This Spotlight honors ASPEN’s 42 president, Nilesh Mehta, MD, FASPEN, anesthesia professor and critical care nutrition & metabolism chair at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. During his early years of practice, Dr. Mehta realized there was very little evidence-based guidelines to drive nutrient delivery to sick children at the bedside. Depending on the team, the child was fed differently and the fundamental question of how much food/calories to deliver was unanswered. This began his journey into research.

Dr. Mehta stresses that nutrition in the ICU is a team effort and that bedside nurses are his partners, the drivers of change. He shares how ASPEN has all the things he needed—interdisciplinary teams, mentors, and collaboration —and how a call to ASPEN got him started working on guidelines.

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

July 2021