Leah Hidalgo, RD, LDN is a Washington D.C. based Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, who seamlessly transitioned from a successful nursing career to her current role. With a distinctive background that integrates healthcare and nutrition, she has successfully led community-based health initiatives both locally and internationally, collaborating on school nutrition programs to instill healthy eating habits in children and educating women on nutrition and food safety in South American communities. For the past two years, Leah has been at the forefront of oncology nutrition in the nation’s capital, providing vital nutrition support to low-income communities facing challenges with nutrition management and food insecurity. Collaborating with social workers, Leah ensures individuals receive life-sustaining nutrition, including oral nutritional supplements, who either cannot afford them or lack insurance coverage, through grant funded programs. She also orchestrates a grocery program to provide access to healthy foods for individuals undergoing treatment and facing financial constraints. This epsiode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 3/4/2024.

The DNS Podcast is thrilled to welcome Keith Pearson, PhD, RD, here to talk with us about nutrition support and ALS. Dr. Pearson has successfully partnered with DNS DPG through it's grant funding program to create educational resources and collabortive opportunities intended to improve the nutritional care of patients living with ALS. This episode was recorded on 2/20/24 and is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FAND.

Dr. Linah Alqurashi, Ph.D., MS, RD, LDN, is a registered dietitian nutritionist with expertise in critical care nutrition and managing chronic disease. She holds a doctorate in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University, Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of the District of Columbia in Washington DC, and Bachelor of Science in Clinical Nutrition from Umm-AL Qura University, Collegeof Applied Sciences in Saudi Arabia. Linah currently, works as a Clinical Dietitian and researcher at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. This episode was recorded on 2/4/24 and is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC.

In this episode, we chat with Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC. Cynthia is a home tube feeding expert, educator and strategist having worked in homecare for 25 years passionately facilitating patients’ successful transition from hospital to home on tube feeding. She works to promote positive clinical outcomes and believes a patient’s positive relationship with their feeding tube impacts compliance and quality of life. She developed her passion for nutrition support interning at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Southern California. Most recently, she worked for Coram/CVS Specialty Infusion Services as their National Tube Feeding Manager. Presently, she shares her expertise as a consultant in the realm of home tube feeding and enteral innovation. She enjoys presenting round tables, clinical posters, webinars, and case studies on home care tube feeding and has been a guest speaker for ASPEN, the Oley Foundation, CMSA, NHIA, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on a variety of topics related to home tube feeding. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 1/8/2024. Disclosures for Cynthia Reddick RD, CNSC include Speakers Bureau: Nestle Health Science, Nutricia North America, Cardinal Health, Moog Medical and General Consulting: Avanos Medical, Abbott Nutrition, Kate Farms, Danumed, Functional Formularies, and Rockfield Medical

Andrea Adler, RD, CSPCC, LD, is a board certified specialist in pediatric critical care nutrition and has worked as a Pediatric Dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for over 19 years. She’s worked with the neonatal population since 2004 and, about 10 years ago, expanded her practice to include pediatric patients with intestinal failure, liver failure and organ transplantation. She currently volunteers as RD Co-Chair of the Pediatric Intestinal Failure Work Group Subcommittee of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and was Andrea recently received the Recognized Neonatal Dietitian award from Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. When she is not working, she enjoys spending her time at her daughter’s swim meets or her son’s wrestling matches and enjoys riding with her virtual friends on her “bike that goes nowhere”. This episode was hosted by Christina M. Rollins MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FAND and was recorded on 1/10/24.

Travis Masterson, Ph.D., is the Director of the Health, Ingestive Behavior, and Technology Laboratory and the Broadhurst Career Development Professor for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at The Pennsylvania State University. He earned his bachelor of science degree in exercise and wellness at Brigham Young University, followed by a master of science degree in health promotion also at Brigham Young University and doctoral degree in nutritional sciences at Pennsylvania State University where he also served as a USDA Childhood Obesity Prevention Fellow. Dr. Masterson is the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, and his research focuses primarily on food cue reactivity and how our food environment shapes our food choices and eating behaviors. He uses a variety of novel technologies and methodologies to accomplish this goal, including Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), immersive virtual reality (VR), and ecological momentary assessment (EMA), a method of research which studies people’s thoughts and behaviors in their daily lives. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 12/11/23.

In this episode, we talk with us about improving dietitian productivity through effective electronic medical records platforms. Val Chudzinski, MA, RD, LDN, CNSC, is a Clinical Nutrition Manager with 9+ years of leadership experience and over 15 years as a registered dietitian. She is passionate about informatics, specializing in EMR optimization, quality improvement, and team development. Currently, she serves as the Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager at Northwestern Medicine and is an active volunteer in the Nutrition Informatics Clinical Nutrition Manager and Dietitians in Nutrition Support DPGs. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND and was recorded on 12/5/23.

