Professional summary

Highly experienced registered dietitian, diabetes educator, hospital administrator and private consultant to Alameda County with over 30 years of experience. Extensive experience as a clinical dietitian specializing in conducting diabetes education classes throughout Alameda county, case management and counseling for individuals with chronic health conditions, including follow-ups as needed with individualized assessments by devising intervention modification. Experience with case management and counseling for individuals with developmental disabilities by adapting current diabetes education curriculum to the needs of the developmentally disabled. Spearheaded and oversaw the development of adapted curriculums for the developmentally disabled and developmentally appropriate materials to be used by the Public Health Departments involved. Provided consulting services for regional centers, staff training, and nutrition education. Experience working in elderly care facilities as an administrator, care coordination with nursing homes and hospitals, working with the families for placement of clients and counseling families and members. Provided consulting services to clients with diabetes, obesity, and related complications. Extensive experience educating clients and families on management of diabetes and its complications.

Key Skills

●Implementing and instructing Diabetes Education classes throughout Alameda County

●Curriculum development for Diabetes Education classes

●Differentiation in curriculum provided to accommodate developmentally disabled persons

●Professional development implementation: Teaching nurses, case managers and caregivers’ diabetes essentials to instruct their clients with topics such as lifestyle changes, food label reading, and blood sugar testing.

●Case management and counseling to patients with diabetes

●Presenting to various groups about health-related issues

●Experience as an administrator managing senior care coordination with nursing homes and hospitals

●Nutritional care planning including therapeutic diets, assessment and charting.

●Development and oversight of policies and procedures in regards to nutritional and educational needs in various state and private facilities.

●Document preparation and vendor coordination

Extensive staff management including overseeing 5 registered dietitians and a support staff of 65

Experience

2008- 2022

DIABETES EDUCATOR /SENIOR NUTRITIONIST

Alameda County, CA

Conducted diabetes classes throughout Alameda county. Provided case management and counseling for individuals with chronic health conditions, follow-up as necessary with individualized assessments and by devising intervention modification. Prepared diabetes education curriculum developing new materials to be used by Public Health Departments. Educated and tested direct care staff with courses that involve teaching nurses, case managers and caregivers’ diabetes essentials to instruct their clients with topics such as lifestyle changes, food label reading, and blood sugar testing. Individual counseling for clients, nutritional assessments, dietary intake, and work with families. Consulted and provided counseling to community members on hypertension, cardiac issues and lifestyle modification. Various presentations to groups on health-related issues. Counseled individuals and acted as a resource in the community.

2006 - 2008

DIABETES PROGRAM SPECIALIST /SENIOR NUTRITIONIST

Alameda County, CA

Conducted diabetes case management, counseling for individuals with developmental disabilities, mentally challenged and follow-up as necessary with individualized assessments and by devising intervention modification. Adapted current diabetes education curriculum to the needs of the developmentally disabled and developed new materials to be used by the Public Health Departments involved. Educated and tested direct care staff with a course that involves teaching nurses, case managers and caregivers’ diabetes essentials to instruct their clients with topics such as lifestyle changes, food label reading, and blood sugar testing. Individual counseling for clients, nutritional assessments, dietary intake, working with families. Consulted and counseled with community members on hypertension, cardiac issues and lifestyle modification. Presented various information to groups on health-related issues. Counseled individuals and acted as a resource in the community.

1986 - Present

PRIVATE CONSULTANT / DIETITIAN CONSULTANT

Provided Consulting with the regional center, training the staff, nutrition education. Worked in the elderly care facility as an administrator, including care coordination with nursing homes and hospitals, working with the families for placement of clients, counseling families and members. Provided consulting to clients with diabetes, obesity and related complications. Provided education to clients and families on management of diabetes and its complications.

