Thank You for Supporting the 2013 Oley Conference!

Many thanks to the following companies and individuals for their help and generous contributions.

2013 Oley Awards
Abbott Nutrition; Coram Specialty Infusion Services; Nutrishare; ThriveRx

Breakfast
Thursday: Walgreens Infusion Services; Friday: ThriveRx

Child Care/Youth Activity
Volunteers: Courtney Ackerman; Jackson & Kiley Bishop; Maddie Bryda; Nick & Kaitlin Coleman; Sandy Gura, RN; Kayla Hanrahan; Haley Harrington; Stefanie Harrison-Bishop; Trish & Brice Miller; Denise Richardson, RN; Katherine Richardson

Commemorative T-shirt
Coram Specialty Infusion Services

Conference Badges/Lanyards
Coram Specialty Infusion Services

Conference Bags
Nutrishare

Conference Co-Chairs
Michael Medwar; Amanda Singer; Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN

Drug Shortages Advocacy
ThriveRx. Volunteers: Jeff Hoelle; Michael Medwar; Ann Weaver; Bill & Rosaline Wu

Emergency Medical Support
Coram Specialty Infusion Services

Exhibitors
Abbott Nutrition; American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.); Applied Medical Technology, Inc (AMT); The Association of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, Inc (AGMD); Baxter Healthcare; BioScrip, Inc; Boston Children’s Hospital Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation; Byram Healthcare; Calmoseptine, Inc; CareAline Products, LLC; CarePoint Partners; Cera Products, Inc; Coram Specialty Infusion Services; Covidien; Critical Care Systems (CCS); Dietitians in Nutrition Support; Emmaus Medical; Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation; Heartland I.V. Care; Home Solutions; ICU Medical; Just Another Run of the Mill Day/Leah Atkinson; Kimberly-Clark; MitoAction; Moog Medical Devices Group; NathanMed; The Nebraska Medical Center; Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition; Newby-Coombs, LLC; NPS Pharmaceuticals; Nutrishare, Inc; Padi-Lock LLC; Patchwork Peddler; The PromptCare Companies; ThriveRx; Transportation Security Administration; University of Kansas School of Nursing; Walgreens Infusion Services

Faculty
Mary Baker, PharmD, MBA; Khalil N. Bitar, PhD, AGAF; Marcia Boatwright, RN, CRNI; Betty Brady, RN, BSN, CWOCN; Mandy Corrigan, MPH, LD, RD, CNSC; Rick Davis; Mark DeLegge, MD; Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, FACS, FACN, FASPEN; Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH; Alex Flores, MD; Paula Gaida, RN; Allan Goldstein, MD; Linda Gravenstein; Megan Gravenstein; Kathleen Gura, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FPPAG; Nancy Hackett, RN, CRNI; Lyn Howard, MB, FRCP; Carol Ireton-Jones, PhD, RDN, LD, CNSC; Daniel Kamin, MD; Emily Katz, MD; Darlene Kelly, MD, PhD; Arlet Kurkchubasche, MD, FACS; Kim LaForge; Ann Michalek, MD; Melissa Miller, RN, MSN; Antonino Morabito, MD, FRCS(ED), FRCS(ENG), FICS; Alyce Newton, MS, RD, CNSD; Reid Nishikawa, PharmD, BCNSP, FCSHP; Marianne Opilla, RN, BSN, CNSC; Ann Marie Parry, RN, CRNI, VA-BC; Dean Parry, RPh; Stephanie Petruzzi, MSW, LICSW; Alexis Potemkin, NP; Mark Puder, MD; Marcia Ryder, PhD, MS, RN; Parag Shah, MD, MPH; Rex A. Speerhas, RPh, BCNSP; Danielle Stamm, FNP-BC; Jill Taliferro, RD, LND, CNSC; Elizabeth Tucker; Marion F. Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN

First Time Attendee Orientation/Reception
Nutrishare, Inc.

