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Clinical Nutrition Services

Clinical Nutrition Services

The Department of Clinical Nutrition provides nutrition screening, assessment, intervention, and counseling for adult inpatients and outpatients at Stanford Health Care.

Services Available at These Locations (2)
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Care and Treatment

Nutritional Counseling (Medical Nutritional Therapy)

Are you in need of Medical Nutrition Therapy for:

  • Diabetes care?
  • Management of chronic kidney disease and pre-end-stage renal disease?
  • Promoting weight change?
  • Reducing your risk for heart disease?
  • Improving your blood pressure?
  • Assessing your nutritional status and determining your individual dietary needs?
  • Heart Health?
  • Nutrition education? 

Digestive Health Center Nutrition Services

Our dietitians can help you make proper food choices to: 

  • Improve appetite and food intake to reduce risk of nutrient deficiencies
  • Counteract undesirable weight loss
  • Reduce symptoms of nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea occurring with or after meals by helping you identify problematic foods in your diet
  • Implement specific nutrition guidelines to help treat a diagnosis, such as:
    • Celiac disease 
    • Dumping syndrome
    • Food allergies and/or food intolerances
    • Gastroparesis
    • GERD
    • Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis)
    • Irritable bowel syndrome
    • Pancreatitis
    • Short bowel syndrome

TPN or tube feeding (TFs) patients:

  • Recommendations or adjustments to your current feeding regimen as needed.
  • Strategies to help you increase your food intake to assist in the transition off of TPN or TFs.

For Patients

The Stanford Department of Clinical Nutrition staffs registered dietitians to provide medical nutrition therapy for adult ambulatory care patients. Simply ask your doctor to complete a referral to a dietitian.

PREPARE FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT

  • Patients may want to check with their insurance companies to determine if medical nutrition therapy is a covered benefit.

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT

Follow up appointments are recommended to help monitor your progress.

Call us to make an appointment

650-723-5440

RESOURCES

For Health Care Professionals

PHYSICIAN HELPLINE

Phone: 1-866-742-4811
Fax: 650-320-9443
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Stanford Health Care provides comprehensive services to refer and track patients, as well as the latest information and news for physicians and office staff. For help with all referral needs and questions, visit Referral Information.

You may also submit a web referral or complete a referral form and fax it to 650-320-9443 or email the Referral Center at ReferralCenter@stanfordhealthcare.org.

 

HOW TO REFER

Fax a referral form with supporting documentation to 650-320-9443.

  • Send referrals online
  • Place radiology and lab orders
  • View referral status
  • Access medical records

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Make an Appointment

To request an appointment with one of our registered dietitians, call 650-723-5440.