About this specialty
Clinical nutrition covers comprehensive nutritional assessment, individualised therapeutic diet plans, weight-management consultations, support before and after bariatric surgery, and chronic conditions that benefit from evidence-based dietary intervention.
Generic diet plans usually fail because they are not built on an individual assessment or on the patient's other conditions. Nutrition consultations here are built around your case, your laboratory results and your medications, and are framed as a practical long-term plan rather than a temporary diet.
Consultants in this specialty
Dr. Dr. Amer Alsamman, MD
9 years of experience
Gastroenterologist with 9 years of clinical experience specializing in interventional endoscopy, hepatology, and obesity medicine. Serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University Hospital and GI Fellowship Assistant Program Director, with extensive expertise in advanced endoscopic procedures and comprehensive GI care.
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Dr. Dr. M. Ihsan Kaadan, MD, MS
4 years of experience
Vascular medicine and internal medicine physician; attending physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Cardiology Section at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. Board certified in internal medicine, vascular medicine and obesity medicine.
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Dr. Dr. Racha Sankar, PhD, RD, LDN
Dr. Racha Sankar is a pharmacist and a U.S. registered, licensed dietitian with a PhD in Dietetics and Nutrition from Florida International University. She is an Associate Professor in the Functional Nutrition program at Parker University and a lecturer in Dietetics and Nutrition at Florida International University.
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What this specialty covers
Compiled from the profiles of the consultants in this specialty. It is not medical advice — an in-person examination comes before any treatment plan.
Conditions we treat
- GERD
- Barrett’s Esophagus
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- H. pylori infection
- Celiac Disease
- IBS
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative colitis)
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Hepatitis B & C
- Pancreatitis (non-acute)
- Gallbladder Disorders
- Constipation
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Colon Cancer Screening & Evaluation
- GI Bleeding (non-acute)
- Obesity
- Peripheral artery disease
- Chronic venous insufficiency and varicose veins
- Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Renal artery stenosis
- Aortic aneurysm
- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection and fibromuscular dysplasia
- Obesity and weight management
- Overweight and obesity
- Pre- and post-bariatric surgery nutrition care
- Chronic diseases that benefit from medical nutrition therapy
- Long-term weight-management challenges
- Health conditions supported by functional and evidence-based nutrition
Procedures
- Upper Endoscopy (EGD)
- Colonoscopy
- Polypectomy
- EMR
- Dilation
- Variceal Banding
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Bravo pH Testing
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- PEG Tube Placement
- Hemorrhoid Banding
- Enteroscopy
- Rectal Ultrasound
- ERCP
- EUS
- Luminal Stent Placement
- Barrett’s Ablation
- Third-space Endoscopy
- Comprehensive nutrition assessment
- Personalized medical nutrition therapy plans
- Nutrition counseling for weight management
- Pre- and post-operative nutrition counseling for bariatric surgery patients
- Nutrition follow-up for people with obesity and chronic disease
- Evidence-based nutrition interventions for sustainable behavior change
- Nutrition support for patients using GLP-1 weight-management therapies
- Nutrition education and healthy-lifestyle guidance
Tests
- Endoscopy findings, pathology reports, imaging studies, laboratory results related to gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and metabolic disorders.
- Ankle-brachial index (ABI)
- Arterial and venous duplex ultrasound
- CT and MR angiography interpretation
Consult a Clinical Nutrition specialist
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