Session Format: Virtual

Premier Paper Session and Vars Award Competition (M20)

Paper Session

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

2 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-044-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

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ASPEN is dedicated to advancing the science and practice of clinical nutrition and metabolism. This session features the best peer-reviewed research abstracts submitted by early career investigators for inclusion in the ASPEN25 conference. This is your opportunity to hear firsthand about the latest research that helps shape clinical practice in nutrition support.

All the individuals who give presentations during this session are vying for the prestigious Harry M. Vars Award. This award serves as a tribute to Dr. Vars and his pioneering developments in parenteral nutrition and is given annually for the best original research presentation by an early-career investigator at the ASPEN conference. The award recipient will be determined during the conference by votes submitted by ASPEN25 conference participants and by the ASPEN Research Committee’s thorough review of manuscripts submitted by qualified candidates as well as the candidates’ presentations during the conference. The award recipient will be announced at the Rhoads Research Lecture and Award Ceremony on Tuesday morning. Come cheer on the candidates and hear the best of the best research at ASPEN25!

ASPEN is dedicated to advancing the science and practice of clinical nutrition and metabolism. This session features the best peer-reviewed research abstracts submitted by early career investigators for inclusion in the ASPEN25 conference. This is your opportunity to hear firsthand about the latest research that helps shape clinical practice in nutrition support.

Topics & Presenters

Ethanol Exposure Modulates In Vitro Arginine Uptake and Metabolism Within Intestinal Epithelial Cells

Kaitlyn Daff
Kaitlyn Daff
MA, RD, LDN

Doctoral Candidate

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Plasmatic Sphingolipids Strongly Correlate With Cholesterol Metabolism but Fairly With Glucose Metabolism and Body Composition Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Gabriela deOliveira Lemos
Gabriela de Oliveira Lemos
MD

PhD Candidate

University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine

Brasília, Distrito Federal Brazil

Change in Quadriceps Thickness and its Association With Energy Intake, Mortality, and Length of PICU Stay in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Study

Daffne Monroy
Daffne B. Baldwin 
MNC

MCN

Instituto Nacional de Pediatría

Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal Mexico

Fatty Acid Profiles in Serum and Tissues of Neonatal Piglets Fed Parenteral Nutrition Using a Novel Lipid Emulsion Containing Arachidonic Acid, Docosahexaenoic Acid and Choline

Mirielle Pauline
Mirielle L. Pauline
PhD, BSc

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alberta

St. Albert, AB Canada

The Effect of Combined Intravenous Bolus Amino Acid Supplementation and Mobilisation on Skeletal Muscle Mass During the First Week of ICU Stay: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Lizl Veldsman
Lizl Veldsman
RD, M Nutr, BSc Dietetics

Dietitian/ PhD Student

Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University

Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa

Moderators:

April Church

MS, RD, LD, CNSC

Manager, Clinical Nutrition Services, Adult and Pediatric Critical Care

Nutrition Services, Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center

Medford, OR

Paul J. McCarthy

MD, MBA, FCCP, FCCM, CNSC

Director of Cardiovascular Critical Care

West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute

Associate Professor of Medicine

West Virginia School of Medicine

Morgantown, WV

Weight Loss Medications: A Clinical Guide for the Nutrition Provider (SU44)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-041-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Discuss weight loss medications that are currently available as well as those being developed. 
  • Identify risks and side effects associated with weight loss medications. 
  • Discuss the financial impact of weight loss medications including worsening health care disparities. 

Topics & Presenters

Weight Loss Medications; What is Currently Available and What is in the Pipeline

Lingtak-Neander Chan
PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Professor of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy, University of Washington

Interdisciplinary Faculty of the Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Weight Loss Medications: The Side Effects Everyone Should Be Familiar With

Manpreet S. Mundi
MD

Professor of Medicine

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

Rochester, MN

Weight Loss Medications: Consequences for Health Care Disparities

Sean Phelan
PhD

Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences

Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Moderators:

Manpreet S. Mundi

MD

Professor of Medicine

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

Rochester, MN

Malnutrition Screening in Outpatient Cancer Centers: New Evidence for Clinical Recommendations (SU43)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-040-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • List the malnutrition risk screening tools evaluated and utilized in adult oncology outpatients. 
  • Discuss the results and clinical applications of the ASPEN Systematic Review and Clinical Recommendations: Malnutrition Risk Screening in Adult Oncology Outpatients. 
  • Provide strategies and identification of barriers to implementing malnutrition risk screening tools in outpatient cancer centers. 

Topics & Presenters

Finding the Best Malnutrition Risk Screening Tool for Ambulatory Patient Care: What the Evidence Shows

Colleen Spees
PhD, MEd, RDN, LD, FAND, FAHA

Professor

Division of Medical Dietetics, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Columbus, OH

Clinical Recommendations for Malnutrition Screening in Outpatient Cancer Patients: Interpreting the Results and Spreading the Word

Kunal Kadakia
MD

Section Chief of Oncology Nutrition and Assistant Professor of Medicine

Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute

Charlotte, NC

Clinical Recommendations for Malnutrition Screening: Implementing Into Cancer Care

Jeannine Mills
MS, RDN, CSO, LD, CNSC

Clinical Dietitian/ Outpatient Oncology

Dartmouth Cancer Center

Lebanon, NH

Moderators:

Anne Tucker

PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Critical Care / Nutrition Support

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Nutrition Clinical Research Fundamentals: Be a Better Consumer of the Literature (M44)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-056-L99-P

Course level:

Basic/Intermediate

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Describe fundamental analytical clinical research study designs. 
  • Assess and identify problems in the inclusion/exclusion criteria for summary statistics in a Forest plot. 
  • Synthesize pieces of evidence-based literature to determine if they have enough evidence to alter clinical practice. 

Topics & Presenters

Analytical Clinical Research Study Design and Hypotheses

Kenneth B. Christopher
MD, MS

Editor-in-Chief, JPEN

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Associate Physician

Division of Renal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Meta-Analysis: What Can I Reasonably Glean From a Forest Plot?

Liam McKeever
PhD, RDN, FASPEN

Director and Editor-in-Chief, ASPEN Clinical Guidelines

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition

Rush University

Chicago, IL

When is This Enough to Alter My Practice?

Russell J. Merritt
MD, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, NCP

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Founding Director, Intestinal Rehabilitation Program

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Moderators:

Kenneth B. Christopher

MD, MS

Editor-in-Chief, JPEN

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Associate Physician

Division of Renal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Micronutrients Matter: A Roadmap for Evaluating and Treating Micronutrient Deficiencies (M43)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-055-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Identify clinical conditions that predispose patients to developing micronutrient deficiencies.
  • Determine when and how to assess micronutrient status.
  • Describe appropriate doses and routes of complementation, supplementation, and repletion of common micronutrient deficiencies.

Topics & Presenters

Assessing Micronutrient Status is Part of Nutrition Therapy

Mette Berger
MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Biology and Medicine

Lausanne University

Intensivist and Clinical Nutrition Specialist

Department of Adult Intensive Care, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

Lausanne, Switzerland

Micronutrient Deficiencies Caused by CRRT and Critical Care Interventions

Paul Wischmeyer
MD, EDIC, FCCM, FASPEN

Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery; Director, TPN/Nutrition Support Service

Duke University School of Medicine

Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research

Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Overview of Parenteral Provision of Micronutrients in Adult Patients: Expert Consensus Paper Update

Renee Blaauw
PhD, RD

Professor, Therapeutic Nutrition

Division of Human Nutrition, Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Moderators:

Sarah Cogle

PharmD, BCCCP, BCNSP

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Burn ICU/Nutrition Support

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Protocolized Management of Nutrition Support Complications: How and Why? (M42)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-054-L05-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Demonstrate the importance of protocols for the management of line infections in home parenteral nutrition patients with a focus on line salvage.
  • Apply guidelines for monitoring and managing glycemic control in patients receiving PN in inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • Implement institutional protocols to accurately identify patients with risk for refeeding syndrome.
  • Manage nutrition therapies to prevent complications of micronutrient deficiencies.

Topics & Presenters

Protocolizing Line Infections: Improving Care for the Patient and Healthcare System

Dejan Micic
MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

Monitoring and Managing Parenteral Nutrition-Related Glycemic Complications

Vanessa Kumpf
PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Nutrition Support

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Preventing and Treating Refeeding Syndrome in Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Amanda Bode
RDN, LD

Oncology Clinical Dietitian

Cleveland Clinic

Sullivan, OH

Moderators:

Elizabeth Wall

MS, RDN-AP, CNSC

Advanced Nutrition Support Clinician, Adult GI/Nutrition Support

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

Bistrian Nutrition Mentorship Award Lecture (M41)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-053-L99-P

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Pediatric Enteral Nutrition: A Hospital-Wide Approach (M40)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-052-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Compare the various types of tubes used to administer enteral nutrition in children and select the right tube for the right child.
  • Develop a plan with the key elements of an enteral nutrition program to ensure optimal quality and safety.
  • Formulate an enteral nutrition feeding plan for the individual patient based on various patient and disease characteristics.

Topics & Presenters

Optimal Enteral Tube Selection in Children

Praveen Goday
MBBS

Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Director of the Nutrition and Feeding Programs

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Creating a Discharge and Follow-Up Plan for Children With Enteral Tubes

Jody Wall
MS, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

Creating a Home Enteral Nutrition Plan

Lauren Storch
MS, RD, CSP, LD

Clinical Dietitian

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

Moderators:

Praveen Goday

MBBS

Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Director of the Nutrition and Feeding Programs

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Indirect but to the Point: The Use of Indirect Calorimetry in Determining Patient Nutritional Requirements (M35)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-051-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Summarize the theory behind indirect calorimetry and why it is superior to predictive equations.
  • Utilize indirect calorimetry in practice to optimize the nutrition care of patients.
  • Advocate for indirect calorimetry at your home institution.

Topics & Presenters

Indirect Calorimetry: The Why and How - Theory and Implementation

Lindsey Russell
MD, MSc, CNSC, FRCPC

Associate Staff and Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Application of Indirect Calorimetry to the Critically Ill

Paul Wischmeyer
MD, EDIC, FCCM, FASPEN

Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery; Director, TPN/Nutrition Support Service

Duke University School of Medicine

Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research

Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Indirect Calorimetry: Present and Future Applications

Stephen A. McClave
MD, FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF

Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Nutrition

School of Medicine, University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Performing Indirect Calorimetry in Real Life: Tips and Tricks

Megan Beyer
MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Moderators:

Chet Morrison

MD, FACS, FCCM

Trauma Medical Director

Washington Hospital Healthcare System

Fremont, CA

Case-Based Approach to Treating Complex GI Patients (M34)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 24, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-050-L01-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Identify the underlying pathology and anticipate the consequences in complex gastrointestinal (GI) nutrition cases, intervening when nutrition, fluid, or electrolyte complications arise.
  • Select appropriate medications and dosing strategies for specific GI disease states.
  • Identify the patient who might benefit from the addition of fiber, as well as those that fiber may harm.

Topics & Presenters

Severe Acute Pancreatitis Complicated by a Gastric Outlet Obstruction (GOO)

Carol Rees Parrish
MS, RDN

GI Nutrition Support Specialist

Self Employed

Charlottesville, VA

Management of Short Bowel Syndrome: Helping Patients Understand the Importance of Multimodal Therapy

Elizabeth Wall
MS, RDN-AP, CNSC

Advanced Nutrition Support Clinician, Adult GI/Nutrition Support

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

Matching the Fiber Source With the Indication: Digging Through the Roughage

Kristen Roberts
PhD, RDN, LD, CNSC, FASPEN, FAND

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division of Medical Dietetics, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Granville, OH

Moderators:

Shirley Paski

MD, MSc, FRCPC, CNSC

Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

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