Diet Panel with Food Samples
Presented by Kelly Barnhill, MBA, CN, CCN; Vicki Kobliner, MS, RD; Dana Laake, RDH, MS, LDN; Liz Lipski, PhD, CCN, CHN; Tom Malterre, MS, CN at the Fall 2012 Autism Research Institute Conference.
Published: 10/15/2012
Kelly Barnhill, MBA, CN, CCN serves as the Nutrition Coordinator for ARI. She is also Director of the Nutrition Clinic and the Clinical Care Coordinator at the Johnson Center for Child Health and Development. In her private practice, Kelly focuses on building appropriate dietary and supplementation protocols for children with developmental delays and disorders, siblings of affected children, and children with significant gastrointestinal disease. Kelly also has expertise in prenatal and infant nutrition. She practices in Austin, Texas.
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