Summary:
This webinar will review some of the common feeding struggles in early infancy from the clinical perspectives of a pediatric gastroenterologist and speech language pathologist. We will review reflux, food allergies vs. intolerances, and common challenges with breast and bottle feeding.
Objectives:
Learn to troubleshoot feeding challenges in the first 6 months of life
Reflux and when to worry
Intolerances and when to eliminate
Difficulty with breast or bottle feeding from an SLP perspective
Obtain additional resources to help manage some conditions and educate families
Speakers:
Julia Fritz, MD is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at Maine Medical Partners and the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. She graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine (now Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) in 2011 before completing her pediatric residency at Maine Medical Center. She then moved to Milwaukee, WI to complete her fellowship training in GI at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin before returning to MMC in 2017. She is a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine and the rotation director and inpatient service director for pediatric gastroenterology at BBCH. In addition to her clinical work and role in medical education, she is active in advocacy, serving on the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition committee of Public Affairs and Advocacy.
Virginia Weill, M.Ed., CCC-SLP holds a Master of Education degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Virginia. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Clinical Specialist with 13 years of experience in pediatrics. She primarily works at Maine Medical Center, and per diem at MaineHealth Care at Home-Cumberland and The Maine Chatterbox. She specializes in neonatal and pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders, the aerodigestive and cardiac population, and conducts neonatal and pediatric swallow studies (MBS/VFSS and FEES).