Preventive Health Services

Registered Dietitians (RDs) at Sea Mar use patient-centered education and motivational interviewing to work with our patients to improve their health with nutrition in ways that are tailored to each individual and family.

Someone who is an RD has met the following academic and professional requirements:
• Earned a bachelor's degree with course work approved by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). Coursework typically includes food and nutrition sciences, chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, physiology, foodservice systems management, business, economics, computer science and sociology.
• Completed an accredited, supervised practice program at a health-care facility, community agency or foodservice corporation of at least 1,200 hours
• Passed a national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Completes continuing professional educational requirements to maintain registration.

Visits with the RD are typically completed in personal 1-on-1 sessions. Some of the disease states we work with include diabetes (Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational), high blood pressure, high cholesterol, weight management, liver disease, chronic kidney disease, failure to thrive, gastrointestinal issues and more.

The main objective of the medical nutrition therapy department is to educate patients on healthy eating for whatever their nutritional concerns are while giving them the tools and the confidence to take what they have learned inside the clinic and apply it to their own day to day life.

We look forward to serving you, your family and your community.

Marisol Thomas
Nutrition Program Manager &
Dietetic Intership Director