Importance of Adequate DHA in Preterm Infants

Dr. Michael Caplan and Dr. Camilia Martin discuss the important functions of adequate docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA) balance in the preterm infant, with a focus on the role of DHA/ARA in neurodevelopment, growth, and retinal development. During the first postnatal week, in preterm infants, DHA levels rapidly decline, and ARA levels are also altered. Faculty will highlight the challenges of achieving adequate DHA/ARA intake in preterm infants, the benefits of DHA/ARA supplementation, as well as the current NICU practices of DHA/ARA supplementation, and how those practices might evolve in the future.

Monday, November 25, 2019
Noon ET | 11:00 AM CT | 10:00 AM MT | 9:00 AM PT

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  Michael Caplan, MD

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  Michael S. Caplan, MD, is chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at NorthShore University Healthsystem, and clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from that institution. He completed an internship and residency in pediatrics, followed by fellowship training in neonatology at Northwestern University’s Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

  Dr. Caplan is chief scientific officer and medical director of clinical trials at NorthShore University Healthsystem. His own research activities, funded by a variety of public and private sector grants, include the study of the pathophysiology of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis and the design of specific strategies to prevent the disease, as well as studies involving the identification of factors in human milk that influence neonatal outcomes.

  Dr. Caplan’s academic responsibilities include teaching medical students, pediatric residents and fellows. He serves on several departmental, hospital, and medical school committees, as well as a number of external national and international committees.

  Dr. Caplan has authored several books and book chapters, peer-reviewed articles and abstracts, and he is a reviewer for more than 20 prestigious medical journals including Pediatrics, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Pediatrics, and JAMA.

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  Michael Caplan, MD

  Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
  Chief Scientific Officer, NorthShore University HealthSystem
  Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
  Chicago, Illinois

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  Camilia R. Martin, MD, MS

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  Camilia R. Martin, MD, MS, is an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and associate director of the NICU at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She received her medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She was awarded a fellowship in perinatal-neonatal medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and earned a masters degree in epidemiology from Harvard University School of Public Health.

  Dr. Martin is an internationally recognized expert in neonatal nutrition. Her research focuses on the impact of nutrition on health and disease in premature infants, and its effect on short-term morbidities and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. Dr. Martin's state-of-the-art translational research allows for the rapid assessment of potential therapies that can be brought from the bench to the bedside.

  Dr. Martin's academic responsibilities involve teaching residents, clinical and research fellows. She has authored or edited several textbooks and is an ad hoc reviewer for more than a dozen prestigious medical journals. Dr. Martin is a frequently invited speaker at both national and international events, and her peer-reviewed and other educational material has been published extensively in print and other media.

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  Camilia R. Martin, MD, MS

  Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
  Associate Director, NICU, Department of Neonatology
  Director for Cross-Disciplinary Research Partnerships
  Division of Translational Research
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  Boston, Massachusetts