From Silos to Synergy: Enhancing Care Transitions to Improve Patient Outcomes in Home Enteral Nutrition (Part 2)

Manpreet S Mundi, MD, FASPEN

Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Medical Director, Home Enteral Nutrition Program and Food Services
Chair/Medical Director, Inpatient Nutrition Core Group
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Department of Internal Medicine 
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA

Manpreet S Mundi is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, Minnesota. He holds the leadership positions of Medical Director of the Home Enteral Nutrition Program, Chair of Inpatient Nutrition, and Medical Director of Clinical Nutrition within the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition in the Mayo Clinic Department of Internal Medicine as well as Medical Director of Food Services for Mayo Clinic. Dr Mundi received his MD from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. He completed a fellowship in endocrinology at Los Angeles County/USC Hospital. His clinical interests include malnutrition, nutrition support in home and inpatient settings, diabetes, obesity, bariatric surgery, and intestinal failure. Dr Mundi has published more than 100 journal articles and six book chapters.

Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC

Home Tube Feeding Expert, Educator, and Strategist
HEN Consultant
Sacramento, CA, USA 

Cynthia is a home tube feeding expert, educator, and strategist, having worked in home care for 23 years and passionately facilitating patients’ successful transitions from hospital to home on tube feeding. She works to promote positive clinical outcomes and believes a patient’s positive relationship with their feeding tube impacts compliance and quality of life. She developed her passion for nutrition support during her internship at City of Hope National Medical Center in Southern California. Most recently, she worked for Coram/CVS Specialty Infusion Services as their National Tube Feeding Manager. Today, she works as a consultant in home tube feeding and enteral innovation. She enjoys presenting round tables, clinical posters, webinars, and case studies in the area of home care tube feeding. She has been a guest speaker for the Oley Foundation, CMSA, NHIA, ASPEN, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on a variety of topics related to home tube feeding.

Donna Wixted, MS, RD

Clinical Nutrition Manager, ICU Dietitian
Virtua Health
Marlton, NJ, USA

Donna Wixted is the Clinical Nutrition Manager at Virtua Health System’s Marlton division, with almost 19 years of experience. Her role also includes covering an 18-bed Intensive Care Unit and serving as an active member of the Nutrition Support Committee, the Falls team, and the Pressure Injury Council. She collaborates with healthcare staff in the revision, development, and implementation of department- and hospital-wide nutritional policies and procedures, and works closely with Virtua’s IT department, assisting with the success of recent projects, including the implementation of the Nutritional MAR and IDDSI diet profiles in Epic. Donna is a registered dietitian with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Montclair State University, a Master of Science joint degree in Health Administration & Health Education from St. Joseph’s University.

Carley Rusch, PhD, RDN, LDN

Adult Medical Science Liaison
Medical Affairs & Research
Abbott Nutrition 
Gainesville, FL, USA

Carley Rusch serves as a Medical Science Liaison in Medical Affairs & Research at Abbott, specializing in Adult Therapeutic Nutrition. Prior to joining Abbott, Dr Rusch completed her bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida (UF), specializing in Dietetics. She earned her master’s degree and completed her dietetic internship through the MS-DI program at UF. During her dietetic training, she also served as a research coordinator on a variety of study protocols, including topics on gastrointestinal dysfunction, inflammation, pre- and probiotics, and the gut microbiome. She then went on to work as an inpatient dietitian at AdventHealth Orlando and served as a preceptor for their dietetic internship program. Her clinical experience spans a variety of disease states, such as cancer, gastrointestinal and neurological disorders, malnutrition, and critical care.

Following her time working in clinical practice, Dr Rusch completed her PhD in Nutritional Sciences at UF. Her doctoral research investigated the effect of the Mediterranean diet on improving constipation and intestinal inflammation in Parkinson’s disease. During her graduate programs, she has taught multiple undergraduate and graduate courses on nutrition, metabolism, and research methods. In 2020, she was awarded Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year by the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dr Rusch has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been invited to present at national and international conferences.