This video features Dr. Catherine Larson-Nath, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program and Director of the Pediatric GI, Hepatology, and Nutrition Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Larson-Nath interest in nutrition began in medical school, and she shares how she was able to tailor her fellowship for nutrition training.

Dr. Larson-Nath incorporates rounds time in the ICU with her multidisciplinary nutrition team on “Weight Wednesdays.” Besides clinical work, she is working on research using ultrasound to look at patients’ body compositions to see the impact of nutrition interventions. She credits ASPEN for providing her with mentors and opportunities to grow professionally. She has worked on many committees, including the Certified Nutrition Support Clinician committee, where she was able to advocate for pediatric questions on the exam. She’s currently the president of the Clinical Practice Committee, an associate editor for NCP, and is working on the next edition of the Pediatric Handbook. She laughs that it was ASPEN who introduced her to a fellow physician at her university and how it resulted in a new project.

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January 2023