Faculty

Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC is a lawyer (since 1983) and private practice lactation consultant (since 1997) who brings to life the connection between lactation consultation and the law. IBCLCs face a maze of ethical, moral and legal requirements in their day-to-day practice, no matter what the work setting. With plain language and humor, Liz explains the laws affecting IBCLCs, so the lactation consultant can work ethically and legally. She offers pragmatic tips that can immediately be used in daily practice—to successfully navigate that maze! Liz currently serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors of the International Lactation Consultant Association and she remains active in her local ILCA affiliate PRO-LC. Being a leader in the professional association for IBCLCs lets Liz share her expertise in corporate governance and policy development— but she always keeps an eye on how organizational decisions will trickle down to the day-to-day, working IBCLC.

Lori Feldman–Winter, MD, MPH, FAAP (Specialty Pediatrics) Div. Head, Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper; Associate Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Winter is the division head in Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper and an associate professor of pediatrics at University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey—Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, New Jersey. Dr. Winter is also an executive committee member of the American Academy of Pediatrics section on breastfeeding. Her special interests include general adolescent medicine, nutrition, and breastfeeding medicine. Her research also centers around breastfeeding medicine, in addition to her focus on health systems and public health, nutrition and growth, and adolescent rights and consent. Dr. Winter received her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed her internship and residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Carol Wagner, MD, FAAP, FABM (Specialty Pediatrics) Professor of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Wagner is an attending neonatologist and Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is an inaugural Fellow in the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, a member of AAP’s Breastfeeding and Perinatal sections, and has been elected to SPR, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and ISRHML. Her clinical activities as a neonatologist dovetail with her strong research interests in human milk, lactation and vitamin D. Dr. Wagner has written several articles about breastfeeding, growth factors and structure in human milk, and vitamin D requirements in pregnant and lactating women. She is Co-PI with Dr. Bruce Hollis of two NIH-supported vitamin D supplementation trials involving pregnant and lactating women and their infants and PI of another study funded by the Thrasher Research Fund involving vitamin D supplementation of pregnant women.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, author and popular speaker, will share her expertise in finding answers to breastfeeding challenges. An expert on latch and the language of breastfeeding, Ms. Wiessinger has spoken in many parts of the United States as well as in Australia. She has published numerous “Common Sense Breastfeeding Handouts” including subjects such as thoughts on positioning; low-tech breastfeeding, and working and breastfeeding. She is a contributing author to The Lactation Consultant in Private Practice, and has written a wide variety of articles for professional publications. At present, Ms. Wiessinger is also a Lactation Consultant in private practice and owner of “Common Sense Breastfeeding.”