Speaker Interviews 2022

We are thrilled to offer such a diverse group of Researchers, Clinicians & Lactation Consultants for our 2022 GOLD Lactation Conference. We had a chance to sit down with some of the Speakers before the conference begins and learn a little bit more about them and what they will be presenting this year.

Please note, these are NOT presentations and do not count towards educational hours

Speaker Interviews

What's New With Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Updates and Its Cost/Benefit Implications

Andini Pramono
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Collaborative Care With a Chiropractor for Infant Feeding Dysfunction

Andrew Dorough
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Building Bridges: Early IBCLC Recognition and Triage of Common and Life-Threatening Newborn and Maternal Pathology

Anya Kleinman
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Lactation After Bariatric Surgery: Physiological, Hormonal and Psychological Implications

Bianca Balassiano
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Your Responsibility to the WHO Code: Evaluating Real-World Scenarios for Compliance

(Interactive Presentation)

Christine Staricka
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Strategies to Improve Infant Feeding Practices and Indicators in a Private/Corporate Maternity Set Up

Dipti Shah & Ruth Patterson
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Pitfalls in Infant Feeding Practices After Starting Solids

Dyah Febriyanti
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Working With Families Feeding Beyond 12 Months: Offering Support With Confidence

Emma Pickett
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A Journey With COVID-19 Positive Mothers, Isolated Without Their Newborn

Evelyne N. Ruf
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Vestibular Processing: Using the Sixth Sense to Support Lactation and Parent/Infant Relationships

Gretchen Becker Crabb
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Assisted Nursing: Supporting Breastfeeding Infants With Craniofacial Anomalies

Indira Lopez-Bassols
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Fitting Flanges for Pumping: Rethinking Sizes and Materials

(Keynote Presentation)

Jeanette Mesite Frem
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Overcoming Challenges to Feeding: Supporting Parents with Physical, Mental or Socioemotional Differences

(Interactive Presentation)

Julie Matheney
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Providing Enhanced Lactation Care for Families Following Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Neonatal and Infant Death

Katherine Carroll
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Ethical Considerations for Early Postpartum Lactation Support

(Keynote Presentation)

Kelsie Barta
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Eating Disorders in the Perinatal Client: A Trauma Informed Model

Kristin Cavuto
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Supporting Parents Through Grief After the Loss of the Breast/Chestfeeding Relationship

Laurie-Anne Muldoon
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Immunology of Human Milk - the Magic Ingredient

Megan Dunn
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Low Milk Production Detective Work: Assessment and Care Plan Considerations

(Keynote Presentation & Interactive Presentation)

Melissa Cole
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Environmental Contaminants in Human Milk

Merete Aase Eggesboe

Increasing Lactation Support Through Community Partnerships

Monica Esparza
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Leveling up Your Note Taking

Rebecca Costello
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Supporting Older First-Time Mothers with Breastfeeding and Becoming a Mother: Insights for Clinical Practice

Rosann Edwards
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Guided Steps: Creating Plans of Lactation Care

(Interactive Presentation)

Stacy Davis
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The Critical Need for Inclusive Language and Inclusive Care for the LGBTQ+ Chestfeeding/Bodyfeeding Community

Stephanie Wagner
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Research Ethics & Infant Feeding: How to Utilise the Four 'D's of a Brief Assessment

Zainab Yate
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Sensory Processing and Breast/Bodyfeeding: Using Co-Regulation to Support the Feeding Relationship (Clinical Support of Infant Sucking Skills Add-on Lecture Pack)

Gretchen Becker Crabb
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Inside the Infant Mouth: Oral Assessment & Function (Clinical Support of Infant Sucking Skills Add-on Lecture Pack)

Jacqueline Kincer
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Babies With Suckling Dysfunction: Assessment and Coordination of Care (Clinical Support of Infant Sucking Skills Add-on Lecture Pack)

Leslie R. Kowalski
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Sucking Disorders in Children with Neurological, Muscular, Genetic or Anatomical Diseases (Clinical Support of Infant Sucking Skills Add-on Lecture Pack)

Lina Mazzoni
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Supporting Early Oral Feeding Experiences in the NICU: Utilizing the Lens of Orofacial Myology (Clinical Support of Infant Sucking Skills Add-on Lecture Pack)

Ramya Kumar
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Is This a Tongue-Tie: How Do We Decide? (Clinical Support of Infant Sucking Skills Add-on Lecture Pack)

Sarah Oakley
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Breast/Chestfeeding After Breast Reduction (Parent-Centered Lactation Care Add-on Lecture Pack)

Anna Le Grange
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"The Elephant in the Room": Ethics of Supporting Formula Feeding Families (Parent-Centered Lactation Care Add-on Lecture Pack)

Bryna Hayden
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Donor Milk: Is it Scarce or a Secret? (Parent-Centered Lactation Care Add-on Lecture Pack)

Courtney Polk
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Protocol for Successful Induced Lactation and the Importance of Mahram for Muslim Families (Parent-Centered Lactation Care Add-on Lecture Pack)

Hairin Anisa bt Tajuddin
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Rethinking the Definition of Breast/Chestfeeding: Where Does Pumping Fit In? (Parent-Centered Lactation Care Add-on Lecture Pack)

Nichelle Clark
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Breast Hypoplasia and Insufficient Milk Production – What We Know and What We Still Need to Find Out (Parent-Centered Lactation Care Add-on Lecture Pack)

Renee Kam
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