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Amrita Desai, Masters in Health Sciences (Nutrition & Dietetic), LCCE, IBCLC

• Speaker Type: Birth and Beyond: Navigating the Unexpected Lecture Pack, 2027 Main Presentations
• Country: India

Biography:

Amrita Desai is a Board-Certified Lactation Consultant with 16 years of experience and a background in Health Sciences (Nutrition & Dietetics). Her expertise includes Golden Hour Feeding, Kangaroo Care, breastfeeding multiples, establishing and maintaining milk supply for mothers of preterm babies, and supporting complex feeding situations including low-birth-weight infants, surgical cases, syndromes, and cleft palate.
A faculty member of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and National Neonatology Forum, she has contributed to numerous breastfeeding and nutrition workshops. Trained in Human Milk Banking at PREM Bank, Perth, she played a key role in establishing “Yashoda,” the first preterm Human Milk Bank at Sahyadri Specialty Hospital, Pune, modeled after PREM Bank.