ASPEN Podcasts

Dr. Trevor Tabone speaks with Dr. Roberto Simons-Linares about endoscopic small bowel therapies for type 2 diabetes. Drawing on his coauthored Nutrition in Clinical Practice review, they discuss duodenal ablation, bypass liners, and emerging approaches, focusing on the evidence, patient selection, safety, and nutritional monitoring, and their potential place alongside medical treatment and bariatr...

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Chrispoher Interviews Dr. Grant O’Keefe, professor of Surgery and adjunct professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopedics, and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington Medicine. Dr. O’Keefe is based at Harborview Medical Center, where he provides surgical and intensive care services to patients with emergencies and general surgical conditions...

This ASPEN podcast is on Management of Malnutrition in Adults With Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity and was created for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2026. This podcast features Dr. Carolyn Newberry, who discusses the screening, diagnosis, and management of malnutrition in adult patients with, or at risk for, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. This podcast has been supported by Nestle Health Scienc...

This ASPEN podcast is on Parenteral Nutrition in Adult Patients with Obesity: Indications and Implementation and was created for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2026. This podcast features Dr. Colleen Tewksbury, Dr. Angela Bingham, and Michelle Schneider focusing on parenteral nutrition indications, timing, and nutrient requirements for patients with obesity and either critical illness or complication...

This ASPEN podcast is on Transitioning NICU Infants to Home on Specialized Enteral Nutrition and was created for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2026. This podcast features Jessie Renie and Rene Korpolinski who discuss the steps and personnel needed for the transition of an infant from the NICU to home. They focus on the access and insurance coverage required for specialized formulas and the education...

This ASPEN podcast is on the recently published survey on Parenteral Nutrition Practice in the United States: ASPEN Gap Analysis Findings and was created for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2026. This podcast features Dr. Phil Ayers and Sharon Durfee focusing on the gaps found in safe practices for parenteral nutrition therapy and what institutions and agencies can do to address these gaps. This podca...

In this episode of the Nutrition in Clinical Practice Podcast, Drs. Nankani and Dawood discuss their research examining demographic and geographic disparities in malnutrition and gastrointestinal cancer mortality among older adults in the United States. Using more than two decades of CDC WONDER data, they explore trends in GI cancer and malnutrition rates, differences across race, ethnicity, sex,...

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Dr. Jillian R. Goddard from the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Goddard is an Intestinal Failure Fellow with a research focus on pediatric intestinal failure. Dr. Goddard is first author of the research article “Care transition from a pediatric intestinal rehabilitation p...

Join Dr. Corey Hawes as the discussion explores the reliability of interprofessional raters in peripheral muscle ultrasonography and highlights its growing role in advancing assessment and collaborative care in pediatric oncology. Business Corporate by Alex Menco | alexmenco.net Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/license...

In this episode, Drs. Dupuis and Busch, lead author and co‑author of the paper “Nutrition interventions and post‑intensive care syndrome: A narrative review,” join us to explore the complex and often overlooked challenges faced by patients following discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU). The conversation opens with a high‑level overview of post‑intensive care syndrome (PICS) and the physica...

The Feb issue of Nutrition in Clinical Practice includes a review article published by Drs. Carolyn Newberry and Lotanna Ezenekwe who are both positioned at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Ezenekwe starts the podcast with a description of obesity rates in the US and the progress overtime. Dr. Newberry discusses medication management in the era of new anti-obesity drugs, endoscopic and surgical p...

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Arjun N. Bhatt from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. Arjun N. Bhatt is a senior medical student and outcomes researcher. Arjun N. Bhatt is first author of the research article “Association between nonacidified standard and high‐protein human milk fortifiers and increased weight velocity relative to acidi...

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Dr. Katie Huff from the Division of Neonatology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Katie Huff is a clinical researcher in Neonatal nutrition with a specific focus on intestinal failure and intestinal failure-associated liver disease. Dr. Katie Huff is first author of the research article “Developmental out...

The December issue of NCP focuses on translation science with an interview by Dr. Dante Yeh, an acute care surgeon at Denver Health Medical Center. Dr. Yeh is the guest editor for the December edition on NCP and he discussions his passion for this topic that led to his role editing this special edition. Dr. Yeh gives several practical applications of translation science in the field of nutrition s...

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Carly Milliren from the Biostatistics and Research Design Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. Carly Milliren is a health services researcher primarily in pediatrics with a specific focus on eating disorders. Carly Milliren is first author of the research article “Identifying enteral nutrition using administrative data in p...

In this podcast, Dr. Jump, the author of the paper “Treatment Outcomes in Pediatric IF Patients with Ambulatory Candida Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections with and without Central Venous Line Removal” discussed advancements in medical care over the past decades and the impact on CLABSI in pediatric patients. She focuses on Candida infections and treatment strategies to mitigate poor ou...

This ASPEN podcast is about the research abstract titled "Evaluating the correlation between modular protein administration, medication administration record inclusion, and its impact on ICU length of stay." This podcast focuses on the importance of administration and documentation of enteral nutrition modular products and their potential impact on patient outcomes. This podcast has been supported...

This ASPEN podcast is on the process and tools used for Nutrition Management of Oncology Patients for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Valaree Williams, MS, RDN, CSO, LDN, CNSC, FAND, and focuses on the nutritional status and impact of cancer and cancer treatments. Information on the nutrition process and nutrition management in patients with cancer. This podcast has been su...

This ASPEN podcast is on The Role of Enteral Nutrition in Managing Pediatric Malnutrition for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Dr. Christina Valentine and Lucille Beseler focusing on pediatric malnutrition and enteral nutrition as a therapy. It includes an overview of pediatric malnutrition, its impact on health outcomes, when EN is appropriate and inappropriate, initiation...

This podcast brings together two research teams publishing on bronchopulmonary dysplasia and micronutrient status. Experts Melanie Newkirk, Jennifer Curtiss, Audrey Miller are the authors of the two papers discussed titled, “Effect of vitamin D supplementation on incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia among preterm infants

This ASPEN podcast is on The Interaction of Pediatric Disease-Related Malnutrition and Food Insecurity: What the Clinician Needs to Know for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Dr. Ruba Abdelhadi, MD, Physician Nutrition Specialist®, FASPEN, NASPGHAN-F, focusing on the nutritional status and food insecurity in pediatric hospitalized patients. Information from the American Acade...

This ASPEN podcast is on the process and tools used for Neonatal Nutrition Assessment for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Dr. Stephanie Merlino Barr and focuses on the nutritional status and requirements for infants in the NICU. This podcast has been supported by Mead Johnson Nutrition. Business Corporate by Alex Menco | alexmenco.net Music promoted by www.free-stock-music....

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Niklas Tappauf PhD Candidate in Experimental Medicine at The University of British Columbia. Niklas Tappauf’s research is on pediatric health and biomarker development with a specific focus on the microbiome. Niklas Tappauf is first author of the research article “Multiomics profiling and parenteral nutrition weaning in pedi...

Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, reflects on her role as ASPEN’s first Board secretary, early work mixing parenteral and enteral nutrition, contributions to geriatric nutrition, and the evolution of interdisciplinary collaboration.

James Long III, MD, the society’s fourth president, reflects on his early involvement in clinical nutrition, the founding and interdisciplinary vision of ASPEN, and the ongoing importance of nutrition education and team-based care in medical practice.