Amy Hair, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Program Director of Neonatal Nutrition
Program Director of NICU Intestinal Rehab Team
Section of Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
Texas Children’s Hospital

Organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics state that the potential benefits of human milk are such that all preterm infants should receive it. Evidence is now available supporting lower mortality, fewer hospital admissions, and reduced secondary diseases with human milk strategies. This module will provide an overview the benefits of human milk, highlight recent evidence, and discuss practical implementation strategies for hospital based neonatologists and caregivers. This program will also discuss future directions in neonatal nutrition.

This module was captured at the Innovations in Human Milk: Putting Evidence to Practice satellite symposium at the 2015 Hot Topics in Neonatology® in Washington, D.C.

At the completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

· Demonstrate confidence in communicating with parents of preterm infants on the newest developments and innovations in the use of pasteurized donor human milk including donor human milk-derived fortifiers and supplements

· Describe recently studied clinical and economic benefits of an exclusive human milk-based diet

· Develop implementation strategies of an exclusive human milk-based diet in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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Nemours is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Nemours designates this enduring material for a maximum 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity

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Program expires 1/13/2018

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Dr. Hair has disclosed that she has received  speaker honoraria from and a research grant from Prolacta Bioscience, Inc.

The following planning committee members have reported no relevant relationships with industry:

·        Pamela Arn, MD   

·        Karen Bidus, MBA

·        Eric Gibson, MD

·        Jay Greenspan, MD, MBA

·        Sylvia Kyle

·        Jennifer Valdivia, MHS

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