In this episode, we chat with registered dietitian nutritionist, Michaelann Hanh, DCN, RDN, LD, CNSC about her experiences in critical care nutrition support. trauma, cardiothoracic heart lung transplant. Throughout her time in the hospital, she has provided specialized nutrition support therapy to various patient populations including three years in a Level 1 trauma intensive care unit. Additionally, she has recently completed her Doctor of Clinical Nutrition degree from Rutgers University in which her doctoral research focused on institutional cost savings achieved when Registered Dietitian Nutritionist place nasoenteric feeding tubes. This episode was recorded on 11/10/23 and is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC.

In this episode, we chat with an expert in workplace civility, registered dietitian nutritionist, Nina Roofe, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, CNWE. Dr. Roofe currently works as the Assistant Vice President for Family & Consumer Science at the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and is also an Adjunct Nutrition Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Family Sciences at the University of Central Arkansas. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Family & Consumer Sciences Education from Iowa State University and is a Certified Nutrition & Wellness Educator. Dr. Roofe has been a leader in nutrition and dietetics since 1990 practicing in clinical, community, management, education, and administrative settings. She has provided nutrition counseling in various facilities throughout her career including psychiatric hospitals, long-term care facilities, and with families of children with autism, food allergies, and feeding challenges. Her research focuses on mentoring, ethics, workplace civility, and leadership with multiple peer-reviewed publications, national presentations, invited speeches, grants, and personal fundraising efforts totaling over $360,000. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 11/10/23.

This episode of the DNS Podcast features Misti Staley, owner of Staley House, creator of the FreeArm, an innovative feeding holder designed to assist with the delivery of enteral nutrition. Misti’s son Freeman Ellis Staley was born in 2015 with heart and lung complications. 3.5 months were spent in the Little Rock Arkansas Children’s Hospital NICU, home for 5 weeks, and then back in the PICU for another 5 months before Freeman sadly lost his battle with pulmonary hypertension at 10 months old. After Freeman’s passing, Misti devoted a full year of her time to Freeman Foundation, raising $250K to build a state-of-the-art, ADA accessible playground in downtown Helena, Arkansas. Misti continues to manage Freeman Foundation while also working as CEO of Staley House, creator of the FreeArm. The FreeArm and Freeman Playground give Freeman’s short life larger meaning, and Misti is honored to continue to spread Freeman’s legacy of love through her work. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 10/17/23. Disclosures: Misti Staley is the owner of Staley House, creator of the FreeArm.

Erica Howes, PhD, MPH, RDN, is a postdoctoral associate at Virginia Tech in the department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise. She received her PhD in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise from Virginia Tech, where her dissertation research focused on weight bias and dietary assessment. She holds an MS in Nutrition and an MPH with a concentration in Health Promotion and Health Behavior, both from Oregon State University. Erica is a registered dietitian nutritionist with clinical experience counseling patients with eating disorders in structured treatment settings and at the outpatient level. She has also been involved in teaching undergraduate nutrition courses and enjoys working with dietetics students. Her research interests include weight bias and stigma, dietary intake assessment methodology, eating disorders and disordered eating, and weight management. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 10/16/23.

Steve Thomas invests his life in helping a variety of organizations build leadership, develop people and create great teams. To put it simply, he helps people navigate through the complexities of human weirdness. He genuinely wants to see people live better lives and has a passion to develop people to get the most out of their leadership. It is not secret that great people make great organizations. While some start with tips and techniques to solve the problems that we see, Steve digs below the surface to challenge the deep issues we sometimes don’t see. Convinced that leadership drives the workplace culture and the culture drives everything else, he challenges current thinking and belief systems to bring about change and have fun along the way. Steve also coaches football and lives in Springfield, Illinois with his wife, Debbie. This episode was recorded on 9/15/23 and is hosted by Christina Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FAND.

This episode is part of a limited series where we explore diversity in healthcare. Our guest today is chair of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access committee, Mridul Datta, PhD, MS, RD, LD, FAND. This episode was recorded on 8/7/23 and is hosted by Christina Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC.

This episode is part of a limited series where we explore diversity in healthcare. Dr. Anna Maria Valdez, Ph.D., RN, PHN, CEN, CFRN, CNE, FAEN, FAADN, is a Professor of Nursing at Sonoma State University and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Emergency Nursing. She is currently serving as co-chair of the ENA DEI Committee. Dr. Valdez served as a subject matter expert on the inaugural National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and was a contributing author of the Commission’s foundational paper on racism in nursing. She is currently serving as an independent Commissioner. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 8/22/23.

Dr. Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, FADA, FASPEN, is a Professor of Nutrition Science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Advanced Practice Clinical Dietitian Specialist with the Clinical Nutrition Support Service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she works with the home parenteral nutrition team and dietetics research. Dr. Her volunteerism includes Chair of DNS in 2013, Editor in Chief of ASPEN’s Clinical Guidelines 2008-2014, and President of ASPEN 2017-2018. Dr. Compher is also a core leader with the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition and recently led a systematic review of validation of the Academy- ASPEN Indicators of Malnutrition (AAIM). She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Tennessee followed by both Master and Doctoral degrees at Drexel University. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC as was recorded on 9/7/23.

