Senior Nutritionist - Diabetes & Kidney Care Specialist

RESUME Of

YAW BOATENG, MS, MPH, RD, LD, CDCES

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Sumter, South Carolina 29154

803-***-**** (Cell)

EDUCATION

**** – Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management by the Certification Board of the American Dietetic Association

2006 - Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) – No: 2061-0037, National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

MPH - May 1988. University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama.

M.S. - Food and Nutritional Sciences, May, 1986. Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama.

Registered Dietitian, October 1983. Registration I.D. Number 662697.

B.S. - General Dietetics, May, 1983. Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

September 2022 – December 2025: Nutritionist, Family Health Centers Inc., Orangeburg, SC. Provided outpatient nutrition services to patients of all ages at seven of the agency clinics. Most of my patients, ranging from 0 – 90 years, presented with cardiovascular conditions, including but not limited to obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, Chronic Kidney disease and failure to thrive, among others.

June 2022 –August 2022: Clinical Dietitian, Prisma Health Tuomey, Sumter SC, as a traveling Clinical Dietitian. Provided clinical nutrition services to patients on admission at the Hospital.

November 2014 – Jan. 21, 2022.: Renal Dietitian, Fresenius Medical Services Company, Sumter Dialysis Center, Sumter, South Carolina. Duties include; Provide patient specific detailed education to patient/family/caregiver regarding nutritional status, adequacy measures and results. Completes nutritional assessment and participates in interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments and to develop written, individualized comprehensive plan of care that specifies the services necessary to address patient’s need based on his/her laboratory numbers and in accordance with established Federal/State licensure guidelines.

2003 – 2014: Diabetes Educator/Nutrition Consultant and (since 2010),

Coordinator, ADA Recognized Diabetes Education program at the Carolina Diabetes & Kidney Center/Sumter Medical Specialists, Sumter, South Carolina.

Duties: Provided diabetes and/or nutrition education/counseling for people living with: diabetes or at risk of diabetes, Chronic Kidney disease, dialysis and diabetes, weight management, blood pressure, cholesterol and other cardiovascular diseases. Coordinated the activities of the ADA Recognized Diabetes Education program which included preparing & sending periodic reports to ADA, making sure the program abides by the rules & regulations required by the ADA throughout the recognition period.

November 2008 – July 2013: Coordinator, SC WISEWOMAN Program, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, DHEC. Duties: Responsible for coordinating the activities of the WISEWOMAN Program including training of program staff, grant renewal and quarterly reports to CDC, liaison with participating organizations and the CDC.

July 1999 - 2001: Health Communication/Coalition Manager for the South Carolina Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. Duties: Responsible for the production, acquisition and distribution of diabetes related health information which includes development and management of a website, List server, Electronic Newsletter, dissemination of program reports. Coordinates the formation of regional diabetes coalitions across the state.

March, 1995 - June, 1999: Coordinator, South Carolina Diabetes Control Program -Duties: Responsible for the overall coordination of the South Carolina Diabetes Control Program activities including supervision of staff, management of the funds received from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), responsible for grant renewal and quarterly reports to CDC, liaison with participating organizations and the CDC.

June 1992 - March, 1995

Nutrition Consultant, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Division of Maternal Health.

Duties: Provided clinical and program consultation to district and program staff and to other agencies and groups as indicated. Developed, implemented and evaluated policies, procedures and nutrition standards of care for Maternal Health Programs and the Office of Nutrition. Through coordination with the office of Public Health Nutrition, participated in quality assurance activities relative to nutrition services for Maternal Health Programs. Represented the Division in Breastfeeding Promotion/initiatives. Conducted reviews to monitor nutrition education and certification components of the WIC program.

August 2, 1988 - May 31, 1992

District Nutritionist, Wateree Health District/ SCDHEC

Duties: Assess the nutritional status, develop care plans, and provide follow-up for high and low risk patients. Provide professional consultation and technical assistance to interdisciplinary program personnel. Participate in planning, conducting, and evaluating in-service education for professional and allied health.

March, 1989 - May 31, 1992

Nutrition Consultant, Home Health Services (part-time), Wateree Health District/ SCDHEC

Duties: Home visits to assess nutritional status, develop care plans, and provide follow-up to patients on the Home Health Services program. Provided consultation to Physicians, Nurses, Physical Therapists, and other health professional on the home health care team.

June 1987 - July 1988

Research Assistant, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

Duties: Chemical assay of plasma Selenium, trace mineral assay of whole blood and plasma by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, nutritional management of experimental animals.

May, 1986 - September, 1986

Laboratory Technician, Tuskegee University

Duties: Nutritional management of experimental hypertensive animals. Analysis of animal body fluids.

September 1983 - May, 1986

Graduate Research Assistant to the International Food and Nutrition Center, Tuskegee University.

Duties: Chemical assay of human breast milk and plasma for trace minerals using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Tuition award, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1983/84 - 84/85 academic years.

Tuition award, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health. 1986/87 - 1987/88 academic years.

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Title: Increasing Collaboration with Community Health Centers (CHC) By Establishing Memoranda Of Agreement (MOA) With Them. Oral presentation at the CDC Diabetes Translation Conference, May 5-8, 2008, Orlando, FL.

Healthy Eating: How to Make It Work, Not Only During the Holidays, But All Year. Nov./Dec. 2005 Edition, IMARA Women Magazine.

12/08/04 – Presented at the Clemson Extension Statewide Conference in Myrtle Beach. Topic; Lifestyle Modifications in the Management of Diabetes and CVD.

Yaw Boateng and Susan Jackson: Tools and Tips that Influence Lifestyle Modifications in the Management of Chronic Diseases, presented at the 20th Annual SCPHCA Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC, October 2003.

Increasing Awareness of Diabetes in South Carolina Through the Formation of Coalitions. Abstract

AUTHORS: Yaw Boateng, Ellen Babb, Cheryl Stepka Tracey, Carolyn Jenkins, Brenda Nickerson, Pamela Arnold, William S. Robinson, Deyi Zheng, 2001.

Elizabeth Todd Heckel, Rhonda Hill, Yougie Haung, John Colwell, MD, PhD., David Keisler, MD. Daniel Lackland. September

Racial and Sex Disparities in Hospitalizations and Emergency Room Visits for Diabetes Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries in South Carolina. August 2001. Abstract

Authors: Yougie Huang, Yaw Boateng, Natalie Scruggs, Manxia Wu, Marta Juhasz, and Beili Dong.

Boateng, Y. October 1, 2002. Lifestyle Changes: Nutrition/Physical Activity & Chronic Disease Control and Prevention. Presented for the Prevention Partners Program at Benedict College.

Boateng, Y. (2002) Successes and Challenges of the Formation of Diabetes Coalitions in South Carolina. Presented for the “Epidemiology of Diabetes” class at MUSC.

Youjie Haung, Deyi Zheng, Yaw Boateng, John Colwell

Diabetic Lower Extremity Amputations in SC, 1996 – 1998: Analysis of Hospital Discharge and Emergency Room Visit Data. (Abstract)

A Statewide Evaluation of the Flu Campaign for People with Diabetes in SC

(From October 1999 – January 2000) Poster presentation.

Codruta Rafiroiu, MD, MSPH, Tim Aldrich, PhD, Yaw Boateng, MS, MPH, RD., Brenda Paul, MSW, MPH.)

Co-author: “My Guide to Sugar Diabetes”, 2003. This is a “limited literacy” thirty-nine-page booklet developed for people with diabetes. Communities.

Zheng D, Ferguson JE, Macera CA, Boateng Y, Temple SP, Wheeler FC; Self-reported prevalence of diabetes and preventive health care practices among people with diabetes in South carolina. J of SC Med Assoc 93:93-8. 1997.

Zheng D, Learner M, Wheeler FC, Macera CA, (USC), Boateng Y, Shepard DM,

Colwell JA (MUSC). “Preventive Care Among People with Diabetes in Biracial Population”, J of SC Med Assoc, 93, Number 12, December, 1997

Deyi Zheng, Fran C. Wheeler, James E. Ferguson, Yaw Boateng, and Sally P. Temple, all of DHEC, Carol A. Macera of USC, and Linda G. Toomer of SCPCA.

Meeting Diabetes Standards of Care Requires More Than Just Information and Education: Results of Community Health Center Survey, a poster presentation at the APHA annual meeting in November 1997.

Deyi Zheng, Caroline A. Macera, Fran C. Wheeler, James E. Ferguson, Yaw Boateng, Sally Temple of DHEC, and Linda Toomer of South Carolina Primary Care Association. SCDCP staff completed a manuscript entitled “ Barriers and Needs in Providing Standards of Diabetes Care in Community Health Centers. ”

Deyi Zheng, James Ferguson, Caroline Macera, Yaw Boateng, Sally Temple, and Fran Wheeler. An abstract entitled” Meeting the Standards of Care among People with Diabetes in South Carolina”, based on a published manuscript “ Self Reported Prevalence of Diabetes and Preventive Health Care Practices Among People with Diabetes in South Carolina,” was presented at the CDC DDT Annual Conference in San Diego, California.

Ellen Babb, Yaw Boateng, Sally Temple, Max Learner, Fran Wheeler, J. Cowell, P. Arnold, and M. Nolff. An abstract entitled, Primary Care Provider Diabetes Education in South Carolina “ was presented at the CDC DDT Conference in San Diego in March, 1997.

T. Tamura, L.A. Umble and Y. Boateng

Effect of Testosterone on Hepatic 10-Formyltetrahydro-Folate: NADP Oxidoreductase Activity in Zinc-Deficient Rat. FASEB Journal, Vol. 2, page A439, 1987.

Y. Boateng

Nutrient Intakes and the Composition of Breast milk of Low Income Lactating Mothers In Macon County, Alabama. (Unpublished thesis). 1986.

Enhancing Breastfeeding Management and Support Systems In Macon County: Focus on Hospitals: (a member of a panel discussion) at the 40th Annual Food and Nutrition Institute, Tuskegee, University, March 1985.

J. Rankins, Y. Boateng, E. Carter, and L. Nelson. Preliminary Report of Nutrient Intakes Among Pregnant Women Attending the Victoria Jubilee Hospital Clinic, Kingston, Jamaica. (Unpublished), 1985.

MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL AND STATE COMMITTEES

Member (Ex-officio) Diabetes Initiative of South Carolina

1996-present; Member, Project Sugar Citizens Advisory Committee

Member, SC Diabetes Today Advisory Counsel

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