Endocrinology in Minnesota

Nutrition Clinical Service Group

The Nutrition Clinical Service Group operates a full time outpatient consultative clinic and a hospital consultation and management service for the complete spectrum of nutritionally related medical problems.

The Outpatient Nutrition Clinic operates daily and full-time to provide:

• comprehensive multispecialty approach to obesity and weight gain, including evaluation for bariatric surgery
• clinical nutritional analysis of eating disorders, including bulimia and anorexia nervosa
• general ambulatory nutrition advice and education; scientific advice on vitamin, supplement and antioxidant use
• professional and technical support for patients requiring long-term tube feedings

Outpatient Nutrition Services Staff Physician Chair: M. Collazo-Clavell, M.D.

Hospital Nutrition Services provides a multidisciplinary approach assisted by allied health professionals at Saint Marys and Rochester Methodist Hospitals to provide:

• cost-effective evaluation and management of medical and surgical malnourished hospitalized patients who may be receiving parenteral or enteral feeding
• special expertise in the selection and care of nutrition-related access devices (catheters and tubes)
• nutritional assessment, design, and monitoring of nutritional programs
• fluid and electrolyte management of ill patients
• assessment of drug-nutrient interactions
• general nutrition support supervision

Hospital Nutrition Services Staff Physician Chair: M. M. McMahon, M.D.