Nutrition and Metabolism Research Paper Session: Enteral Nutrition Therapy (M34)

Paper Session

Date & Time:

February 16, 2026

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-037-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

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

Feeding the Injured Brain: Early Enteral Nutrition Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Neurocritical Care

Eloisa EG Garcia Velasquez
MD

Head of the Nutrition Department

Kennedy Hospital Group

Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

Intestinal Rehabilitation in Microvillus Inclusion Disease

Kayla Hope
MPH, RD, CNSC

Clinical Nutrition Specialist

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

Cost-Effectiveness of Complete Preoperative Immunonutrition in Oncology Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery in a Middle-Income Country

Jorge A. Medina Parra
MD, MSc

Research Advisor

Keralty

Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Gastrointestinal Comorbidities and Nutrition Support Utilization in Patients With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Megan Nordlund
MS, RD, CNSC

Clinical Dietitian

Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Day +1 Enteral Nutrition to Reduce Acute GvHD Risk in Allo-SCT: A Protocol-Based Approach

Nikki Spurgeon
MS, RD

Nutrition Therapist Specialist

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, NE

Multidisciplinary Strategies for Long-Term Enteral Access in Critically Ill Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Case Series and Algorithmic Approach

Katrina A. Swedberg-Hall
DO

General Surgery Resident

Lakeland Regional Health

Lakeland, FL

Moderators:

Osman Mohamed Elfadil

Osman Mohamed Elfadil

MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Research Associate

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

Rochester, MN

Mario Gomez-Hernandez 

DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, RNFA

Advanced Practice Provider-General Surgery, Metabolic Surgery, Surgical Nutrition

University of Miami Hospital

Department of Surgery / Division of General Surgery

Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL 

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