Career Stories: Private Practice

Dietitians in private practice are entrepreneurs who operate their own private consulting businesses and work with individuals, groups, workplaces and media. They provide expertise in nutrition to promote health and prevent disease. They counsel and advise about nutrition-related diseases and disorders, and give special management advice in food service operations. Private practice dietitians often specialize in a particular area of practice, such as sports nutrition or celiac disease.

Alicia Garcia

PhD, RD
Leader in Dietetic Education

Davorka Monti

RD
Leader in Nutrition & Health Promotion

Carole Chatalalsingh

MA, RD
Leader in Dietetic Research

Gerry Kasten

MSc, RD
Leader in Dietetics and Cooking

Cheryl Fisher

RD
Leader in Clinical Nutrition

Isabelle Giroux

PhD, RD
Leader in Nutrition Education

Claudia Prusak

RD
Leader in Food Service Administration

Jennifer Gibson

RD
Leader in Sports Nutrition

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