Amy Gates RD, CSP, LD is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition. She is currently a Neonatal Dietitian and NICU Milk Lab Director the NICU or The Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Georgia Regents University. Amy also owns Amy Gates Consulting, LLC where she works to provide education and training to dietitians, nurses, physicians, techs, and other professionals concerning feeding practices and protocols of neonates.

GENERAL SESSION:Nutritional Strategies to Improve Outcomes in the Premature Infant

Objectives:

• Describe common nutritionally related complications in the preterm infant
• Discuss the role of human milk in the prevention and treatment of disease in the preterm infant
• Describe the limiting nutrients and methods for supplementation for the preterm infant