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Cindy Ulrich RD, NICU and Developmental Follow-up Clinic
Clinic role: Registered Dietician
Cindy received her Honors Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics, Food and Nutrition from the University of Western Ontario, Brescia College in 1984 and completed her Dietetic Internship at Brantford General Hospital in 1985. She has been employed at St. Joseph’s Health Care London since 1987, where she began practicing dietetics in Continuing Care and Rehabilitative Medicine. She went on to specialize in Adult GI and General Surgery and Adult Critical Care areas for several years as a Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian. She has focused her learning and expertise on Neonatal Nutrition over the last 13 years of her dietetic career. She became the first Registered Dietitian to be employed in the NICU at St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. Since starting in the NICU, she has been instrumental in the development of neonatal enteral and parenteral nutritional guidelines and has been involved in a number of research projects related to the efficacy of nutritional care in the NICU. She also provides nutritional follow-up to high risk infants in the Developmental Follow-up Clinic.
Cindy functions within the multidisciplinary team by providing screening for all new admissions to determine nutritional risk. Nutrition care is provided based on the assessment of nutrition status and development of a nutrition care plan based on individual need. Cindy also provides instruction to infants’ families regarding specialized nutrition care plans either during the hospitalization and/or at discharge. She identifies community resources for families and makes referrals for continuity of nutrition care after discharge. Cindy also participates in neonatal teaching rounds, research rounds and interdisciplinary patient care rounds, acts as nutrition resource to the team and conducts professional education for staff and students regarding neonatal nutrition. Finally, Cindy is a member of the NICU Care Council and NICU Redesign Task Team.
Cindy has been most recently involved in the Post Discharge Nutrition Clinic for Breastfeeding Premature Infants Research Project. Along with the Lactation Consultant and Neonatologist, she will be providing nutrition follow-up to all breastfeeding preterm infants born <35 weeks gestational age in the London and Middlesex area after discharge. The aim of the study is to improve the breastfeeding duration rates of these infants through close follow-up and expert advice from a multidisciplinary team. |
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Post Discharge Infant Nutrition Clinic London, Ontario |
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