ASPEN Fellows

ASPEN’s Fellows are outstanding leaders in nutrition support, consistently contributing in education, practice, research and service to the field. A Fellow of ASPEN (FASPEN) designation is the highest honor available to members. These individuals have records of exemplary achievements.

Annually, ASPEN’s Fellow Selection Committee reviews candidate nominations, seeking the top candidates for the new class of FASPENs. ASPEN’s Board of Directors reviews the committee’s recommendations, and the new class is recognized at the ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Conference. 

Applications for the FASPEN Class of 2024 are now closed.

ASPEN Fellows have a responsibility to contribute time to ASPEN by the following activities:

  • Maintain ASPEN membership
  • Support ASPEN’s mission
  • Serve as mentors to other ASPEN member(s)
  • Be a thought leader
  • Support the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation
  • Identify and sponsor future FASPEN candidates
  • Participate in ASPEN programs sponsored by the FASPEN committee

FASPEN Classes

Class of 2024

Thomas G. Baumgartner, PharmD, MEd, FASHP, FASPEN
Salvatore Carbone, PhD, FHFSA, FASPEN
Yimin Chen, PhD, RDN, FASPEN
Sandra Wolfe Citty, PhD, APRN-BC, CNE, FASPEN
Neil Ead, MSN, CPNP, CNSC, FASPEN
Kyle Jeffrey Hampson, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, CNSC, FASPEN
Ryan T. Hurt, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Amir Y. Kamel, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Jessica Monczka, RD, LD, CNSC, FASPEN
Diana W. Mulherin, PharmD, BCNSP, BCCCP, FCCM, FASPEN
Terese M. Scollard, MBA, RDN, LD, FAND, FASPEN

Class of 2023

Ann-Marie Brown, PhD, CPNP-AC/PThomas G. Baumgartner, PharmD, MEd, FASHP, FASPENC, CCRN, CNE, FCCM, FAANP, FASPEN
Lori J. Bechard, PhD, MEd, RD, FASPEN
Sara E. Bliss, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, BCCCP, FASPEN
Gail A.M. Cresci, PhD, RD, LD, FASPEN
Rafael Figueredo Grijalba, MD, FASPEN
Lisa Epp, RDN, LD, CNSC, FASPEN
Cindy Hamilton, MS, RD, LD, FAND, FASPEN
Linda Lord, NP, ACNP-BC, CNSC, FASPEN
Karen Martin, MA, RDN, LD, FAND, FASPEN
Enid E. Martinez, MD, FASPEN
Jeff I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACN, MACE, FASPEN
Sarah J. Miller, PharmD, MS, BCNSP, FASPEN
Rina Patel, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Wendy Phillips, MS, RD, LD, NWCC, FAND, FASPEN
Christina Ritchey, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FASPEN
Daniel T. Robinson, MD, MSc, FASPEN
Martin Daniel Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASPEN 

Class of 2022

Eliza Mei Perez Francisco, MD, DPCMNP, FPAFP, FASPEN
David C. Frankenfield, MS, RD, FASPEN
Adina Chiya Hirsch, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Andrew Mays, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC, FASPEN
Carol McGinnis, DNP, APRN-CNS, CNSC, FASPEN
Manpreet S. Mundi, MD, FASPEN
Anita M. Nucci, PhD, RD, LD, FASPEN
Jayshil Patel, MD, FASPEN
Kimberly Gorsuch Pollard, BSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN
Gina Rempel, MD, FRCPC, FASPEN
Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc, FASPEN
Anne M. Tucker, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Justine Turner, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, FASPEN
Christina J. Valentine, MD, RD, FASPEN
Joseph Ybarra, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Vivian M. Zhao, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Class of 2021

Penny Allen, RD, CNSC, FASPEN
Matthew Bechtold, MD, FASPEN
Allison Blackmer, PharmD, FASPEN
Lingtak-Neander Chan, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Karrie L. Derenski, PharmD, BCNSP, BCCCP, CNSC, FASPEN
John K. DiBaise, MD, FACG, FASPEN
Sharon M. Durfee, RPh, BCNSP, FASPEN
Arlene Escuro, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
David C. Evans, MD, FACS, FASPEN
Maria Christina Gonzalez, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Leah M. Gramlich, MD, FRCP, FASPEN
Brenda Lynn Gray, PharmD, FASPEN
Kelly Green Corkins, MS, RD, LDN, FAND, FASPEN
Sharon Y. Irving, PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN, FASPEN
Michelle Kozeniecki, MS, RD, CNSC, CCTD, FASPEN
Michael D Kraft, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Miguel Leon Sanz, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Timothy Lipman, MD, FASPEN*
Lucinda K. Lysen, RDN, LD, RN, BSN, FASPEN
Mary McCarthy, PhD, RN, CNSC, FAAN, FASPEN
Alyce Newton, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN
Kristen Roberts, PhD, RDN, LD, CNSC, FASPEN
Lawrence A. Robinson, BS, MS, PharmD, FASPEN
Michelle M. Romano, MS, RDN, CNSC, FASPEN
Mary Russell, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, FASPEN
Patricia M. Sheean, PhD, RDN, LDN, FASPEN
Renay D. Tyler, DNP, ACNP, FASPEN
Paul W. Wales, MD, FRCSC, FASPEN
Kate Willcutts, DCN, RDN, CNSC, FASPEN

