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

18 years old

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

Worry free booking

It’s free to cancel up to 24 hours before your appointment