Special Topics in Pediatric Nutrition

Alexis is a pediatric dietitian with over 6 years of experience specializing in gastrointestinal conditions, initially at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, now at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in California. These days, much of her professional time is spent working with families of children and teens with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and feeding difficulties. She is also passionate about education and is involved in the creation of education for patients, interns, and dietitians.

Mary Pat Turon-Findley is currently employed at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She attained her B.S. in Nutrition from Miami University and a Master of Nutrition from the University of Cincinnati. Mary has worked for over 35 years in mental health and disordered eating throughout inpatient, outpatient, residential, and partial-day hospitalization settings. She has chaired both the IC Ethics Committee and Publications Committee for ASPEN. Mary has worked on the Core Curriculum chapter on eating disorders. She has presented at multiple ASPEN conferences on topics including ethics, pediatrics, mental health, disordered eating, and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. In addition, she has presented on pediatric disordered eating and ethics for AND, Abbott, ARAND, and CASPEN.