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Hot Topics in Neonatology Luncheon  Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 •  11:11:45pm - 1:15pm  •  Marquis Ballroom Salon 3/4

Overview

As neonatal nutrition practices evolve, the use of human milk-derived fortifiers in the NICU has emerged as a topic of clinical and ethical debate, but with promising advancement in care. 

Join us for this exciting symposium brings together leading experts Boris Kramer M.D., PhD and Dr. Jonathan Fanaroff M.D., J.D.  to critically examine the benefits, limitations, and implications of an exclusive human milk diet (EHMD) for premature and medically fragile infants.

Through a structured pro/con format moderated by Dr. Pete Murray MD, MSM, MABE, HEC-C, the speakers will present and challenge evidence on clinical outcomes, explore cost-effectiveness, consider the parents' point-of-view, and discuss the ethical considerations of providing or withholding human milk-derived fortifiers in different healthcare settings.

This symposium aims to foster informed decision-making, evidence-based practice, and compassionate care for the most vulnerable patients in neonatal medicine.

 

Learning Objectives

  • The latest clinical research on an EHMD 

  • Comparative outcomes between bovine-based and human milk-based fortification

  •  Financial implications at institutional and policy levels

  • Ethical debates surrounding resource allocation and informed parental choice

Presenters

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Dr. Boris Kramer, M.D., PhD
Clinical Professor
Pediatrician - Neonatologist
Poznan University of Medical Sciences Poznan, Poland
Fanaroff
Jonathan M. Fanaroff, M.D., J.D. 
Professor of Pediatrics Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Director, Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Division of Neonatology
 

Moderator

Murray
Peter D. Murray, MD, MSM, MABE, HEC-C
Director, Clinical Education and Professional Development
Division of Neonatology

University of Virginia School of Medicine

 

 

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