1986 - 1991

DIETITIAN CONSULTANT Nursing Homes

Provided dietitian consulting for various nursing facilities. Three facilities in Sacramento, one facility in San Leandro, one facility in Napa and one in Concord. Work included charting, nutritional assessments, intervention, counseling and consulting with patients and families, special diets as ordered, working with dietary staff, training the staff on licensing regulations and dietary needs. Communicated with medical doctors and other staff regarding patient care and dietary needs. Set up procedures and protocols for renal patients. Conducted training for nursing staff on the importance of nutritional needs and special diets for patients with renal disease. Trained dietary staff on monitoring special diets for elderly clients with various medical conditions.

1985 - 1986

CLINICAL DIETITIAN Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA

Planned and implemented quality nutritional care programs for patients. Including identifying and

prioritizing patients’ requirements for nutritional intervention, developing menu patterns in

accordance with physicians instructions, providing in-service training to food service

personnel, monitoring and recording health care data and procuring supplies for large food

service to achieve optimum inventory control.

1984 - 1985

CLINICAL AND CONSULTING DIETITIAN

Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo and Parkland Convalescent Hospital, Concord, CA

Responsible for the nutritional services at various levels of patient care at Kaiser. Responsible for patient care, in-service training of nurses and other employees to ensure good quality of patient care and compliance with licensing requirements.

1975 - 1977

RENAL DIETITIAN

The London Hospital, London, U.K.

Worked as a clinical dietitian in a large teaching hospital in the renal units. Educated families

on the importance of special diets for kidney failure. Counseled families and loved ones.

Discussed labs, communicated with medical staff and set up care plans. Taught nursing staff and planned training sessions Was able to perform necessary calculations of various nutrients and fluid intake etc. Provided training for nursing interns and dietary staff.

1976-1979

Consulted for an eating disorder clinic in the U.K. Worked with people suffering from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders. Worked with other interdisciplinary teams to plan care and intervention to resume healthy eating habits and recover their emotional and psychological health. Worked with families of young adults. Prepared educational handouts on nutrition.

Discussed labs, communicated with medical staff and set up care plans. Taught nursing staff and planned training sessions Was able to perform necessary calculations of various nutrients and fluid intake etc. Provided training for nursing interns and dietary staff. Consulted for an eating disorder clinic in U.K. Worked with people suffering from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders. Worked with other interdisciplinary teams to plan care and intervention to resume healthy eating habits and recover their emotional and psychological health. Worked with families of young adults. Prepared educational handouts on nutrition.

1976 - 1982

NUTRITIONAL SERVICES ORGANIZER

London Borough of Haringey, London, England

Responsible for nutritional services for the Boroughs 42 schools, rest homes for the elderly,

and youth institutions. Also responsible for the Meals on Wheels program. Conducted nutritional counseling sessions with nursing staff and family members of people in all age groups, with various nutritional needs. Organized training sessions for teachers, which served as a part of the curriculum Administered a Borough-wide program with duties such as managing up to 700 employees, including their interviewing, hiring, and training. Was responsible for budget and inventory control. Dealt extensively with the Public Health department, city planners, architects and union representatives.

Education

1998 PhD in Psychology, completed course work.

1990 Master of Science in Biology, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT

1986 Attended courses in Public Administration at California State University, Hayward, CA

1975 Degree in Dietetics, Cardiff University Cardiff, Wales. UK

1971 Bachelor of Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India

Professional affiliations Registered Dietitian with American Dietetic Association since 1984, active member. Was a member of the California Dietetic association for several years.

Miscellaneous owner and operator of small residential facilities for elderly since 1986. Counseling with families and clients, coordinating with medical and hospital staff.

Presented a paper at the British dietetic association study conference in March 1977 which was published in Journal of Human Nutrition. An abstract was also published by Haworth press, NY in Child, and youth services. Was on the working committee to investigate Vit D deficiency, rickets and osteoporosis. Active in community nutrition, Lecturing in schools, churches, and senior community centers. Certificate in weight management and obesity. Languages Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.

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