Nutrition & Feeding in Infants and Toddlers Conference Faculty

Keynote: Josef Neu, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
University of Florida Health

Emily Collins, MHA, RD, CNSC
Nutrition Services Manager
Michigan Medicine
University of Michigan

Sibyl Cox, MS, RDN, CSP, LD, CLC
Pediatric Dietitian
Department of Pediatrics
SIU School of Medicine

Matthew Greenhawt, MD, MBA, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Food Challenge and Research Unit
Section of Allergy and Immunology
Children’s Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Marion Groetch, MS, RDN
Director of Nutrition Services
Jaffe Food Allergy Institute,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RD, LD
Professor, Pediatrics and Nutrition
Senior Nutritionist
Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Dale Lee, MD, MSCE
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Rachelle Lessen, MS, RD, IBCLC
Registered Dietitian, Lactation Consultant
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Sean McGhee, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics – Immunology and Allergy
Stanford University
Medical Director, Allergy & Immunology
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

Christine Bixby, MD, FAAP, IBCLC
Division of Neonatology, CHOC Children’s Specialists
Medical Director, CHOC Lactation Services
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of California, Irvine

Jessica Brown, RD, CSP, CNSC, CLEC
Clinical Dietitian IV
Neuroscience Institute
CHOC Children’s

Kelsey Childs, RD, CLEC
Clinical Dietitian II
Feeding Program
CHOC Children’s

Vanessa Chrisman, RD, CSP, CLE 
Clinical Dietitian II
Feeding Program
CHOC Children’s

Hema Desai, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Speech Language Pathologist, Feeding Therapist
Feeding Program
CHOC Children’s

Sue Freck, RD, CSP, CNSC, CLEC
Clinical Dietitian IV
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
CHOC Children’s

Erin Karavedas, MS, OTR/L, SWC, PAMS
Occupational Therapists, Feeding Therapist
Feeding Program
CHOC Children’s

Stephanie Lauri, RD, CLEC
Clinical Dietitian
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
CHOC Children’s

Karin Mitchell, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, Feeding Therapist
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
CHOC Children’s

Danielle Monica, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, Feeding Therapist
Feeding Program
CHOC Children’s

Gina O’Toole, MPH, RD, CNSC, CLEC
Clinical Dietitian III
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
CHOC Children’s

Jennifer Raminick, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Speech Language Pathologist, Feeding Therapist
Feeding Program
CHOC Children’s

Janelle Sanchez, RD, CLEC
Clinical Dietitian II
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
CHOC Children’s

Ellen Schonfeld, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Gastroenterology Division, Eosinophilic Esophagitis Program
CHOC Children’s Specialists

Caroline Steele, MS, RD, CSP, IBCLC, FAND
Director Clinical Nutrition & Lactation
CHOC Children’s

Peter Yu, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
CHOC Children’s Specialists