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NICHD Director to Keynote NEC Symposium
The NEC Society is honored to announce that Dr. Diana Bianchi will serve as the opening keynote speaker for the Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Symposium. Dr. Bianchi is the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and…
Read MoreNEC Society Receives $450,000 Award from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society is one of 30 patient-led organizations to become part of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Rare As One Network. The Rare As One Network aims to support patient communities in accelerating research and driving progress in…
Read MoreHow to Optimize the Use of Mother’s Own Milk in the NICU
Written by Dr. Meg Parker, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine In the NICU, mother’s breast milk is medicine for very premature infants. Mother’s breast milk has a multitude of nutritional and immune…
Read More2019 Year in Review
Thanks to our generous community of supporters, in 2019 the NEC Society brought us closer to a world without necrotizing enterocolitis. Over the last year, we’ve engaged thousands of diverse stakeholders from around the globe. Together, we’ve launched research projects,…
Read MoreA Story of Hope
Written by Dr. Ana Ruzic Do, a pediatric surgeon at the University of Kentucky For anyone who cared for Connor and his family during his 6-month NICU stay, he is the very definition of hope. Prior to meeting Connor and…
Read MoreWhat Is It like to Be Born Too Soon?
Written by Jennifer Canvasser, MSWFounder and Director of the NEC Society Despite being healthy and doing everything “right,” my twins were born at 27 weeks gestation, about 90 days before their due date. I didn’t even make it into the…
Read MoreRegistration Open for NEC 2021
We are delighted to announce our virtual sessions, May 19 – 21, 2021, which coincide with NEC Awareness Week. Registration is open and available here. Our call for abstracts is open! Please submit before March 19, 2021 @ 12pm EST….
Read MoreInfants with NEC & Congenital Heart Disease
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating intestinal disease that primarily affects babies born prematurely or with a medical condition. NEC is likely caused by many factors, with the lack of blood flow to the intestine possibly playing a key role….
Read MoreNEC Society Welcomes Nurse Scientist to Board of Directors
The NEC Society, a 501(c)(3) organization, is thrilled to welcome Jenny Quinn, PhD, RN, NNP to the Board of Directors. Dr. Quinn is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at NorthBay Healthcare and serves on the Perinatal Quality Improvement Panel for the…
Read MoreOnce My Child, Always My Child
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Written by Jennifer Canvasser, Founder and Executive Director of the NEC Society “How many kids do you have?” “Are they your only two?” “Do you have other children?” These are easy questions….
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