Clinical Dietitian
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
West Chester, Ohio, United States
Megan Horsley is a lead pediatric dietitian at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She has 15 years of experience in pediatrics with a focus in cardiology and currently practices in the Critical Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Her most recent work has involved establishing a tube wean program for heart patients which focuses on optimizing oral skills and getting them safely off of their feeding tube. In addition is involved in nutrition research focused on improving the maternal nutrition of moms with a fetal diagnosis of a congenital heart defect.
She is a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician in addition maintains her Certification as a Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2006 and completed her dietetic internship with the University of Northern Colorado in 2007. She is involved in many projects, research and quality improvement work, including the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC). She has served as a board member of the Congenital Heart Alliance of Cincinnati since 2017. Megan has fifteen years of professional practice in pediatric nutrition and eighteen years of personal experience as a heart mom herself. She plans on continuing to concentrate her efforts on improving the nutritional care, experience and outcomes for all children affected by heart disease.
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
1:00 PM – 4:45 PM US Eastern Time