The Science and Significance of Human Milk and Breastfeeding in Neonatal Intensive Care
Kathleen discusses the most up-to-date current evidence regarding human milk and breastfeeding in neonatal intensive care and the all-important transition to breastfeeding for those families who wish to breastfeed, with appropriate and adequate community follow-up for all families expressing milk and breastfeeding, which is all too often forgotten or ignored.
Kathie, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of CT School of Medicine, is a neonatologist, member of the Human Milk Research Center at CT Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT, and graduated from Cornell University and Cornell University School of Medicine, completing postgraduate training in Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology and Neonatology at Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington DC USA. In the inaugural group of physicians designated “Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine” (FABM), she served twelve years on the ABM Board of Directors, chaired the Protocol committee, and chaired the United States Breastfeeding Committee 2013-14. Elected to the International Lactation Consultant Association Board July 2014-17, she is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding, serves as the AAP Connecticut Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinator since 2000, and Chairs the Baby-Friendly USA NICU Initiative. Initially founding Medical Director of the New England Mother's Milk Bank she is currently co-Medical Director of the Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes and has authored many chapters, monographs, peer-reviewed manuscripts, and ABM protocols. Her research centers on breastfeeding and the use of human milk in the NICU, cup feeding, donor milk/donor milk banking, the Baby-Friendly NICU, global maternal-child issues and the education of medical professionals. Lecturing extensively in the United States and abroad, she resides in Glastonbury, CT, her greatest accomplishment her 4 amazing young adults, 19 to 29 years of age.
Topic: The Science and Significance of Human Milk and Breastfeeding in Neonatal Intensive Care - [View Abstract]
Objective 1: Recognize the historical importance of human milk in the survival of premature infants Objective 2: Identify the current evidence-based rationale for the key role of human milk in the therapeutic regimen of NICU infants Objective 3: Discuss mother's own milk and donor milk use for NICU infants Objective 4: Appreciate the significance, and challenges of breastfeeding an infant in the NICU Objective 5: Identify supportive practices in a NICU environment
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