Failure to Thrive Team Members and Approval Process

Team Leader

Ross Newman, DO, General Pediatrics

Team Members

Margo Humenczuk, MA, MBA, RD, LD, Senior Clinical Nutrition Specialist
Andrea VanDeven, MD, MPH, General Pediatrics
Maurine Gaynor, Occupational Therapist
Brooke Nelson, Social Work
Jackie Schieszer, LCSW, LMSW, Social Work
Kasey Rowzer, RD, Nutrition
Karen Stephens, MS,RD,CSP,LD, Nutrition
Shirley Webb, RN, BSN, MA 

Internal Reviewer

Robert Riss, MD

Office of EBP Team Members

Jason Newland, MD, Medical Director of EBP Office
Jacqueline A. Bartlett, PhD, RN, EBP Program Manager

This guideline was published July 24, 2012.


These guidelines do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use their judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the patient based on the circumstances existing at the time.

It is impossible to anticipate all possible situations that may exist and to prepare guidelines for each. Accordingly these guidelines should guide care with the understanding that departures from them may be required at times.

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