Global Guidelines for the Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants
2022 Symposium

Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD, and Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS, are lead expert contributors to the updated and expanded 2nd edition of the global guidelines for the Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants.

Improved care for premature infants has increased survival rates in very low and extremely low-birth-weight infants. Recent evidence related to nutritional requirements contributes to improved long-term health outcomes for premature infants. In this course, filmed at a live symposium, Dr. Koletzko and Dr. Poindexter present key nutritional needs, new lipid and protein requirements, and how to approach human milk fortification in premature infants. They discuss guidance for clinical application, while highlighting continued research opportunities to advance nutritional care of preterm infants.

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  Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD

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  Berthold V. Koletzko, MD, PhD, is the Else Kröner-Seniorprofessor of Paediatrics at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. He received his medical degree from the University of Munster in Germany, continued his pediatric education in South Africa, Germany and Tanzania, and completed a fellowship in clinical nutrition and metabolism at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto in Canada.

  Funded by numerous public and private organizations, Dr. Koletzko’s research focuses on metabolic and nutritional modulators of child health and disease prevention. He is rated a “World Expert” by Expertscape, ranking in the top 0.01% of researchers worldwide over the past decade. Expertscape provides an objective ranking of healthcare professionals and institutions based on knowledge demonstrated by the publication of material that has undergone the rigorous review process that characterizes scientific publications. The categories in which Dr. Koletzko was rated the world’s top researcher included “infant nutritional physiological phenomena,” “child nutritional physiological phenomena” and “child nutrition science.”

  Dr. Koletzko is president of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation, a strategic advisor on nutrition to the International Pediatric Association, a member of the executive committee of the European Academy of Paediatrics, and a member of several other German and international organizations. He is the author of more than 1000 scientific journal articles, numerous books, book chapters, and monographs. Dr. Koletzko is editor in chief of Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism and World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, and associate editor of Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care.

  Dr. Koletzko is a scientific advisor to the German Federal Government, the European Commission, the World Health Organization, and other national and international governmental organizations. He is a past president of the Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (FISPGHAN), a not-for-profit umbrella organization composed of pediatric societies in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia, and a past president of ESPGHAN, its European counterpart.

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  Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD

  Else Kröner Senior Professor of Pediatrics
  Department of Pediatrics
  Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital
  Munich, Germany

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  Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS

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  Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS, is chief and system medical director of the Division of Neonatology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Marcus Professor in Neonatology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Poindexter received her medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo and an MS degree in clinical research from Indiana University in Indianapolis. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Indiana University’s Riley Hospital for Children.

  Dr. Poindexter’s primary research interests, involving both observational and interventional trials, relate to the role of early nutrition in growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes in premature infants. She also formed a multicenter consortium to evaluate the impact of prenatal opioid exposure on outcomes. Prior to joining Children’s Healthcare, she served as director for clinical and translational research for the Perinatal Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and for more than a decade she was a principal investigator for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network.

  Dr. Poindexter serves as a member of the American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Subboard, providing direction for subspecialty certification. She is a co-editor of Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants: Scientific Basis and Practical Guidelines, a textbook and practical resource for neonatologists, dietitians and nurses. Written by a team of experts from around the world, the book summarizes current knowledge about the nutritional requirements of preterm infants, addressing the complexity of meeting those requirements, and presenting unambiguous recommendations.

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  Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS

  Chief, Division of Neonatology
  System Medical Director for Neonatology
  Marcus Professor of Pediatrics
  Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University
  Atlanta, Georgia