The Methodist Hospital Medical Nutrition Center

Jude Kieltyka, MD is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Alia Safi, MD is an anesthesiologist.
Cynthia Galvan, MD is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Geoffrey L. Bauer, MD is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Phillip J. Kunz, MD is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Mark A. Washington, MD is a hospital medicine doctor / hospitalist who practices hospital medicine, internal medicine, and primary care medicine.
Heather Andryuk, PharmD is a pharmacist.
Thessa G. Robertson, MD is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Clive L. Alonzo, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine, hospital medicine, and primary care medicine.
Gerardo Hurtado, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Lindsey M. Ashley, PA is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Keva Swopes is a registered nurse who practices nursing (registered nurse), general practice, behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry, and primary care medicine.
Merievelyn Stuber, MS, RD, CNSD, CD is a registered dietitian.
Marykatherine Houchins, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Hester C. Lee, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Jessica L. Bruskoski, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting, primary care medicine, and medical assisting.
Dana R. Payne, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Kimberly Lucaitis, NP, FPN is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice and primary care medicine.
Amanda Neary, CRNA is a nurse anesthesiologist who practices nurse anesthesiology and nursing (registered nurse).
Julie A. Sedlacek, PA is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Leelarani Chigurupati, RD is a registered dietitian.

Our Facilities

The Methodist Hospital Medical Nutrition Center has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since February 02, 2007 and its NPI number is 1144368853.

Book an Appointment

To schedule an appointment, please call (219) 886-4650.

Dietetics

The Methodist Hospital Medical Nutrition Center is a Dietetics practice in Gary, IN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in assessing, diagnosing, and treating dietary and nutritional problems. Registered Dietitians at The Methodist Hospital Medical Nutrition Center perform nutritional counseling for people who wish to lose weight, have an eating disorder, need a customized diet for health reasons, experience food allergies or intolerances, suffer a digestive disorder, or wish to improve athletic ability. Dietetics is a medical specialty focused on the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Dietetics practices include anorexia, bulimia, diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, acid reflux, cancer, obesity, pregnancy, food allergy and intolerance, and celiac disease. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Dietetics practices include creating exclusion diet plans, advising patients on supplement use, creating specialized diet plans for diabetic patients, offering patient and parental nutrition education, prescribing some types of medication, and referring patients to other specialists as needed.

A Registered Dietitian (RD)/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) is an individual uniquely trained in the science of nutrition and practice of dietetics to design and provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and other evidence-based applications of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) that exemplify the profession's systematic approach to providing high quality nutrition care. Registered dietitians provide MNT for the purpose of disease prevention or management, or to treat or rehabilitate an illness, injury, or condition, with the use of specific, indicated physical and cognitive nutrition care services comprised of one or more of the following aspects of the NCP: nutrition assessment/reassessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention (e.g., nutrition counseling, therapeutic diet ordering, and nutrition education) and nutrition monitoring and evaluation.

Registered Dietitians in Gary, IN