Nutrition Support Team- Surgery

Services Provided:

• Nutritional assessment and monitoring of adult  patients who have had surgery, trauma or burns and require tube feeding and/or intravenous nutrition. 
• By consult we determine whether initiation of tube feeding and/or intravenous nutrition is needed. 

The Team:

• Dr. Bruce Schirmer
• http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/surgery/services/weight-loss-surgery

• Dr. Rob Sawyer
• http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/surgery/services/acute-care-trauma-surgery 

• Kelly O'Donnell, MS, RD, CNSC
• Kate Willcutts, MS, RD, CNSC
• Christie L Rogers MS, RD, CNSC
• Amy J Berry MS, RD, CNSC

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Kelly O’Donnell MS, RD, CNSC

Undergraduate:
BS in Biology, University of Virginia 

Graduate:
MS in Nutrition from James Madison University      

Internship:
Medical College of Virginia  

Other Credentials:
Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian  

Professional Memberships:
ASPEN
American Dietetic Association
VASPEN, Past President

Special Interest:

Burns

Micronutrient Deficiencies Post-Gastric Bypass

Critical Care Nutrition Support

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Kate Willcutts MS, RD, CNSC

Undergraduate: 
BA in Biology from Knox College, Galesburg, IL   

Graduate:
MS in Nutrition from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS                               

Other Credentials:
Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian

Professional Memberships:
American Dietetic Association
Virginia Dietetic Association
CNM
ASPEN 

Professional Areas of Interest

Fistulas/ High Output Ostomies
Critical Care Nutrition
Surgical Nutrition
Nutrition Screening/Assessment

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Christie L Rogers MS, RD, CNSC

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Amy J Berry MS, RD, CNSC

Undergraduate:

BS in Nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Graduate:

MS in Clinical and Sports Nutrition from Florida State University

Internship:

Medical College of Virginia

Other Credentials:

Certified in Nutrition Support

Professional Memberships:

ASPEN & ASPEN's Dietetic Practice Section

Co-editor of the DPS online newsletter

Virginia Chapter of ASPEN

MASPEN Past President (Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ASPEN)

ADA & ADA's Dietitians in Nutrition Support Practice Group

Professional Areas of Interest:

Post-Surgical Pancreatitis

Critical Care Nutrition