Roles and Specialization
A PART OF CLINICAL NUTRITION SERVICES
What is a Registered Dietitian?
Registered Dietitians (RD) are food and nutrition experts who are highly educated and trained health care providers. To be an RD, one must meet the following criteria:
- Hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in dietetics/human nutrition/nutrition sciences at an accredited US university or college. Note: most RDs at Stanford Health Care hold a master’s degree or higher.
- Complete an accredited supervised practice program/internship at a health care facility
- Pass a national registration exam for Registered Dietitians
- Maintain professional continuing education requirements to sustain registration and ability to practice
For more information, visit the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: What is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
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What is Clinical Nutrition?
Clinical Nutrition is the integration of medical and nutrition knowledge that leads to the application of medical nutrition therapy toward patients in a health care setting. Stanford Health Care’s highly trained and specialized Registered Dietitians focus on the nutrition status of their patients throughout the disease process and beyond with the goal of optimizing their health outcomes.
Where do Stanford Health Care’s Registered Dietitians work?
Stanford Health Care’s RDs work within all clinical care teams at Stanford Hospital. In the ambulatory outpatient setting, RDs at Stanford Health Care care for patients within the following clinics:
- Cancer Center
- Digestive Health
- Solid Organ Transplant: Heart, Lung, Liver and Kidney
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Endocrinology
- Primary Care
- Bariatrics (BMI)
- Cardiology
- Nutrition Clinic
- Kidney Clinic