHO (Learn Intestinal Failure Therapy) She speaks nationally and internationally on topics including malnutrition, short bowel syndrome, and enteral and parenteral nutrition.  Her research focuses on quality of life and patient-reported outcomes in home parenteral nutrition.

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.0 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-017-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Summarize the value of nutrition education, healthcare team expertise, and patient engagement in managing chronic intestinal failure and home parenteral nutrition.
  • Describe the ECHO model and its impact on specialty care, such as intestinal failure management.
  • Evaluate patient outcomes through the use of tools such as the home parenteral nutrition patient-reported outcome questionnaire (HPN—PROQ) and a novel intestinal failure disease activity index.

Topics & Presenters

Democratizing Knowledge, Strengthening Interprofessional Specialty Care, and Improving Patient Outcomes in Nutrition and Intestinal Failure

Marion Winkler
PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN

Professor of Surgery

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Surgical Nutrition Specialist

Department of Surgery and Nutritional Support, Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI

Moderators:

Diana Mulherin

PharmD, BCNSP, BCCCP, FCCM, FASPEN

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Nutrition Support

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Closing the Gaps in Parenteral Nutrition (PN) Safety: Results and Implications of the 2025 ASPEN PN Use Survey (M21)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-028-L05-P

Course level:

Intermediate

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Analyze findings from the 2025 ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition (PN) Use Survey.
  • Discuss barriers to PN-related guideline adherence and develop strategies to improve compliance.
  • Explore proposed interventions, educational programs, and policy recommendations to enhance PN safety and optimize patient outcomes.

Topics & Presenters

PN in Adult Populations: Insights from the 2025 PN Use Survey

Phil Ayers
PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN

Chief, Clinical Pharmacy Services

Department of Pharmacy, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center

Jackson, MS

Small Patients, Big Data: Key Pediatric Findings from the 2025 PN Use Survey

M. Petrea Cober
PharmD, MEd, BCNSP, BCPPS, FASPEN

Professor of Pharmacy Practice; Director of Workforce Development

Office of Student Success, Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Pharmacy

Director of Professional Development

Office of Education, Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Pharmacy

Rootstown, OH

Mind the Gap: A Comprehensive Review of PN Safety and Knowledge Issues

Jessica Monczka
RD, CNSC, FASPEN

Nutrition Quality Assurance Manager

Option Care Health

Bannockburn, IL

Infusing Safety: Strategies for Improving the PN Use Process

Sarah Cogle
PharmD, BCCCP, BCNSP, FCCM, FASPEN

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist and Team Lead

Burn Critical Care/Nutrition Support, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Moderators:

Manpreet Mundi

MD, FASPEN

Professor of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Stronger Bones in Intestinal Failure: An Interprofessional Healthcare Team Approach (SU30)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 15, 2026

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-016-L01-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content Included

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Describe the pathophysiology of metabolic bone disease; the unique risk factors for this disorder in patients with intestinal failure and short bowel syndrome.
  • Develop screening strategies for diagnosing metabolic bone disease in pediatric patients with intestinal failure
  • Analyze dietary strategies to optimize bone health, including adequate intake of calcium and vitamin D.
  • Identify indications, dosing, and monitoring of pharmacological agents for treating metabolic bone disease, the potential impacts on home parenteral nutrition, and special considerations for the intestinal failure and short bowel syndrome population.

Topics & Presenters

Preventing the Breaks: Understanding Metabolic Bone Disease in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

Jessie Hulst
MD, PhD

Gastroenterologist

Hospital for Sick Children

Co-Director Advanced Clinical Nutrition Fellowship Program

Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, ON, Canada

How to Overcome Malabsorption and Optimize Diet for Strong Bones

E. Reese
MPH, RDN, LDN, CNSC

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II

Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation, Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

Intravenous Bisphosphonates: A Bone-Boosting Lifeline?

Meighan Marlo
PharmD

Advanced Patient Care Pharmacist - Gastroenterology, Nutrition Support

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

Moderators:

Molly Dienhart

MD

Medical Director of the Center for Intestinal Rehabilitation and Nutrition Support

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

Navigating Disordered Eating in Complex Adolescent and Adult GI Patients (M20)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-027-L01-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content Included

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Outline the gastrointestinal and nutrition issues that may overlap with disordered eating in complex GI patients.
  • Identify ways to decrease the need for home nutrition support in complex GI patients.
  • Provide appropriate outpatient nursing triage and education for complex GI patients.
  • Summarize the principles of Polyvagal Theory and how this can be a helpful tool in working with complex GI patients.

Topics & Presenters

When Eating Disorders and Gastrointestinal Illnesses Collide

Lesley Williams
MD

Physician/Eating Disorder Specialist

Mayo Clinic

Scottsdale, AZ

Nourishing the Autonomic Nervous System: Integrating Polyvagal Theory and Team-Based Practice in Complex GI Patients

Sherry Tarleton
RDN, CNSC

Dietitian

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic

Scottsdale, AZ

Seeing the Subtleties: A Nursing Lens on Navigating Disordered Eating in Complex GI Patients

Elizabeth Gray
RN, BSN

Registered Nurse

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic

Scottsdale, AZ

Approach to Nutrition Support in Complex GI Patients with Disordered Eating

John DiBaise
MD, FACG, FASPEN

Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic

Consultant

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic

Phoenix, AZ

Moderators:

Carol Ireton-Jones

PhD, RDN, LD, CNSC, FASPEN, FAND

Nutrition Therapy Specialist

Good Nutrition for Good Living

Carrollton, TX

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