This Spotlight honors Jack Pasquale, MD, FASPEN, medical director of clinical nutrition services at NY Presbyterian Queens and Fresh Meadows Queens, and Associate professor at St. George’s University of Medicine. He also has a private practice. After taking two nutrition electives — one taught by Dr. Maurice Shils, the other by Drs. Bruce Bistrian and George Blackburn — Dr Pasquale’s interest in nutrition was sealed. He had a nutrition fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania where he met Drs. Stanley Dudrick and Jonathon Rhoads. He says he knows more about medicine through nutrition because nutrition does not have an organ; it’s nutrition and the heart, nutrition and the brain, etc. Dr. Pasquale shares his thoughts on how the field of nutrition has changed and how ASPEN helps him keep up with the changes.

Physician Spotlight is a forum for outstanding Senior Leaders, Young Rising Stars, and International Colleagues in the field of nutrition to discuss important topics and ideas that impact patient care. Visit the ASPEN Physician Community at www.nutritioncare.org/physicians

August 2021