Diana Malkin-Washeim
Specialties
- Diabetes or prediabetes
- Food allergies
- General health
- GERD / Acid reflux
- Gestational diabetes
- Gut health
- Healthy aging
- Heart health
- Help gaining weight
- Help losing weight
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- PCOS
- Pediatric nutrition
- Pre or postnatal nutrition
- Prediabetes
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Vegan/vegetarian
- Weight loss medications / GLP-1s
Approaches
🍎
FODMAP🥘
Meal planning
Identifies as
- White
- Female
Cuisines / Diets
- Caribbean
- Gluten Free
- Greek
- Indian
- Italian
- Latin American
- Low Carb / Keto
- Mediterranean
- Middle Eastern
- Vegan
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Vegetarian
Minimum patient age
Patient reviews
“My journey with Diana has been wonderful. During our sessions I felt comfortable to share my health history, goals and my struggles. She is caring and made me feel heard. My main goal was to lose postpartum weight in a healthy way ensuring that I still get important nutrients in as I am a breastfeedig mother. Thanks to Diana I am back on track in choosing healthier foods to eat and healthier snacks. I am down 8 pounds in a healthier and more sustainable way! “
by Zarike on March 6th, 2025
About Diana
A Certified Diabetes Care Education Specialist, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a PhD (public health); a researcher. Works at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in the women’s health center (high-risk pregnancy) family medicine and pediatric endocrinology; was the Director of Ambulatory Nutrition and Diabetes Program at BronxCare Health System; an adjunct professor in the CUNY system; a Returned Peace Corp Volunteer; volunteered with Life For A Child; mentor to dietetic students; previous Consultant for Diabetes Empowerment International in Rwanda and Uganda; has >25 years of medical nutrition therapy and diabetes self-management experience that expands throughout pediatrics, adults and pregnant women.
Approach to care
Lifestyle Interventions; research based; focus on plant-base meal planing - macronutrient composition (helps to stabilize blood sugars; empathetic to culinary traditions; compassionate; explore culturally diverse backgrounds; good listener; emotional intelligence; encourage activity as tolerated; encourage questions and always open to a two-way dialogue .... To learn about the super powers of Mānuka honey
Your first session with Diana
1. To conduct a detail assessment; 2. Review family history; 3. Review labs; 4. To provide very specific guidelines; 5. Develop short-term and long-term goals; 6. To develop a meal plan specific to your individual needs; and 7. Review food allergies and/or sensitivities
Location
📍 East Rockaway, New York
Education
Walden University - PhD (Public Health) New York University- MPH (International Community Health) Colorado State University - BS (Food Science & Nutrition) Cobleskill College - AAS (Food Science & Nutrition)
Hobbies
Hiking, running, biking, travel, kayaking, writing poetry, reading
Licenses and Certifications
CDCES - Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
CDN - Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist
MPH - Master of Public Health
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist