Speakers/Mentors Design For Pediatric Feeding Challenges 2019
Chris Linn graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management. She has a 13-year financial industry background with expertise in project management and customer relations. Prior to joining Feeding Matters, she held a Vice President position at one of the top 5 banks in the United States.
Chris is passionate about making a better world for children with pediatric feeding disorders. Born at just 25 weeks gestation, her daughter Emilie experienced severe feeding struggles and was fed through a feeding tube for the first 6 years of her life. In September of 2008, Chris became Feeding Matters’® first Executive Director, and is dedicating her career to helping other families who face similar struggles. She has spearheaded this effort by facilitating a national consortium of medical experts who are taking their place at the table to bring this issue to the forefront. By partnering with these medical experts, the one-of-a-kind Infant and Child Feeding Questionnaire© was developed and is paving the way for earlier identification for the nearly 1 million infants and children nationwide who struggle with a pediatric feeding disorder.
Chris is an Adjunct Faculty member serving the Arizona State University College of Health Solutions. She is contributing to the development of the first-of-its kind interdisciplinary pediatric feeding certificate program and will be involved in teaching students about the parent perspective.
Jessica Grant is the primary speech pathologist and feeding specialist at Oregon Health Science University’s level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She provides clinical and instrumental evaluations and treatment to ensure the safety and efficacy of feeding and swallowing in this fragile population. She is passionate about patient/family-centered care and cue-based feeding in the neonates. Her interests include improvements in the delivery and access of care, multidisciplinary approach to healthcare, and long-term feeding outcomes. In addition to her position as an adjunct professor for Portland State University, she is also pursuing an MBA with a healthcare focus.
Dr. Rush Bartlett currently leads the product management and new product development functions at Lansinoh Laboratories, a global women’s health company. Rush is also an experienced early stage medical technology entrepreneur with a wide breath of early stage startup experience in product management, operations, business development, and as an early stage CEO. He is an accomplished inventor in the fields of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare IT. He is also regularly invited to teach Stanford’s Biodesign Innovation Process to R&D teams at major healthcare companies and was named to Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 40 under 40. Dr. Bartlett will speak with us about the Biodesign needs-finding methodology and business strategies for pediatric medical devices.
Nicole K. Yamada, M.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine at Stanford University and the Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education (CAPE) at Stanford. Dr. Yamada’s research and career goals are driven by her passion for improving health care safety, communication, and human performance during resuscitation. Furthermore, Dr. Yamada holds a masters degree in human factors. Her understanding of human factors has informed her clinical research and practice. We are excited to have Dr. Yamada speak to us about the importance of human factors and how these principles can be applied to pediatric feeding challenges.
Clinician Panel: Dr. Balaji Govindaswami, Neonatologist, Alga Kifle, IBCLC, Sangeeta Mallik, Ph.D., Andrea Nelson Abbas, Dr. Janelle Aby, Pediatrician, Dr. Stephanie Chao, Pediatric Surgeon, and Kim Grenawitzke, Pediatric Feeding Specialist OTD OTR/L,SCFES, CLC,CNT.
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