NutriThrive values the opinions of consumers and their families and the professional nutrition community. Our advisory boards provide input into our daily practice and long-term vision.

Nutrition Advisory Board consists of Key Opinion Leaders in nutrition support. Members are from a variety of disciplines including medicine, nursing, nutrition and pharmacy, thus providing a comprehensive approach to NutriThrive’s practice. These professionals provide expertise relative to NutriThrive’s policies, procedures and research initiatives.

Nutrition Consumer Advisory Group includes patients and families receiving nutrition therapy at home. This valuable group guides NutriThrive relative to program development and educational material design. Nutrihrive has on-going active consumer groups in the Ohio and Massachusetts areas who meet quarterly to discuss new initiatives. Feel free to contact our Consumer Advocates for more information:

  New England: Abby Brogan, abrogan@nutrithrive.com, (774) 270-3425
  Ohio: Donna Noble, dnoble@nutrithrive.com, (866) 890-5517

Your HPN patients deserve the best…so we offer the best. NutriThrive employs expert consultant pharmacists and dietitians in specialty areas to care for your patients. Our Consultants Assist with HPN order review and recommendations, Weekly Clinical Rounding and Diet Education. Steve Plogsted, Pharm.D., BCNS - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Nutrition Support Service, Nationwide Children’s Hospital 16 years of service as Clinical Pharmacy Specialist with Nationwide Children’s Hospital and 28 years as a practicing pharmacist Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist Pharmacist member of Intestinal Support Service at Columbus Children’s Hospital and Member of the Gastroenterology and Surgery Event Report Committee Member of the Children’s Homecare Professional Advisory Committee Assistant Editor for the “Pediatric Core Curriculum”, a new publication for the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Member of the Interdisciplinary Review Course Committee, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Various presentations and publications in the topics of Pediatric TPN, Lipid Emulsions in TPN and Celiac Sprue Listed in “Guide to America’s Top Pharmacist’s” 2006

Abigail Usen, MS, RD, LDN - Pediatric Dietitian, Tufts Medical Center

• Outpatient dietitian specializing in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism at Tufts Medical Center
• Assesses and monitors HPN pediatric cases within Pediatric Gastroenterology Department
• Over 5 years combined Pediatric Experience
• Chair, Massachusetts Pediatric Practice Group