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The Pediatrix® Neonatology Grand Rounds series addresses pertinent controversial issues that influence the clinical practice of newborn medicine. Webinars are held on the first Wednesday of every month from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
On Dec. 3, Sara Ramel, M.D., explores “Beyond the Scale: Growth Strategies for Optimizing Neurodevelopment and Minimizing Metabolic Risk.”
After this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe associations between various growth parameters and long-term outcomes.
- Identify critical periods of growth in relation to optimized neurodevelopment and metabolic health.
Click here to register for this session.
Dr. Ramel is a professor of neonatology and pediatrics at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She completed medical school at the University of Minnesota and stayed on as a resident in pediatrics, fellow in neonatology and ultimately became an attending neonatologist at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital in 2010. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Ramel has balanced her clinical work as a neonatologist, including being the director of the NICU’s neonatal nutritional support service, with her research career as both an investigator and director of clinical research in the NICU.
Dr. Ramel’s research has focused on the importance of growth assessment, specifically, infant body composition and its associations with nutrition, growth and long-term outcomes. Dr. Ramel has demonstrated the association of fat-free mass accretion with neurodevelopmental outcomes, including improved cognitive and motor scores at one year and faster cognitive processing speeds in children at four months and four years. Some of her early work also suggests that fat mass gains may be associated with poorer metabolic outcomes, such as increased risk for hypertension. She has also worked with others around the world to develop reference curves for neonatal body composition utilizing air displacement plethysmography and is now partnered with several investigators at Harvard to investigate the use of bioimpedance to measure quality of growth in preterm infants. Another area of interest has been nutritional and non-nutritional factors that influence body composition in preterm infants specifically.
Dr. Ramel’s work has been funded by several organizations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as internal grants at the University of Minnesota, the Caplan Foundation, the NIH, the Gerber Foundation and March of Dimes.
Please plan to join us for this important webinar and check out our catalog of previous webinars available on demand.
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The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Pediatrix Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Internet Live activity for a maximum of 1 nursing contact hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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