Specialties

  • Healthy aging
  • Gut health
  • Pediatric nutrition
  • Vegan/vegetarian
  • General health
  • Heart health
  • Help losing weight
  • Pre or postnatal nutrition
  • Diabetes or prediabetes
  • Help gaining weight
  • High cholesterol
  • Gestational diabetes
  • High blood pressure
  • Prediabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • PCOS
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • GERD / Acid reflux
  • Weight loss medications
  • Food allergies

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

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, 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

Research based Empathy Compassion Culturally diverse

Your first session with Diana

To do an assessment and explain what to expect regarding information collecting over time and follow up

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, writing, poetry

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