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Augusta, Maine, United States

• Collaborate with allied health professionals serving as the nutrition expert team member of the Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) to provide optimal patient care through evidence-based practice.
• Lead eating disorder Registered Dietitian as part of the Maine VA's outpatient Multidisciplinary Eating Disorder Treatment Team.
• Implement the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) to provide high-quality Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT).
• Effectively utilize telehealth technology to conduct telehealth nutrition education/counseling sessions to Veterans.
• Utilize the Whole Health Personal Health Inventory, Whole Health Coaching techniques, and Motivational Interviewing (MI) principles when delivering patient-centered nutrition care in the outpatient setting.
• Teach a variety of nutrition classes for Veterans including heart healthy nutrition, anti-inflammatory nutrition, and intuitive eating classes.

• Serve as the nutrition expert for the Anticancer Lifestyle Program (ACLP). The ACLP is a comprehensive online lifestyle transformation course for cancer survivors and those who seek to reduce their risk of cancer and.
• Develop and implement webinars on a variety of nutrition-related topics for ACLP participants (Examples of topics covered: Anti-inflammatory eating, plant-based meats and milks webinar, gaining control over.
• Create nutrition-related eBooks for informational purposes for ACLP participants.
• Develop blog posts on a variety of nutrition-related topics.
• Provide virtual health coaching sessions to patients referred through the ACLP.

• Serve as the nutrition expert as part of the Ethan’s product development team.
• Create ingredient reports for product development which involves reviewing the latest literature on specific nutraceuticals to provide evidence-based recommendations. Ingredient recommendations are based on safety.

Lewiston, Maine, United States

• Collaborate with allied health professionals serving as the nutrition expert team member of the Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) to provide optimal patient care through evidence-based practice.
• Advise interdisciplinary health care team of nutritional recommendations, goals, and efficacy of nutrition therapy.
• Implement the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) to provide high-quality Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT).
• Effectively utilize telehealth technology to conduct Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT), telephone, and VA Video Connect (VVC) nutrition education/counseling sessions to Veterans.
• Utilize the Whole Health Personal Health Inventory, Whole Health Coaching techniques, and Motivational Interviewing (MI) principles when delivering patient-centered nutrition care in the outpatient setting.
• Develop and implement a variety of nutrition classes (including Heart Healthy Nutrition and Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition classes) for Veterans.

Bronx, New York

- Utilize health coaching and Motivational Interviewing principles when delivering patient-centered nutrition care in the outpatient setting- Pioneer of outpatient Whole Health nutrition programming: Develop, implement, manage, and assess weekly Whole Health nutrition education classes for veterans- Lead and provide specialized knowledge for clinical.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Collaborated with physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professionals within 19 Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) to provide optimal patient care related to current nutrition concepts and research
• Utilized the nutrition care process during individual appointments along with motivational interviewing techniques to provide patient-centered nutrition care
• Instructed 5 weekly nutrition classes for veterans with complex disease states related to weight management, diabetes management, heart health and anti-inflammatory diet education
• Nutritional consultant to expanding oncology and nutrition departments by presenting evidenced-based research and practice guidelines on the role of the RD in providing integrative nutrition oncology services
• Preceptor for Arizona State University Dietetic Internso Assisted with program improvement and development by collaborating with Internship Coordinator
• Collaborated with clinical nutrition and pharmacy departments in order to evaluate and revise the Standard of Practice Document “Guidelines to Prescribing Nutrition Supplements for Outpatient use”

Greater New York City Area

• Conducted research on the relationship between social media use and body image dissatisfaction in college-aged women
• Developed and administered an online survey to 43 study participants
• Analyzed data utilizing SPSS statistical software version 23
• Presented research findings to NYU nutrition faculty and MS degree candidates

• Completed 1550 supervised practice hours during 16-month coordinated M.S program with NYU
• Gained practical clinical experience throughout 28 weeks of clinical rotations
• Expanded public speaking and presentation skills by engaging in a nutrition debate, hot topic, cooking demonstration, and clinical case study presentation
• Displayed competency throughout 4 week staff relief experience: Kidney Dialysis Unit, Primary Care Clinic

Master Of Science (M.S.), Clinical Nutrition, Current Gpa: 3.96

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Nutrition: Dietetics

Activities and Societies: Alpha Epsilon Delta: The Health Pre-Professional Honor Society, Eating Concerns Mentors UNH Health Services.