GLOBAL LACTATION SYMPOSIUM

Global Lactation Symposium

CAROLE DOBRICH RN, IBCLC
Director - Health-e-learning, CANADA

Carole Dobrich is a Registered Nurse & IBCLC. She co-founded the HFPC-Goldfarb Breastfeeding Clinic & a co-director and professional development educator for Health e-Learning-IIHL online lactation education and Step2 Education International online Baby Friendly education. She was a founding member of IATP and ICAP and believes in the importance of sharing knowledge, supporting research and building a strong organisation.

Lenore Goldfarb Ph.D., CCC, IBCLC, ALC
President and Executive Director, CANADA

Lenore Goldfarb is an IBCLC & a researcher. She is co-author of the Newman-Goldfarb protocols for Induced Lactation: The Guide for Maximizing Milk Supply with Dr. Jack Newman. In addition to her ongoing research with Dr. Newman to help adoptive breastfeeding mothers, Lenore is founder of The Goldfarb Breastfeeding Clinic and Program of the Herzl Family Practice Centre, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, in Montréal, Canada

Kristina Palmer-Field,
RN, RM, BA(Humanities)

Kris has been passionate about supporting breastfeeding since she started her midwifery training in 1988. For the last 14 or so years she has been working in neonatal intensive care supporting mothers with sick or premature babies to achieve their breastfeeding goals.

Kathy Parkes,
MSN-Ed, BSPsy, RN, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA,
USA

Kathy Parkes is a registered nurse, IBCLC, and Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association (FILCA) with over 30 years of experience in lactation management and education. Now a published author, her first book, “Perspectives in Lactation: Is Private Practice for Me?” Kathy has worked in multiple lactation settings, including the hospital, private practice, education, home health care, and in the US-based Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program.

Effath Yasmin MA, HDSE, IBCLC, BCST
Founder/Director - Nourish & Nurture,
MUMBAI, India

Effath Yasmin is an IBCLC & a Biodynamic Craniosacral Practitioner. Her special interests lies in Infant oral and sucking dysfunction, tongue tie treatment & rehabilitation

Kathleen Marinelli MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP
Co-Medical Director of the
HMBANA Mothers' Milk Bank, USA

Kathie is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and has served as a neonatologist, and member of the Human Milk Research Center, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut. She is co-Medical Director of the HMBANA Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. She has authored many chapters, research papers, and ABM protocols.

Odile Lapointe, IBCLC
Professional Development Educator, CANADA

Odile discovered breastfeeding with the birth of her 1st son in 1988 and with the her breastfeeding experiences of her other 4 sons. Each birth brought her a new perspective on that wonderful breastfeeding relationship. Being a La Leche Leader for many years has taught her about normal breastfeeding. She has been an IBCLC since 2001 and works part time in a tertiary level breastfeeding clinic and some private practice as well.

Melanie Gingras, BScN, IBCLC
Professional Development Educator, CANADA

Melanie has explored many levels of the Canadian (Quebec) health care system as a perinatal health nurse after she graduated from McGill University in 1997. She has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 2000 and is currently living with her family in British Columbia, Canada. She also works on the translation of many documents from associations in the field of human lactation..

Selma Buckett, IBCLC
Perinatal and Lactation Consultant, CANADA

Selma is a leading International Board certified lactation consultant and pre-natal educator , practices out of Montreal , Canada. She works closely with the Montreal Diet Dispensary to help disadvantaged pregnant women have healthy babies and healthy pregnancies

Divya Deswal
Founder/Director, BirthBonds,
INDIA

Divya Deswal, former civil engineer chose a new path and certified as a Childbirth Educator, Birth Labour Doula & a HypnoBirthing Practitioner. The childbirth classes led by Divya Deswal are created specifically to meet the needs of her clients. They have mind-body-spirit holistic approach to birth.