Teddy Thomas Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

-Provide education to patients receiving hemodialysis, including lab reports, nutrient content of foods, action of medications.-Support the clinical nutrition team by writing enteral and parenteral nutrition orders for patients in the ICU.-Deliver accurate, evidenced based nutrition education to all clients via physician consultation in a hospital setting and hemodialysis facility.

Lewistown, Montana, United States

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Educate patient living with Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational Diabetes in an outpatient setting. Place continuous glucose monitors such as Libre, and Dexcom in order to help patients achieve maximum glucose control, and Endocrinologists make necessary changes to medication orders. Teach carb counting, download glucose meters, and strive to individualize nutrition care on an individual level.

Travel dietitian in an outpatient setting working and educating clients with multiple and many disease processes. Obesity, diabetes, bariatric, tube feeding, anorexia, celiac, food allergies, autoimmune disease such as arthritis/ fibromyalgia, and cancer are the type of clients that I saw at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Il during my 26 week contract. I also worked with the interdisciplinary team in cardiac, family practice to fulfill referrals sent, provided support for home health nursing in order to provide excellent nutrition education for families with patients on a home tube feeding device.

Crown Point And Gallup New Mexico

• Counsels/ Educates patients and patient’s families on prescribed diets for two modalities, peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis.• Monitors adherence and response to diet therapy by reviewing and interpreting a monthly nutrition lab report to the patient/ family.• Participates in monthly care plans and Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement meeting with interdisciplinary team, medical director. • Develop education material that focuses on challenging the patient to meet nutrition related lab goals.

Farmington, New Mexico

Provide nutrition education to inpatient and outpatient clients at SJRMC, San Juan Regional Rehabiliation Center and Cancer Treatment Center. Strive to achieve the core values of San Juan Regional Medical Center by working with patients and a clinical team that personalizes nutrition recommendations to promote patient healing. Educate patient and family with practical and cultural based suggestions.

Farmington, New Mexico

• Responsible for assessing the nutritional care of each resident using the Nutrition Care Process (ADIME).• Advise the clinical team, dietary department, and Administration on the nutritional status of residents including lab value interpretation, nutritional intake, consumption patterns, food/ drug interactions, therapeutic diets, and overall customer satisfaction.• Monitor trays as they are delivered to residents in the dining hall, educate kitchen staff on special diet needs, food sanitation.

Shiprock, New Mexico

• Counsel study participants one on one, monthly, regarding weight loss, behavior modification, and physical activity using motivational interviewing.• Lead group classes to teach reduced fat cooking such as the ‘Traffic Light’, ‘Mediterranean’ and ‘DASH’ diet meal plans.• Educate patients on the use of meal replacements, weight loss medication as indicated by study protocol. • Travel to attend annual meetings.• Participate in community events such as the ‘Just Move It’ campaign and ‘Shiprock’ Half Marathon events in order to set a positive example in a rural community, and encourage physical activity among the interdisciplinary team and study participants.

-Educate students on the importance of choosing healthy food as part of a daily routine.-Provide instruction on how to perform a 3-day diet analysis, how to read and apply food labels and how to critique nutrition literature and recognize reliable information.-Guide students on the exploration of essential nutrients, their functions, dietary sources and their deficiency and toxicity symptoms.-Educate students on the benefits of understanding and applying the Food Guide Pyramid (MyPlate) and how to control portion sizes in order to improve overall health.-Demonstrate safe cooking techniques and promote nutritious ingredient substitutions.-Train students on how to read and understand food labels to increase nutritional awareness and guide students toward making educated food choices.

Dietetic Internship/ Food And Nutrition Graduate Certificate, Dietetics/Dietitian

1200 Hour Distant Dietetic Internship.

Bachelors Of Science In Food And Nutrition, Dietetics/Dietitian

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity Fashion BoardBachelors of Science in Food and Nutrition, minor in Restaurant, Hotel.