Dr. Laura Matarese, PhD, RDN, LDN, FADA, FASPEN, FAND is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. She has over 40 years of experience in nutrition support and gastrointestinal nutrition, and is the author of numerous manuscripts, abstracts, chapters and books, including the new second edition of The Health Professionals Guide to Gastrointestinal Nutrition. Dr. Matarese currently serves on the editorial boards of several journals, has lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally, and has held numerous positions within the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Commission on Dietetic Registration, and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. She is the past president of the National Board of Nutrition Support Certification and currently serves as a Councillor for the Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition section of the American Gastroenterological Association and on the Board of Advisors of the Oley Foundation. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards and, prior to joining East Carolina University, held positions at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Starzl Transplant Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. This episode was recorded on 7/18/23 and is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC.

This episode features registered dietitian nutritionists Alison Creeden and Jennifer Bryant, here to talk with us about their recent publication in National Home Infusion Association’s magazine entitled Concurrent Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Support. Alison Creeden, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition from Simmons University followed by a Master of Science degree in Nutrition from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Over the last eleven years, she has specialized in oncology nutrition, working at multiple Boston-based hospitals including Mount Auburn Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and most recently Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). In 2019, she became the outpatient head and neck cancer dietitian at BIDMC following her experience as an inpatient oncology dietitian and critical care dietitian and in January 2022, she transitioned to home infusion, specializing in patients on home parenteral nutrition. Jennifer Bryant, MS, RD, CSO, LD, CNSC, is a registered dietitian, licensed nutritionist, nutrition support clinician, and board certified specialist in oncology nutrition. She works alongside Alison caring for home infusion as well as holds adjunct faculty positions at Southern Maine Community College, The University of Southern Maine, and The University of New England where she has taught nutrition for the last 14 years. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 6/14/23.

Annalynn Skipper, Ph.D., R.D., FADA is a Registered Dietitian with MS and PhD degrees in nutrition. She has more than 25 years’ experience in critical care nutrition and has served in administrative and academic roles leading a multi-disciplinary nutrition support team and serving as Associate Professor and internship director. Dr. Skipper has served on two licensure taskforces in Illinois, and in many leadership positions for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics including Clinical Nutrition Delegate and Chair of the Commission on Dietetic Registration. She also served as Chair of the Academy’s taskforce to revise the Model Practice Act for the Consumer Protection and Licensure Subcommittee and as a member of the Academy’s PAC. She has worked on dietetic licensure in three states and drafted the current revision of the Illinois licensure law. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 7/23/23.

Dr. Paul Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FCCM, FASPEN is a board certified anesthesiologist and Professor with Tenure at Duke University School of Medicine, currently serving as Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Anesthesiology and Director of the Nutrition Team at Duke Hospital. His research interests include surgical and critical care nutrition and exercise rehabilitation therapy, parenteral nutrition and personalized nutrition trials, perioperative optimization, post-illness muscle mass and functional recovery, and role of probiotics/microbiome in illness, specifically COVID-19 prevention and treatment. Dr. Wischmeyer has received significant funding from the National Institutes of Health and US Department of Defense as well as numerous awards for his work from national and international societies, including the Jeffrey Silverstein Award and Memorial Lecture for Humanism in Medicine from the American Delirium Society, Fellow of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM), the John M. Kinney Award for the most significant contribution to the field of general nutrition, and the Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award provided by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition where he is also recognized as an honorary Fellow. He has over 200 publications in nutrition, critical care, and perioperative care, including publications in New England Journal of Medicine. He has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international medical meetings, delivering over 1,000 invited presentations in his career and is an advocate and lecturer for improving the patient experience and teaching providers to keep CARE as the focus of healthcare. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FAND and was recorded on 6/9/2023. Dr. Wischmeyer has disclosed financial relationships with Baxter, Fresenius Kabi, Abbott, DSM, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Defense to Duke University, MuscleSound, and Nutricia/Danone.

Cari Bailey Smith, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, is a Dietitian Training Specialist with Option Care Health. In this role, Cari develops nutrition training curriculum for clinical and operational staff and facilitates clinical nutrition training programs for newly hired clinicians. With more than 20 years’ experience as a registered dietitian, she has held positions in the acute care setting, home infusion and supply chain. Cari holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree from Illinois State University, is a member of ASPEN, and has been involved with several research publications including her most recent manuscript entitled Gastroparesis: A Clinical Overview published in the January/February edition of Infusion magazine produced by the National Home Infusion Association. This episode is hosted by Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNSC and was recorded on 5/7/2023.