Specialties
- Diabetes or prediabetes
- Fertility
- General health
- Gestational diabetes
- Healthy aging
- Heart disease
- Heart health
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Menopause
- Pre or postnatal nutrition
- Prediabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Women's health
Approaches
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Relationship with foodπ
Research-focusedπ€
Accountability
Identifies as
- Female
Minimum patient age
About Melissa
Melissa's two passions - wellness and helping others - inspired her to become a Registered Dietitian to help others succeed in their personal health and wellness journeys. With her background in health and fitness as a health coach, NASM personal trainer and certified Pilates Instructor and education and training in Communications and Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Southern California and New York University, Melissa is uniquely qualified to provide holistic nutrition counseling, health guidance and motivation to a diverse range of people seeking to live their best lives. Melissa has over 5 years of experience working in the realms of optimizing Heart Health, Pre diabetes/Diabetes, Women's Health, improving personal relationships to food and body image.
Approach to care
My goal is to empower you with support, education and motivation to achieve your optimal health and well-being goals. Together we will create a personalized and realistic plan that equips you with the proper tools to live your best life and achieve sustainable behavior change. I'm excited to meet and work alongside you! :)
Your first session with Melissa
In the first session we will get to know each other and discuss your past and current health conditions, habits around sleep, exercise, supplements, lifestyle, preferences, barriers and goals. A comprehensive nutritional assessment will be done that covers all facets of wellness and a game plan on how we will proceed forward will be done.
Location
π NY, New York
Education
Master's in Clinical Nutrition
Hobbies
Pilates, Reading, Spending time with friends and family, Long walks, Cooking and listening to Taylor Swift
Licenses and Certifications
MS - Master of Science
RD - Registered Dietitian
RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist