Episode 39 - Mary Beth Feuling - From Data to Impact: Advancing Pediatric Nutrition in Hospital Systems

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, co-hosts Nikki Misner and Bailey Koch speak with Mary Beth Feuling on how pediatric dietitians can use data, EMRs, and innovative tools to improve patient care and malnutrition identification at a systems level.

Mary Beth is a pediatric nutrition specialist with expertise in nutrition informatics, quality, and research, dedicated to advancing care for children across all ages. Over the past thirteen years as an advanced practice dietitian, she has led quality improvement and research initiatives at Children’s Wisconsin, mentoring dietitians to develop their research skills and improving pediatric nutrition care locally, nationally, and internationally.

Nutrition Pearls is supported by an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.

Resources:

Feuling MB, Hilbrands J, Hettich K, et al. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist consultation is associated with improvement in nutritional status in chronically ill children: a retrospective cohort study. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025;(Epub ahead of print). doi:10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.011.

Hilbrands J, Feuling MB, Szabo A, et al. Nutrition screening in the pediatric intensive care unit: evaluation of an electronic medical record–based tool. Nutrients. 2023;15(21):4591. doi:10.3390/nu15214591.

Umentum B, Kim HJ, Adkins A, et al. Are dietitian recommendations followed? A descriptive study of pediatric hospitalized and ambulatory patients. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2024;(Epub ahead of print). doi:10.1111/jhn.13291.

Crouse J, Feuling MB, Winter T, Goday PS, Smith A. Electronic health record time-tracking provides real-time data to measure and benchmark dietitian productivity. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2024;37(1):105-110. doi:10.1111/jhn.13236.

Hilbrands J, Feuling MB, Szabo A, et al. Evaluation of an electronic medical record–based pediatric nutrition screening tool. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2023;36(5):1912-1921. doi:10.1111/jhn.13177.

Sparapani RA, Teng BQ, Hilbrands J, Pipkorn R, Beth FM, Goday PS. Novel pediatric height outlier detection methodology for electronic health records via machine learning with monotonic Bayesian additive regression trees. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022;75(2):210-214.

Rusnak S, Charney P. Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrition informatics. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2019;119(8):1375-1382. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2019.06.004.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Quality Management

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Malnutrition Care Score

Nutrition Care Process

Interoperability and Health Information Standards

Children’s Hospitals Solutions for Patient Safety

Six Domains of Health Care Quality

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

Episode 38 - Countdown to Chicago: What’s Ahead at the CPNP Nutrition Symposium

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, host Nikki Misner speaks with Dr. Brock Williams and Tamara Sims Dorway about the upcoming CPNP Nutrition Symposium at the annual NASPGHAN meeting on November 6-8th in Chicago, Illinois.

Brock Williams is a Registered Dietitian and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Over the past 10 years, he has worked as both a clinical and research dietitian at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids; Toronto), and at BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in areas such as Translational Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Allergy. His major clinical and research interests lie in micronutrients and childhood feeding (human milk feeding, complementary feeding and the prevention and treatment of food allergy). Brock currently serves as President-elect of CPNP.

Tamara Sims Dorway is an experienced Registered Dietitian who is a board-certified specialist in pediatric nutrition. She is an integral part of the multidisciplinary team at the Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition at Arnold Palmer Hospital, where she provides comprehensive nutritional care for children and families facing a range of GI challenges. She has previously served on the CPNP planning committee for NASPGHAN and was the communications co-chair for POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry). She enjoys volunteering in her community and spending time with her family. She is the current CPNP Program Chair

Nutrition Pearls is supported by an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.

Resources:

NASPGHAN 2025 Annual Meeting

NASPGHAN 2025 App

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

EPIsode 37 - Lauren Storch - Nutrition in Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI) and TPIAT (you see what we did there)

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, co-hosts Jen Smith and Nikki Misner speak with Lauren Storch on nutrition in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). Lauren works as a registered dietitian at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus Ohio, in the GI department working in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She earned her undergraduate degree from Indiana University and her master's degree from The Ohio State University. Lauren has 11 years of experience in pediatric GI nutrition and is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition. She has a wide variety of clinical interests all under the GI umbrella working with all the specialty centers within GI including the Pancreas and Liver centers. Lauren enjoys seeing patients with all different GI conditions and needs, however she has a special interest in nutrition and EPI. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband, 2.5 year old daughter and 12 year old Corgi.

Nutrition Pearls is supported by an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.

Resources:

Freeman et al. Medical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: A Position Paper by the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Pancreas Committee, JPGN. 2021;72(2):324-340.

Taylor CJ et al.ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN Report on the Assessment of Exocrine Pancreatic Function and Pancreatitis in Children. JPGN. 2015;61(1):144-153.

Sankararaman S et al. Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Children – Challenges in Management. Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics. 2023;14:361–378.

Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in the 21st century

Trang T, Chan J, Graham DY. Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in the 21st century. World J Gastroenterol 2014;20(33):11467-11485.

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Nathan JD, et al. The Role of Surgical Management in Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: A Position Paper From the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Pancreas Committee. JPGN. 2022;74: 706–719.

https://pancreasfoundation.org/patient-resources/camp-hope/

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org