Clinical Nutrition Services

Our Specialty Care Programs and Services

• Inpatient Nutrition Services

  During your child’s hospital stay, our registered dietitian nutritionists will administer medical nutrition therapy as part of a healthcare team to reduce risk of malnutrition and assist in your child’s recovery back to good health. Inpatient nutrition services are offered within the following departments:

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Adolescent Psychiatric Unit (APU)/Child Psychiatric Unit (CPU)
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology and Diabetes
  • General and Thoracic Surgery
  • Hematology
  • Inborn Errors of Metabolism
  • Eating Disorders
  • Gastroenterology
  • Intestinal Rehabilitation
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Oncology
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Pulmonology

• Specialty Programs (By Referral Only)

  Our registered dietitian nutritionists administer medical nutrition therapy as part of the health care team in the following specialty multidisciplinary clinics. Patients must be referred to these clinics by a primary care doctor or other provider. Learn more about each clinic, and ask your doctor if you believe your child can benefit from one of these programs.

  • Blood Marrow Transplant Clinic
  • Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Clinic
  • Cardiology and Cholesterol Clinics; Single Ventricle Home Monitoring Program
  • Celiac Program and Clinics
  • Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
  • Eating Disorders Clinic
  • Endocrine/Diabetes Clinic
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis Clinic
  • Feeding Disorders Program
  • Gastroenterology Clinic
  • Genetics Clinic
  • HIV: Burgess and SIS Clinics
  • Obesity Program (IDEAL Clinic)
  • Intestinal Rehabilitation Clinic
  • Ketogenic Diet Clinic
  • Muscular Dystrophy Clinic
  • Oncology Clinics
  • Renal and Dialysis Clinic

• Outpatient Nutrition Clinics

  Consult with a registered dietitian nutritionist to improve your child’s eating habits, address weight concerns (such as underweight, poor weight gain or overweight) or manage your child's condition (such as diabetes, high cholesterol/lipids, tube feeding, food allergies or renal/nephrology) using simple lifestyle changes. Patients can receive care at the main hospital or at one of our specialty care locations.

  For more information or to schedule an appointment with one of our outpatient nutrition clinics, please call 202-476-2327.