Class of 2020
Angela Bingham, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, BCCCP, FASPEN
Michael Christensen, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Jeanette Hasse, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC, FADA, FASPEN
Cassandra Kight, PhD, RDN, CNSC, FASPEN
Mark Klang, MS, RPh, BCNSP, PhD, FASPEN
Ruben Gustavo Kliger, MD, FASPEN
Mary Marian, DCN, RDN, CSO, FAND, FASPEN
Robert Martindale, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Todd Mattox, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Liam McKeever, PhD, RDN, FASPEN
Nilesh Mehta, MD, FASPEN
Ana María Menéndez, PhD, FASPEN
John Miles, MD, FASPEN
Jack Pasquale, MD, FASPEN
Steven Plogsted, BS, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC, FASPEN
Denise Richardson, RN, CNSC, FASPEN
Beth Taylor, DCN, RD-AP, LD, CNSC, FAND, FCCM, FASPEN
Renee Walker, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
D. Dante Yeh, MD, FASPEN

Class of 2019
Mary Baker, PharmD, FASPEN
Todd Canada, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN
M. Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, FASPEN
Mark Corkins, MD, CNSC, FAAP, FASPEN
Mandy Corrigan, MPH, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
Kathryn Hennessy, MS, RN, FASPEN
Debra Kovacevich, RN, MPH, FASPEN
Vanessa Kumpf, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
M. Molly McMahon, MD, FASPEN
Mario Perman, MD, FASPEN
Alessandro Pontes-Arruda, MD, MSc, PhD, FCCM, FASPEN
Brian Strang, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC, BCGP, BCPS, CPE, BCCCP, FASCP, FASPEN
Paul Wischmeyer, MD, FASPEN

Class of 2018
David Burns, MD, FASPEN
Sonia Echeverri, RN, FASPEN
Mary Hise, PhD, RD, CNSC, FASPEN
Beth Lyman, MSN, RN, CNSC, FAAN, FASPEN
Reid Nishikawa, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Gordon S. Sacks, PharmD, BCNSP, FCCP, FASPEN

Class of 2017
Humberto Arenas-Marquez, MD, FACS, FASPEN
Lillian H. Banchik, MD, FACS, CNSC, FASPEN
Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FASPEN
Richard Helms, PharmD, FASPEN
Kalman E. Holdy, MD, FASPEN
Van S. Hubbard, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Donald F. Kirby, MD, FACP, FACN, FACG, AGAF, CNSC, CPNS, FASPEN
Eva E. Politzer, M.M.Sc, RDN, FADA, FASPEN
Mark Puder, MD, PhD, FASPEN
David S. Seres, MD, ScM, PNS, FASPEN
Pankaj Vashi, MD, FASPEN

Class of 2016
Patricia Anthony, MS, RD, FASPEN*
Gertrudis “Tully” Baptista, LND, RD, FADA, CSNC, FASPEN
Isabel Correia, PhD, FASPEN
M. Patricia Fuhrman, RD, FASPEN 
Beverly Holcombe, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN
Lynne Murphy, MSN, RN, FASPEN
Daniel Teitelbaum, MD, FASPEN*

Class of 2015
Carol L. Braunchweig, PhD, RD, FASPEN
Rex O. Brown, PharmD, FASPEN
Roland N. Dickerson, PharmD, FASPEN
Kathleen M. Gura, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FPPAG, FASPEN
Gil Hardy, PhD, FASPEN
John A. Kerner, Jr., MD FASPEN
Ainsley M. Malone, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
Douglas L. Seidner, MD, AFAF, FACG, CNSC, FASPEN*
Dan L. Waitzberg, MD, PhD, FASPEN

Class of 2014
Joseph Boullata, PharmD, RPh, BCNSP, FASPEN
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, RN, PhD, CNSC, FASPEN
Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Carol Rollins, MS, RD, PharmD, CNSC, BCNSP, FASPEN
Denise Baird Schwartz, MS, RD, CNSC, FADA, FAND, FASPEN

Class of 2013
Albert Barrocas, MD, FACS, FASPEN
Michael Caldwell, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FADA, FASPEN
Carol Ireton Jones, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC, FASPEN
Khursheed Jeejeebhoy, MBBS, PhD, FRCPC, FASPEN
Mitchell Kaminski, Jr., MD, FASPEN
Laura Matarese, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FADA, FASPEN
Jay Mirtallo, MS, RPh, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN
Douglas Wilmore, MD, FASPEN

Class of 2012
David A. August, MD, CNSP, FASPEN
Bruce R. Bistrian, MD, PhD, FASPEN
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD, FASPEN*         
Peggy R. Borum, PhD, FASPEN
Albert Bothe, Jr., MD, FASPEN
Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FASPEN
Stanley Dudrick, MD, FASPEN*         
Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD, FASPEN
John P. Grant, MD, CNSP, FASPEN
Virginia M. Hermann, MD, CNSP, FASPEN*
Steven B. Heymsfield, MD, FASPEN
Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD, FASPEN
Kenneth A. Kudsk, MD, FASPEN
Stephen A. McClave, MD, FASPEN
John L. Rombeau, MD, FASPEN
Philip J. Schneider, MS, FASHP, FASPEN
W. Frederick Schwenk, II, Md, FASPEN
Ezra Steiger, MD, FASPEN
Kelly A. Tappenden, PhD, RD, FASPEN
Vincent W. Vanek, MD, FACS, CNSP, FASPEN
Charles W. Van Way, III, MD, FASPEN
John R. Wesley, MD, FACS, FAAP, FASPEN
Marion F. Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD, FASPEN

*Deceased