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Barbara J. Godshall, MMSc, RD, CSP, LD, CD, CNSC

Clinical Manager, Division of Nutrition Therapy

Phone: 513-636-7607

Email: barbara.godshall@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Nutrition management of children with spinal muscle atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Enteral nutrition support of children with spinal muscle atrophy type 1; height prediction using ulna lengths in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Biography

Ms. Godshall has held positions at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Incarnate Word Hospital, St. Louis, MO, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For Children, Indianapolis, IN, and The Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN prior to coming to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. While at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Ms. Godshall completed nutrition research with children with Wilms’ tumor and children with Neuroblastoma. While at The Community Health Network, Ms. Godshall was the Neonatal Dietitian for their 36 bed Neonatal Intensive Care unit. Since coming to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ms. Godshall started in the Comprehensive Neuromuscular Center, providing nutrition care to children with neuromuscular diseases. Her primary interests were children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Ms. Godshall is currently serving on the Medical Advisory Committee for the Families of SMA. In the summer of 2010, Ms. Godshall accepted the role of Clinical Manager in the department of Nutrition Therapy.

Education and Training

MMSc: Indiana University School of Medicine, Masters of Medical Science in Pediatric Nutrition, 1987

Fellowship: Perinatal Neonatal Nutrition Training, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1984

Certifications: Certified Specialist in Pediatrics (CSP) 2004, Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) 2005

Publications

Rickard, K.A., Godshall, B.J., Lopez, A.L., and Weetman, R.M., Childhood cancer. In: Merritt, R, ed. Aspen Nutrition Support Manual, 1st ed. Baltimore, MD, Aspen Publications, 1998.

Alexander, H.R., Rickard, K.A., and Godshall, B. J., Nutritional supportive care. In: Pizzo PA, Poplack DG, eds. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven Publishers; 1997:1167-1182.

Rickard, K.A., Godshall, B.J., Nutrition Strategies for Children with Cancer, Nutrition Focus, Vol. 6, No. 5, September-October, 1991.

Rickard, KA, Jaeger Godshall, B., Loghmani, E.S., Coates, T.D., Grosfeld JL, Weetman, RM, Detamore Lingard, C, Foland, BB, Yu, P, McGuire, W, Provisor, A.J., Oei, TO, and Baehner, RL. Integration of nutrition support into oncologic treatment protocols for high and low nutritional risk children with Wilms' tumor. A prospective randomized study. Cancer. 64(1):491-509, 1989.

Rickard, KA, Becker, MC, Loghmani E., Grosfeld, JL, Jaeger Godshall, B., Weetman, RM, Coates, TD, Lingard, CD, White NM, Foland, B., Yu, P.U.McGuire W., Provisor AJ, Oei, TO, and Baehner RL: Effectiveness of two methods of parenteral nutrition support in improving muscle mass of children with neuroblastoma or Wilms's tumor. A randomized study. Cancer. 64(1): 116-24, 1989