Eileen FitzPatrick, DrPH, MPH, RDN discusses Baby-Friendly USA’s vision for the coming years, including a focus on the rollout of the updated Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria (GEC). The session also recognizes the hospitals in Mississippi who have been designated since the last CHAMPS conference in 2019.
Eileen FitzPatrick is the new CEO of Baby-Friendly USA, Inc. Her wide-ranging experience includes five years in the Obesity Prevention Program (OPP) with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), where she was one of the primary coordinators of the initial statewide Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (BQIH) project.