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As of today, the following are the total number of Surgery Physician Nutrition Specialists nationally, in your State, and near your location.
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Medicare
The following are the total number of Surgery Physician Nutrition Specialists who accept Medicare in your State, the number who have opted out of Medicare, and the total number excluded from participation in Medicare nationwide.
What do Surgery Physician Nutrition Specialists do?
Physician Nutrition Specialists (PNS) are physicians with extensive training in nutrition who integrate dietary and nutritional strategies into patient care to treat and prevent diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
They assess patients’ nutritional needs, develop personalized nutrition plans, manage complex cases, and lead interdisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive patient care.
What they do
Patient assessment: Evaluate a patient’s nutritional status and health needs to identify how nutrition affects their condition.
Plan development: Create individualized nutrition care plans, often in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, such as dietitians and nurses.
Disease management: Manage and treat diseases that are influenced by nutrition, such as obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, and cardiovascular conditions.
Patient and family education: Educate patients and their families on nutrition, healthy eating habits, and reading food labels.
Clinical care: Monitor patient progress, interpret lab results, and provide specialized support, including home-based nutrition assistance for patients requiring tube feeding.
Leadership and coordination: Lead and coordinate interdisciplinary clinical nutrition services and education within a healthcare setting.
Research and learning: Stay updated on emerging nutrition research and apply evidence-based medicine to their practice.
Typical background
They may also have subspecialty backgrounds like gastroenterology, endocrinology, or critical care.
PNSs typically have a background in a medical specialty such as internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, or general surgery.