Clinical Nutrition Services
Clinical nutrition services at National Jewish Health provide nutrition assessment and consultation with a registered dietitian. Registered dietitians provide age-appropriate counseling for a variety of nutrition-related health concerns:
- Adverse Effects of Steroid Therapy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Diabetes
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Food Allergies
- Heart Disease
- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
- Osteoporosis
- Overweight/Obesity - Project C.H.A.N.G.E.
- Tuberculosis (TB)
A free nutrition and respiratory disease class is available to all patients and provides an overview of general nutrition recommendations. We also offer a free diabetes education class.
Individual nutrition consultations provide specific recommendations for successfully implementing the appropriate nutrition therapy.
Doctors
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Amy Emch, RD, CLC
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Therese Ida, MS, RDN
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Michelle MacDonald, MS, RDN, CDE
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Veronica Niedzinski, MS, RD
Reasons to Choose National Jewish Health
- The leading respiratory hospital in the nation and the only one devoted fully to the treatment of respiratory and related illnesses
- Ranked #1 or #2 in Pulmonology by U.S. News & World Report for 26 consecutive years
- Ranked in the top 5% of hospitals in the nation by HCAHPS
- Physicians consistently recognized among the best in the nation by multiple services, including Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly
- Among the top 6% of organizations funded for research by the NIH, providing patients access to hundreds of active clinical trials
- 124-year history of focus on care, research and education serving patients from around the world with lung, heart, immune and related disorders