Lingtak-Neander Chan, PharmD, is a Professor of Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy, and an Interdisciplinary Faculty of the Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was formerly a faculty member of the College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

He is a board-certified nutrition support pharmacist, an elected fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). His primary research focus is on the absorption kinetics of micronutrients and drugs after bariatric surgery and other GI tract repairs. Other key areas of interest include micronutrient deficiencies, intestinal failure, critical care nutrition.

Dr. Chan served as 44th President of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) between 2019-2020. He is also an Associate Editor for the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN) (between 2009 and 2016, and 2020 to present). He has published book chapters, review articles, original research papers and invited editorials, and has been an invited speaker at numerous scientific and professional conferences both nationally and internationally.

Mark DeLegge completed his medical degree at the University of Maryland followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center and a fellowship in Gastroenterology/Hepatology and Nutrition at the Medical College of Virginia. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Nutrition. He was a faculty member and a full Professor of Medicine within the Division of Gastroenterology at the Medical University of South Carolina where he served as Director of the Digestive Disease Center. He is extensively published and has been a frequent invited speaker nationally and internationally. He served as the Global Senior Medical Director for Baxter Healthcare form 2010-2016 where he led efforts in drug development, clinical trial design, registration package development and submission, business strategy and innovation. He also serves as a Senior Medical Director at IQVIA and leads the Gastroenterology/Hepatology Center of Excellence and is based in the United States. He is a partner in DeLegge Medical which provides medical educational programs, nutrient, drug and medical device regulatory and clinical package assessments and acceleration and medical market assessment and strategy.

Shelby graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2014 and Master of Science degree in 2017. She is finishing her final year of her Doctor of Clinical Nutrition degree from Rutgers State University. Her research interests focus around early feeding protocols, perioperative surgical nutrition, micronutrients, and provider autonomy in dietetics practice. Shelby has spent the past 7 years of her career working at large academic centers including Keck Hospital of USC and UCLA Health where she developed and launched multiple programs including the perioperative nutrition clinic, surgical and general oncology nutrition program, micronutrient monitoring in continuous renal replacement therapy, and the intraoperative small bowel feeding tube for liver transplantation. She is actively involved in multiple Academy dietetic practice groups including Dietitians in Nutrition Support and Dietitians in Medical Nutrition Therapy DPG where she holds leadership positions.