Dana Malli

Experience

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  Bellevue Medical Center - Lebanon

  Jun 2017 - Nov 2017

  Hospital Dietetic Intern

  Rotations were the following: Diet Aid, Intensive care unit (ICU), General Surgery, Oncology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN), Internal Medicine (IM), Gastroenterology, Renal and Dialysis Unit, Psychiatric, and Food Service rotations• Practiced patient assessments and screening, and development of nutritional care plans.• Patient education about various medical nutrition treatments: Diabetes, Hypertension, Renal, Peptic ulcer disease, GERD, pregnancy and breastfeeding.• Underwent nutritional analysis of food content of several items and dishes.• Put into practice recipe standardization.• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to gain patients’ cooperation in following recommended dietary treatments. Show less

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  Diet Center

  Aug 2018 - Sept 2021

  Registered Dietitian

  Provided comprehensive assistance and support for clients with additional health problems (Celiac disease, Diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, bulimia nervosa).Created meal plans for the scope of: Diabetes, Athletes, Weight Loss, and Weight Gain.

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  Lebanese American University

  Oct 2019 - Sept 2021

  Research Assistant

  Directly assisting the Nutrition Department at LAU Beirut and Byblos in research related tasks, maintain upkeep of nutrition lab equipment, assisting professors’ classes in undergraduate chemistry and nutrition labs, as well as proctoring exams.

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  The View Hospital

  Mar 2023 - Jul 2023

  Registered Dietitian

  • Applied clinical nutrition and medical nutrition therapy principles and models to client-centred care across the lifespan (*includes aetiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology elements) • Used evidence-based nutrition knowledge and dietetic expertise, reasoning, and judgement to optimise nutrition, health, and wellbeing of inpatient and outpatients. • Analysed assessment data to identify nutrition diagnoses, prioritise problems and formulate goals in collaboration with patient. • Used appropriate dietary assessment methods to assess food and nutrient intakes of patients. • Assesses the patient’s nutritional status through interviews with the patient (including obtaining and evaluating diet history as appropriate), and review of medical record and laboratory values. • Provided diet and nutrition counselling to patients and family members, and/or significant others as appropriate. • Documented all aspects of nutritional care in the medical chart in a timely fashion following established protocols and standards of care. • Created customized 2 -week diet plans for each patient based on current health status, weight goals, food intolerances and preferences. Show less

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  Korean Medical Center

  Jul 2023 - now

  Head of Dietetics & Nutrition Department

  - Established the Dietetics & Nutrition Department including menu planning for patient meals, educational material, nutrition related-lab tests, clinical services, department KPIs, creating patient packages, etc.- Managing all operations related to Dietetics and Nutrition including: clinical services, food service and hospitality.- Using metabolic & functional testing for individualized nutrition therapy: Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis, DNA testing, GI testing and advanced Food Intolerance Testing.- Using the latest research in Dietetics clinical practice to empower patients to achieve better health outcomes with diet and lifestyle modifications.- Give lectures in the community about Nutrition and Health in Diabetes, Healthy Eating for Adults and Kids, Sports Nutrition, etc.- Perform Nutrition Screening and work with Physicians and Allied Health professionals as an interdisciplinary team to give key recommendations for health optimization and management. Show less