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NEC Society
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The world's leading non-profit focused on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating intestinal disease that primarily affects medically fragile infants. Learn more at NECsociety.org

https://linktr.ee/NEC.Society
The Executive Summary highlights:

➡️ Key insights, action items, and takeaways from every session and breakout track
➡️ Advocacy, Care, and Research Awards
➡️ Faculty list and poster session details

Download the report and learn more at NECsociety.org/NEC-Symposium
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The NEC Registry brings the NEC community together and collects patient-driven data to advance better care and research.

Whether you are an adult survivor of NEC or the parent/caregiver of a child diagnosed with NEC, we encourage you to join the NEC Registry at NECsociety.org/nec-registry/
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Join us in wishing Dr. Besner congratulations. With her guidance and support, the NEC Society is working tirelessly to #preventNEC and optimize care for all babies.

Get involved at NECsociety.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
From participating in the Patient Ambassador Workshop to listening to sessions on incorporating patient-centered outcomes in research, we’re leaving inspired and energized.

Join us in building a world without necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) at NECsociety.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Together, we’ve built an incredible, global community that is united in our vision of a world without NEC!

✨Get involved at NECsociety.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The NEC Society is proud to collaborate with the @neoconsortium.bsky.social NEC Focus Group to share resources on NEC for NICU families and families impacted by NEC. These resources empower families with information to help #preventNEC and guide families who experience the trauma of a NEC diagnosis.
September 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The NEC Symposium in Chicago was the world’s largest and most impactful gathering dedicated to NEC—because of YOU 🩵

✨ Let’s keep the momentum going: NECsociety.org/get-involved

#NECchicago #NECawareness #preventNEC
September 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#NECchicago has begun!

So grateful to unite the NEC community in Chicago for a world without NEC! Can't wait to spend the week with all of you!

@mistygoodlab.bsky.social @jenncanvasser.bsky.social

#preventNEC
September 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The session will be moderated by Susan Hintz, MD, MS Epi, from Stanford Medicine Children's Health.

Join us for #NECchicago at NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium

📅 NEC Symposium | Sept 7–10 | Presented by the NEC Society, Cincinnati Children’s & UNC Children’s
August 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This session will be moderated by #NECchicago co-chair Jae Kim, MD, Director of Neonatology at @cincychildrens

Join us for #NECchicago at NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium

📅 NEC Symposium | Sept 7–10 | Presented by the NEC Society, Cincinnati Children’s & UNC Children’s
August 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There’s still time to register for the world’s largest meeting dedicated to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)!

Join this transformative learning experience at NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium

📅 #NECchicago | Sept 7–10 | Presented by the NEC Society, Cincinnati Children’s & UNC Children’s
August 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The session will be moderated by Mickey Caplan, MD, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

📅 #NECchicago | Sept 7–10 | Presented by the NEC Society, Cincinnati Children's & UNC Children's

Learn more & join us at NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium
August 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📅 NEC Symposium in Chicago | Sept 7–10 | Proudly presented by the NEC Society, Cincinnati Children's, and UNC Children's

Learn more at NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium
August 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
📅 NEC Symposium in Chicago | Sept 7–10 | Proudly presented by the NEC Society, Cincinnati Children’s, and UNC Children’s

Learn more at NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium
August 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
At the #NECchicago session on Building Bridges Between Centers for a World Without NEC, key leaders will share how to build and sustain protective care practices for infants and families.

 #NECchicago | Sep 7–10 | NEC Society, Cincinnati Children’s, and UNC Children’s

NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium
July 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Sharing research across institutions drives progress & innovation.

This #NECchicago session features promising research posters from early career clinicians & trainees.

📅 #NECchicago | Sept 7–10 | NEC Society, Cincinnati Children’s, & UNC Children’s

NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium

#preventNEC
July 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#NECchicago’s session on Promising Treatments for NEC will explore promising treatment options for NEC and strategies to build a world without this cruel disease through research and innovation.

Join us for #NECchicago: necsociety.org/nec-symposium/
July 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Eliminating Disparities & Optimizing Equity: leaders in the field will present efforts to expand equitable access to mother’s own milk and #donormilk for NICU babies. To build a world without NEC, all babies need #humanmilk.

📅 #NECchicago, Sept 7–10

NECsociety.org/NEC-symposium
July 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#NECchicago’s Basic Science Mechanisms session will explore research to understand NEC at the cellular level.

There is an urgent need to advance research so we can better understand and #preventNEC.

Join us for the NEC Symposium in Chicago, September 7–10, 2025: lnkd.in/empPNGyZ
July 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Explore how to navigate risk, communication, and relationships between clinicians and patient-families in the NICU at #NECchicago

Join us for the NEC Symposium in Chicago, September 7–10, 2025: necsociety.org/nec-symposium/

#preventNEC
July 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Medela, a NEC Symposium sponsor, is hosting its Breastfeeding & Lactation Symposium in Chicago on Sep 11–12, right after #NECchicago!

Keep the learning going and join NEC Symposium faculty—like co-chairs @jenncanvasser.bsky.social and @neojae.bsky.social—at this exciting conference.

#preventNEC
July 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
At the #NECchicago Health Policy and NEC session, you’ll hear from:

- Mark Del Monte; @aapneonatal.bsky.social
- Lily Lou; @uihealth.bsky.social
- Jochen Profit; @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
- Shetal Shah; NY Medical College

Join #NECchicago, happening Sep 7–10: NECsociety.org/NEC-Symposium
July 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We’re gearing up for the NEC Symposium in Chicago and hope you’ll check out the full agenda ➡️   NECsociety.org/NEC-Symposium

#NECchicago happening September 7th-10th is the world’s largest scientific meeting on NEC.

Check out the full agenda and join us at NECsociety.org/NEC-Symposium
July 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We're #hiring!

The NEC Society is looking for a mission-driven Development Director to lead giving and fundraising initiatives and help us build a world without necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).  

Join us by applying at NECsociety.org/career-opportunities

#preventNEC #career #nonprofit
July 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In a recent webinar by Medela, Jenn Canvasser, the NEC Society's Founder & Executive Director, and @drlarsbode.bsky.social, Founding President of UC San Diego’s @humanmilkinstitute.bsky.social, addressed how human milk can help protect babies from NEC.

Watch here: app.livestorm.co/musa-webinar...
June 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM