My classes are about educating people in healthy nutritional suggestions including reading labels, healthy choices when shopping, metabolism and energy requirements. It is based on evidence based nutrition and promotes healthy nutritional habits.
Students will learn about protein needs, healthy carbohydrates and fats that are healthy. They will learn about body composition and good choices when eating out. They will learn about vitamins and minerals and their role in health.
Supplements will be addressed. Lifestyle modification is addressed to emphasize good nutritional habits. Moderation, variety and Balance will be emphasized.
The reason I am the ideal instructor is because I am a Board Certified Physician Nutrition specialist with over 40 years experience in the nutritional field. I was the Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition from 1992-2005 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) in Neptune, NJ. I trained in Nutrition at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada and was awarded a prize for my research on Whey protein improving gastric emptying in Children.
Subsequently I did a training fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
Through out my career I received awards such as the Robert Wood Johnson Teaching award for educating their medical students who rotated at JSUMC. I supervised and educated residents, interns, nurses and other healthcare providers.
I have lectured extensively including lectures to the communities interested in nutrition.
As a former graduate student in the Dale Carnegie course for public speaking, I am an effective communicator. My style is informative, and stresses participation by whoever the audience is. For example, last week I gave a lecture on senior nutrition at Waterstone on the Cleveland Circle in Chestnut Hill Massachussets and the residents participated throughout the 1 hour presentation.