General Conference Support
Patricia A. Brown, RN, CNSN, OCN; Dale & Martha Delano; Sheila Messina, MA, RN; Richard & Donna Noble; Diane Owens; Ronald Perry; Sheldon Solkol. Volunteers: Brandis Goodman; Ray Gravenstein; Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, CNSN; Haley Harrington; Ron Metzger; Ann Michalek, MD; Traci Nagy; Stephen Sabol; Bob & Mary Smithers; Fred Stuto

Hotel Room Keys
Coram Specialty Infusion Services

Hydration/Sport Drink
Cera Products

In Loving Memory
Volunteers: Rick Davis; Eli, Joan & Michael Medwar; Craig Petersen

Jammin’ Jammies
Abbott Nutrition

Kyle R. Noble Scholarship
Noble family, Abbott Nutrition, and many generous individuals

Nutrishare HomePN Research Prize
Nutrishare, Inc.

Oley 30th Anniversary Wear
Volunteer: Fred Stuto

Picnic
Fresenius Kabi USA. Music: Alter Ego with support from ThriveRx

Photography
Volunteers: Kim Butler; Marek Lichota

Registration
Volunteers: Cody Bakkila; Anne Edwards; Jeff Hoelle; Harlan Johnson; Marshall Koonin

Registration Bag Inserts
BioScrip

Silent Auction
Travel Raffle: BioScrip; Consumer Raffle: Moog Medical Devices. Plus, thank you to the volunteers who have helped orchestrate the event, and to those who have donated and/or purchase(d) items!

Speaker Support
Albany Medical Center; Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Baxter Healthcare; Boston Children’s Hospital; Cleveland Clinic; Coram Specialty Infusion Services; Fresenius Kabi USA; Geisinger Health System; Harvard Medical School; Hasbro Children’s Hospital; Hospira, Inc.; ICU Medical; InfuScience; Kimberly-Clark; Mass General Hospital for Children; Mayo Clinic; Misericordia University; Nutrishare, Inc; Rhode Island Hospital; Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital; ThriveRx; Transportation Security Administration; VNA of Cape Cod, Inc.

Sunscreen
Fruit of the Earth

Talent Show
Organizer: Amanda Singer. Talent: Roy George; Brett and Jenna Heger with Hannah; Grace Nightingale; Bethany Sabbag; Sanford Schimel; Amanda Singer

Transitioning to Independence Sessions
ThriveRx

Travel Scholarships for Consumers
NPS Pharmaceuticals; Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation; Critical Care Systems. Individual donors: Joan Bishop; Jarol Boan, MD, MPH; Esther Ann Adler Brown Memorial; Melissa Chaney Memorial Fund; Friends of Robin Lang Memorial Travel Fund; Bruce F. Groeber Family; Carol Ireton-Jones, PhD, RD, LD, CNSD, FACN; Carol & Jack Leibee; Melinda Parker, MS, RD, CNSC; Janet Platt & Christopher Hlatky

Tube Feeding Workshop
Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation

Videotaping of Conference
Baxter Healthcare; Joel Resnick

Welcome Massage
Moog Medical Devices

Welcome Reception
Covidien

Youth Activity
Friday: Walgreens Infusion Services

Zumba-thon
Applied Medical Technology, Inc.; BioScrip; Coram Specialty Infusion Services; Covidien; Fresenius Kabi USA; Kimberly-Clark; Nutrishare, Inc.; ThriveRx; Walgreens. Pat Anthony, MS, RD; David & Miranda Einstein; Fresenius Kabi PN Team; Ray Gravenstein; Rose & Alicia Hoelle; Ava & Lindsay Knops; Angel Leon; Marek Lichota; Rachael Lopez; Eli Medwar; Michael Medwar; Alyce Newton; Ron & Irene Perry; Austin, Chase, Alex and Christian Rath; Mary Smithers; Peter & Donna Yadrich, plus all the individuals who joined in to make dancing fun!

LifelineLetter, July/August 2013