Episode 20 - Kate Samela - Dietitian Care Coordinator - RD in a Unique Role

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, co-hosts Jen Smith and Bailey Koch speak with Kate Samela MS, RD, CD-N, CSP about her role as the Care Coordinator for the Intestinal Rehab program at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. Kate also provides counseling to pediatric patients and families in outpatient GI clinic on a wide variety of GI disorders; Before moving back to her home state of CT, she has worked at large teaching hospitals including Mount Sinai, NYU , and CHOA. Kate has been a co- author on several textbook chapters, published manuscripts, and has been invited to speak nationally and internationally on topics including Picky Eating, Intestinal Rehabilitation and transplant, and telemedicine. Kate published her first book on feeding toddlers entitled Give Peas a Chance: The Fool-Proof Guide to Picky Eating in 2013. She lives in CT with her husband, 2 kids (part-time!), and her mutt VV.

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

Resources:

Walia et al. The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Position on the Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in the Care of the Pediatric Patient With Chronic Gastrointestinal Diseases. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023;76(3):390-399.

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

Episode 19 - Stacey Beer - Nutrition in Liver Disease and Liver Transplant.

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, co-hosts Megan Murphy and Jen Smith speak with Michelle Yavelow about nutrition in CF. Michelle Yavelow completed her bachelors of science, post-bac, combined masters of science, and dietetic internship at the University of Florida. She then went on to complete the pediatric dietitian residency program at the Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). She is now a pediatric dietitian with the University of South Florida Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition department. She is also the Pediatric Pulmonary Cystic Fibrosis dietitian. Her work in CF began back in undergrad volunteering with Streetlight at UF. She then completed the maternal child and health bureau nutrition traineeship at the pediatric pulmonary center at UF. She worked part time at the CF center at CHOC and is now in a 50/50 split position where she gets to work half time as the peds CF dietitian and half time as the Peds Gi dietitian.

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

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

References:

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Join us for a special bonus episode featuring Celiac dietitian Sadie Nagle and psychologist Dr. Monique Germone as they delve into their collaborative approach to addressing behavioral health in celiac disease and gluten-related disorders. From their unique perspectives, Sadie and Dr. Germone share insights from their work at the Colorado Center for Celiac Disease, offering valuable strategies and support for those navigating the intersection of diet and mental health in managing these conditions.

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

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

Provider Resources:
Celiac Disease Behavioral Science Consortium: https://www.cdbsc.org (free for RDs to join)

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, co-hosts Bailey Koch and Megan Murphy speak with Sadie Nagle, MS, RD, LD about the ins and outs of Celiac Disease. Sadie is a registered dietitian at Children’s Hospital Colorado and the Colorado Center for Celiac Disease and specializes in pediatric celiac disease and the gluten-free diet. She is passionate about the partnership of psychologists in the clinical management of celiac disease and dietary adherence as well as in all other aspects of gastroenterology and hepatology diseases and disorders. Additionally, one of Sadie’s main research interests is in the development of dietary adherence assessment tools for dietitians to utilize.

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

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

RD/Provider/Patient Resources:
Beyond Celiac’s Gluten-Free Diet Resources: https://www.beyondceliac.org/gluten-free-diet/

Celiac Foundation Find a Healthcare Practitioner: https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/find-a-healthcare-practitioner/

GiG’s Resources for dietitians: https://gluten.org/dietitian-resource-page/

Food Insecurity Resource: https://www.gigcares.org

American Gastroenterological Association’s Celiac Disease handouts/resources: https://patient.gastro.org/celiac-disease/

Episode 15 - Bonus Episode - End of Season 1 - First Year Wrap-Up

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, all the hosts join to reflect on the first year of Nutrition Pearls: The Podcast and discuss what is to come in season 2!

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

Produced by: Corey Irwin

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, Melissa Talley and Megan Murphy host dietitian Paula Gallagher. Paula is an Ohio-based Registered and Licensed Dietitian. She is an instructor and the director of the dietetics program at a community college. Paula also owns a private practice where the focus is digestive diseases including Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Celiac Disease, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Paula educates in a holistic manner in order to help patients decrease symptoms while improving their quality of life. In this episode, she discusses management of Congenital Sucrase Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID).

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

RD/provider/patient resources:
https://www.csidcares.org/treatment/food-composition-database/
https://www.csidcares.org/treatment/diet/

Produced by: Melissa Talley

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org

In this episode of Nutrition Pearls: the Podcast, co-hosts Jen Smith and Melissa Talley speak with Brock Williams PhD, RD, CNSC about dietitians in research. Dr. Brock Williams is a Registered Dietitian and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Division of Allergy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Brock completed his PhD in Human Nutrition in 2023. Over the past 9 years, he has worked as both a research and clinical dietitian at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver in areas such as Translational Medicine, GI/Hepatology/Nutrition, and Allergy. His primary research and clinical interests lie in micronutrients, human milk feeding, and food allergy prevention and treatment.

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

Resources:

Crafting academic abstracts/papers: https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/.

Gray et al. Innovative poster designs: A shift toward visual representation of data. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2022; 79(8):625-628

Produced by: Melissa Talley

NASPGHAN - Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals

cpnp@naspghan.org