Diane Black, MS,RD,CDE

Experience

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  Reading Hospital and Medical Center

  Aug 1983 - Aug 1986

  Registered Dietitian

  Responsibilities included primarily the Medical-Surgical, Obstetrics-Gynecology and coverage for Oncology,Psychology, and Intensive Care Units as well as any assigned units. Chart assessment, patient visitation, education including handout materials and then completion of the SOAP note to include the Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan for patient care. Extracurricular activities for the hospital included being a part of the yearly calendar by agreeing to being photographed riding my ten speed bicycle, newspaper article on the Joy of Soy, teaching Diabetes Mellitus Education Class for the in/outpatients, member of the Stroke Team and deveoping a Stroke Menu. I have always known that Nutrition and the Science of Nutrition and the ability to apply it to help people was my calling. Show less

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  Morrison's Custom Management

  Feb 1989 - Feb 1990

  Chief Clinical Dietitian

  450-bed extended care facility included management of patient nutrition services and direction of the Food Service Department as coverage for the Director of Food Service. Participation in wound care rounding with the physician, MDS team participation with utilization review.

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  Core Curriculum for the CDE Exam

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1995

  MS,RD,CDE all but a dissertation in Nutritional Biochemistry, Biscience and environmental Science

  My responsibilities include outpatient diabetes education in a Diabetes Self Management Program, blood glucose meter training and troubleshooting, and telephonic education with the “Healthy Living” program. Created questions for “ASK A CDE”, created presentations, answered questions on Diabetes Mellitus and marketed the “Healthy Living” program to providers.

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  Bioscience and Biotechnology

  Sept 1990 - Dec 1995

  Graduate Student

  Working full-time and attending graduate school at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA required me to be quite organized. I was granted Kraft Fellowship Awards for two consecutive years for a total of $20,000 dollars to simultaneously research the LAN/cp lean and obese diabetic rats examining the metabolism, brown adipose tissue as well as the thyroidal components and their sililarities to humans.

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  Colleague in the field of Diabetes

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2016

  Registered Dietitan and Certified Diabetes Educator

  Diabetes Mellitus education, medical nutrition therapy, health and wellness, marketing of the program offerings, networking in the Diabetes arena, working with the Clinical Nurse specialist to design a template in the electronic health record, providing private consultations to employees.

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  Liberty Medical/Medco

  Jan 2010 - Jul 2013

  Work at Home Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator

  Certified Diabetes Educator and Dietitian, Liberty Medical Supply, Salem, VA 1/10-7/13Outpatient education in a Diabetes Self Management Program, blood glucose meter training/troubleshooting and telephonic education in the “Healthy Living” program, developed and presented powerpoint presentations for bariatric solutions to weight management, pre-iabetes,Type 1 and 2 diabetes programs.Dietitian /Certified Diabetes Educator, Dresher Hill Health /Rehab, Ft. Washington, PA 5/08-9/08Chief Clinical Dietitian, HCR ManorCare, Ft. Myers, FL 5/07-1/08Temporary Dietitian/Diabetes Educator Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 10/06-4/07 413-bed Level I Trauma Center included nutritional counseling of patients in their language in the International, Adult Medicine, Stroke, and Endocrinology Clinics; teaching DSMP to clients from many cultures and mentoring students from the University of Washington Dietetic Internship. Chief Clinical Dietitian, HCR ManorCare, Ft. Myers, FL 5/07-1/08Diabetes Clinician, St. Luke's Medical Center/Diabetes Care Centers of AZ, Phoenix, AZ 1/05-5/06235-bed facility included the start up of an ADA recognized diabetes education program to include inpatient/outpatient clients, meter program, and the marketing of physicians to enhance Diabetes related admissions. Managed Care Coordinator, Healthways, Phoenix, AZ 10/00-1/05Overall care of participants with Diabetes and CVD through telephonic education. Provided healthcare savings of about $950.00 per participant to enrolled insurance companies through the preventative education of its participantsClinical Dietitian, Norristown State Hospital, Norristown, PA 2/90-4/00 700-bed psychiatric facility: Nutritional care for patients in a research setting: NIH grant double blind clozaril/schizophrenic study and a polydipsia/schizophrenic study. Show less

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  Liberty Medical LLC

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  My responsibilities included individual and group education to clients' in the outpatient department to include Diabetes Mellitus education and providing blood glucose meters. Telephonic education was provided to clients' of Liberty Medical Supply via The Healthy Living Program designed to educate the client on standards of care as well as a brief introduction to things discussed in a Diabetes Self Management Program. Responsibilities at this leader of diabetes supplies included outpatient diabetes education in a Diabetes Self Management Program, blood glucose meter training/troubleshooting and telephonic education with the “Healthy Living” program. Created questions for “ASK A CDE”, created presentations, answered questions on Diabetes Mellitus and marketed the “Healthy Living” program to providers.

  • RD,CDE

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  • RD,CDE

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2013
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  Urban Inter-Tribal Center of Dallas

  May 2014 - now

  Certified Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitian

  My responsibilities include consultation to clients including children, helping the RN,CDE and Administrator get an American Diabetes Association Diabetes Self-Management Program recognized.Grant writing is another responsibility that is needed to expand the program. I review educational materials and create my own.