ASPEN Congratulates Our 2023 Award Winners!

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ASPEN Champion Award | ASPEN Fellows | Specialty Awards

Distinguished Nutrition Support Awards | New Practitioner Awards

Foundation Grant Recipients | Vars Candidates | Trainee Awards

Abstract Winners | Global PN Fellowship Recipients | Travel Grant Recipients


ASPEN Champion Award

Kelly A. Tappenden

Kelly A. Tappenden, PhD, RD, FASPEN


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ASPEN Fellows

Lori J. Bechard
Lori J. Bechard, PhD, MEd, RD, FASPEN

Sara E. Bliss
Sara E. Bliss, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, BCCCP, FASPEN


Ann-Marie Brown
Ann-Marie Brown, PhD, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN, CNE, FCCM, FAANP, FASPEN

Gail A.M. Cresci
Gail A.M. Cresci, PhD, RD, LD, FASPEN

Lisa Epp
Lisa Epp, RDN, LD, CNSC, FASPEN

Rafael Figueredo Grijalba
Rafael Figueredo Grijalba, MD, FASPEN
Cindy Hamilton
Cindy Hamilton, MS, RD, LD, FAND, FASPEN

Linda Lord
Linda Lord, NP, ACNP-BC, CNSC, FASPEN

Karen Martin
Karen Martin, MA, RDN, LD, FAND, FASPEN

Enid E. Martinez
Enid E. Martinez, MD, FASPEN

Jeffrey I. Mechanick
Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, MACE, FASPEN

Sarah J. Miller
Sarah J. Miller, PharmD, MS, BCNSP, FASPEN

Rina Patel
Rina Patel, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Wendy Phillips
Wendy Phillips, MS, RD, LD, NWCC, FAND, FASPEN

Christina Ritchey
Christina Ritchey, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FASPEN

Daniel T. Robinson
Daniel T. Robinson, MD, MSc, FASPEN

Martin Daniel Rosenthal
Martin Daniel Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASPEN


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Specialty Awards

Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award

Vivian Zhao
Vivian Zhao, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

George Blackburn Research Mentorship Award

John Alverdy
John Alverdy, MD


Jonathan E. Rhoads Lecturer Award

Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, FASPEN, FAAN, FGSA

Lyn Howard Nutrition Support Consumer Advocacy Award

Alaina McCormick
Alaina McCormick

Stanley J. Dudrick Research Scholar Award

Nikhil Pai
Nikhil Pai, BSc, MD, CNSC, NASPGHAN-F, FAAP, FRCPC

Stanley Serlick Award


Michael D. Kraft
Michael D. Kraft, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Sponsored by Pfizer

Peggi Guenter Excellence in Clinical Practice Award

Beth Lyman
Beth Lyman, MSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAAN

Bruce R. Bistrian Nutrition Mentorship Award

Douglas G. Burrin
Douglas G. Burrin, PhD

Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

Amerita's Nutrition Support Team
Amerita's Nutrition Support Team
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Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

Beaumont Health Nutrition Support
Beaumont Health Nutrition Support
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Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

Emory University Hospital Nutrition and Metabolic Support Service
Emory University Hospital Nutrition and Metabolic Support Service
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Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

Mayo Clinic Home Enteral Nutrition Team, Rochester, Minn.
Mayo Clinic Home Enteral Nutrition Team, Rochester, Minn.
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Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Comprehensive Nutrition Support Team
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Comprehensive Nutrition Support Team
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Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

Riley PAIR Nutrition Team at Indiana University Health; Parenteral support And Intestinal Rehabilitation Nutrition Team
Riley PAIR Nutrition Team at Indiana University Health; Parenteral support And Intestinal Rehabilitation Nutrition Team
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Distinguished Nutrition Support Awards

Dietitian Service

Heather Stanner
Heather Stanner, MS, RD, LD, CNSC


Nurse Service

Neil Ead
Neil Ead, MSN, CPNP, CNSC


Pharmacist Service

Gordon S. Sacks
Gordon S. Sacks, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN, FCCP


Physician Service

Todd W. Rice
Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc, FASPEN


International Service


Diana Cardenas
Diana Cardenas, MD, PhD


Dietitian, Advanced Clinical Practice

Kristen M. Roberts
Kristen M. Roberts, PhD, RDN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAND


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New Practitioner Awards

Medical Practice Section

Tina Bharani
Tina Bharani, MD


Pharmacy Practice Section

Rachel Leong
Rachel Leong, PharmD


Research Section

Hayley Billingsley
Hayley Billingsley, MS, RD, CEP

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Foundation Grant Recipients

$25,000 Baxter Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research


Mirielle Lauren Pauline
Mirielle Lauren Pauline, BSc

$25,000 B. Braun and the Aesculap Academy Norman Yoshimura Grant

Erin A. Posey
Erin A. Posey, PhD

$25,000 Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant

Jacob T. Mey
Jacob T. Mey, PhD, RD

$25,000 Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Research Grant

Yimin Chen
Yimin Chen, PhD, RDN

$25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant

Ana Paula Pagano
Ana Paula Pagano, MSc, RD

$20,000 C. Richard Fleming Grant & Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant

Gabriella A.M. ten Have
Gabriella A. Ten Have, PhD

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Vars Candidates

Scott C. Fligor Scott C. Fligor, MD 
Harry M. Vars Research Award Winner
Devon Pace
Devon Pace, MD
Promising Investigator Award Winner
Mirielle L. Pauline
Mirielle Lauren Pauline, BSc
Joshua Veith
Joshua Veith, MD, MSCE

Kym Wittholz
Kym Wittholz, BNutSci, MDietS

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Trainee Awards

Osman Mohamed Elfadil
Osman Mohamed Elfadil, MBBS

Scott C. Fligor
Scott C. Fligor, MD

Laura Van Althuis
Laura Van Althuis, RDN, LDN

View abstract winners, global PN fellowship recipients, and travel grant recipients.