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Case Study: Nutrition at NICU Discharge for the Preterm Infant

Publication Date: 15 August 2025

Presenter(s): Stephanie Merlino Barr, PhD, RDN, LD

Case studies are an excellent way to learn concepts you can apply to clinical practice. Join Stephanie Merlino Barr, PhD, RDN, LD, in our case study series as she highlights nutrition management strategies for the preterm infant upon discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

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Presenter Bio(s):

Stephanie Merlino Barr, MS, RDN, LD

Neonatal Dietitian, MetroHealth Medical Center 
Adjunct Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University 
Cleveland, OH, USA 

Stephanie Merlino Barr, MS, RDN, LD, is a Neonatal Dietitian in the Department of Pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. Stephanie is also a doctoral candidate at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s (CWRU SOM) Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences. Her research focuses on early life nutrition interventions and their relationship with growth and body composition outcomes in premature infants. Stephanie is also an Adjunct Instructor at CWRU SOM’s Department of Nutrition, where she teaches a graduate-level course on human lactation. Stephanie is an editor of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Neonatal Nutrition 3rd Edition, published in July 2022, and a contributor to the Academy’s online Pediatric Nutrition Care Manual.

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Neonatal Growth & Development