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Welcome to our Educational Resources section. The webinars available here provide evidence-based information about key areas of pediatric nutrition. Topics are grouped into neonatal, term infant, and specialty categories. Select and launch a webinar by clicking on the title within the category display area.

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Presented by Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD

Protein Requirements and Intake of Preterm Infants

Presented by Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Samuel J. Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa.


Explores the role of inadequate protein intake as the primary cause of postnatal growth failure in premature infants. Includes review of protein amounts required for adequate growth, and actual protein intake of most premature infants.

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Presented by David H. Adamkin, MD

Nutrient-Enriched Feeding Strategies for VLBW Infants

Presented by David H. Adamkin, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of Neonatal Medicine, and Director of the Neonatal Fellowship Program at the University of Louisville.


Examines clinical situations where nutrient-enriched feeding strategies maybe helpful. Includes approaches for using human milk, formula, and fortifiers to prepare nutrient-enriched feeding.

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Presented by Richard A. Ehrenkranz, MD

Nutrition and Outcomes in VLBW Preterm Infants

Presented by Richard A. Ehrenkranz, MD, Professor Pediatrics; Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine; and Medical Director of the Newborn Special Care Unit (NBSCU) at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital.


Reviews evidence that correlates the rate of growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes with nutrition support for very low birth weight premature infants.

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Presented by Glen R. Gibson, PhD and Berthold Koletzko, MD

Prebiotics and Probiotics in Infants and Children: What Is the Evidence?

Presented by Glen R. Gibson, PhD, and Berthold Koletzko, MD


Dr. Gibson is Professor of Food Microbial Sciences and Head of the Food and Microbial Sciences Research Unit at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Dr. Koletzko is Professor of Pediatrics and Head of the Division of Metabolic Diseases and Nutritional Medicine at Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University of Munich Medical Center in Germany.


Provides an evidence-based overview of prebiotics and probiotics, with a special emphasis on the role of prebiotics and probiotics in infants and children.

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Presented by Glen R. Gibson, PhD, and Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD

Prebiotics in Infant Nutrition: Facts and Emerging Evidence

Presented by Glen R. Gibson, PhD, and Ekhard E. Ziegler, MD


Dr. Gibson is Professor of Food Microbial Sciences and Head of the Food and Microbial Sciences Research Unit at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Dr. Ziegler is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Samuel J. Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Iowa.


Provides an educational overview of evidence, new insights, and information about the existing and emerging role of prebiotics in infant nutrition.

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Presented by Debora Duro, MD, MS, and Conrad R. Cole, MD, MPH, MSc

Nutritional Management of Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)

Presented by Debora Duro, MD, MS and Conrad R. Cole, MD, MPH, MSc


Dr. Duro is Medical Director of Intestinal Rehabilitation Program, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, and Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cole is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Medical Director of the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.


Examines the physiologic and nutritional consequences of SBS; when and how to successfully transition from parenteral to full enteral nutrition; and how steady and early introduction of enteral nutrition improves prognosis in patients with SBS.

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Presented by Andrew Colin, MD; Elizabeth Yen, MD and Amanda Radmer Leonard, MPH, RD/LD, CDE

Perspectives in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Presented by Andrew Colin, MD; Elizabeth Yen, MD and Amanda Radmer Leonard, MPH, RD/LD, CDE


Dr. Colin is Batchelor Family Professor of Cystic Fibrosis and Pediatric Pulmonology; Director, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary; and Co-Director, Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Program at the University of Miami. Dr. Yen is Instructor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Ms. Leonard is a Pediatric Nutrition Practitioner at Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center in Baltimore.


Examines the pathophysiology of CF and its impact on malnutrition, the GI tract, and growth rates; how to use recent nutritional clinical data and guideline recommendations; and how optimizing nutrition can improve GI intolerance, nutrient absorption, and growth rate.

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Presented by Amber H. Langshaw, MD, Stacie M. Jones, MD, and Marion Groetch, MS, RD, CDN

Perspectives in Pediatric Food Allergy

Presented by Amber H. Langshaw, MD, Stacie M. Jones, MD, and Marion Groetch, MS, RD, CDN


Dr. Langshaw is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami. Dr. Jones is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Allergy and Immunology, Dr. and Mrs. Leeman King Chair in Pediatric Allergy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Ms. Groetch is a Senior Dietitian at the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.


Examines pediatric food allergy with a focus on nutritional management. Includes distinguishing common clinical patterns and syndromes of non-IgE and IgE mediated food allergy, indications for non-milk and modified milk (hydrolysate) feedings in allergy to cow’s milk, and the major clinical guidelines for food allergy from the 2010 NIH guidelines.

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