A.S.P.E.N. Announces Board Appointments for 2011-2012

June 20, 2011, Silver Spring, MD – The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.), an interdisciplinary organization whose members are involved in all aspects of clinical nutrition and metabolism, today announces its new board appointments for 2011-2012.

• President: Jay M. Mirtallo, MS, RPh, BCNSP, FASHP, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Director, MS in Health-System Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

• President-elect: Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD, W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

• Vice President: Ainsley M. Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, Nutrition Support Team Department of Pharmacy, Mt. Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, OH

• New Board Members: George Phillip “Phil” Ayers, PharmD, BCNSP, Chief, Clinical Pharmacy Services, Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, MS and Praveen S. Goday, MB, BS, CNSC, Associate Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

• President, Rhoads Research Foundation: Charles W. Van Way III, MD, Sosland/Missouri Endowed Chair of Trauma Services and Director of the UMKC Shock/Trauma Research Center, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

 

About A.S.P.E.N.

The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) is dedicated to improving patient care by advancing the science and practice of clinical nutrition and metabolism. Founded in 1976, A.S.P.E.N. is an interdisciplinary organization whose members are involved in the provision of clinical nutrition therapies, including parenteral and enteral nutrition. With more than 5,500 members from around the world, A.S.P.E.N. is a community of dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, scientists, students and other health professionals from every facet of nutrition support clinical practice, research and education.