Amy J Berry MS, L/RD
Founder of Enteral
Nutrition Support Specialist
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"Amy is simply fantastic. She is dedicated, has great people skills and she is hard working. She has tremendous follow through with outpatients. I couldn't dream of a better co-worker and collaborator to help our patients!"
-Linda Martin, MD, MPH
Thoracic Surgeon, University of Virginia Health System
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"I trust her judgment, knowledge and expertise implicitly. Her interaction and communication with patients is always positive and caring. Patients genuinely like her and listen to her, and in turn also trust her judgment, knowledge and expertise."
-L.G., Hepatobiliary/ Pancreatic Surgery NP.
Amy J Berry created Enteral after years of working with adult tube feeding patients both in the hospital and after discharge. She has worked with surgical GI patients from acute care to outpatient cancer center care, and she wanted to use what she had learned over the last 20 years and offer it to patients everywhere. She has been a certified as a nutrition support clinician (CNSC) for 15 years. She has worked at the Medical University of South Carolina, University of Virginia Health System, and Roper St Francis Cancer Center. She has been a board member of Dietitians in Nutrition Support and won the national DNS Distinguished Practice Award in 2019. Her passion remains with the patient- providing the care required to result in the best chance for nutritional success, ultimately laying the groundwork for health and recovery.
Kristen Quisenberry MS, L/RD, CNSC
Nutrition Support Specialist
"Kristen is fully committed to providing excellent patient care. Her deep clinical expertise combined with her interpersonal skills make her an invaluable member of our ICU clinical team. Anyone that is fortunate enough to benefit from Kristen’s efforts is extremely fortunate indeed!"
-Dee Walker Ford, MD, MSCR MICU Critical Care physician, profession/division director
"Kristen’s approach to a patient’s nutritional care is centered upon a holistic understanding of the patient’s needs and a conviction that the patient is an integral part of the healthcare team.
-Brent Paape, FNP-C
Kristen Quisenberry joins Enteral with 17 years of clinical nutrition experience. She has passion for working with both tube-fed and IV-fed patients. Kristen has spent the majority of her career working with medically complex hospitalized patients at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), specifically those in the intensive care unit. She has also worked with patients receiving tube feeding and IV nutrition at home. She has been certified as a Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) since 2008. Kristen is an avid volunteer for her profession, serving in leadership roles in local, state and national dietetic organizations. She is currently serving as a board member for Dietitians in Nutrition Support (DNS), a group dedicated to advancing the practice of Enteral and Parenteral nutrition. She received the Emerging Dietetics Leader of the Year award from the South Carolina Dietetics Association in 2011 and 2016. Kristen strongly values teaching the next generation of dietitians and physicians about the science and practice of nutrition support, having served as a faculty member for the DNS Advanced Practice Residency Program and leading curriculum for both medical students and resident physicians at MUSC. Above all, Kristen’s greatest devotion remains in helping her patients by promoting healing, longevity and ultimately an improved quality of life through the power of nutrition.
Network of Expert Dietitians
Various Nutrition Support Specialties
Enteral is unique, as we have a network of expert Registered Dietitians nationwide that have specialized and unique knowledge on various nutritional conditions. Bariatric surgery, pancreatic surgery, fistulas or ostomies? We have seen it all. Experience is what makes Enteral different.
Find Nutrition in Clinical Practice articles as well as American Journal of Surgery Articles on Pubmed:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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Support Line articles can be found on Dietitians in Nutrition Support website: dnsdpg.org