The Mothers Milk Bank of Austin Turns 10!

October 1, 2009

Milk bank 10th anniv 2009Ten years ago, two visionary neonatologists, George Sharpe MD and Audelio Rivera, MD dreamed of creating a donor human milk bank in Central Texas to serve fragile preterm babies in the NICU setting.  Together with a handful of nurses, lactation consultants and parents, they crafted a non-profit, community-based organization that is now a leader in the field of human milk banking.  At the time of the founding of the Mothers Milk Bank at Austin (MMBA), the US had only 4 milk banks.  Since that time, the MMBA has helped mentor the start-up of 5 new milk banks in other cities, and pioneered the science of nutritional labeling for human donor milk.  Barbara Wilson-Clay, a co-founder and Vice President of the Board of Directors, is pictured in the center.  Happy Birthday MMBA, and GO Milk Power!

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