ALS Learning Series

Better Bowel Days: Managing the Burden of Constipation in People living with ALS

November 20, 2025

Brittany M. Hitson, MS, RD, CSG, LDN: Brittany is an Alabama native who moved to Chicago in 2018. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition-Dietetics with a minor in Business in 2016 from Auburn University. She went on to obtain her Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2017, where she also completed her dietetic internship. In 2023, Brittany obtained a Board Certification as a Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). She is currently practicing as an Advanced Dietitian at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago and splits her time between providing support to medical-surgical services and motor neuron disease as well as the Lois Insolia Clinic at the Les Turner ALS Foundation. She has been a part of the ALS Clinic Team since 2020 and assists in coordinating inpatient ALS G-tube admissions.

Dominique Kosk, MPH, RD, LDN, CNSC: Dominique was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from Dominican University and completed her dietetic internship at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers. She received a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology at Loyola University Chicago. Dominique is currently practicing as an Advanced Dietitian in the medical intensive care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and continues to maintain her certification in nutrition support. Dominique is also a dedicated member of the multidisciplinary team in the Lois Insolia ALS Clinic at the Les Turner ALS Center providing nutrition care and managing enteral nutrition regimens for people living with ALS since 2016.

The Les Turner ALS Foundation is proud to offer this webinar at no cost to the ALS community. Thank you to the Gilbert & Jacqueline Fern Foundation & Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America for sponsoring this webinar.

Resources:

ALS & Nutrition Guide: https://lesturnerals.org/als-nutrition-guide/

Nutrition Decision Tool: https://lesturnerals.org/nutrition/about-this-decision-tool/

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