Angelina Suman Smith

Dynamic Registered Dietitian with extensive experience at Fresenius Medical Care, specializing in comprehensive nutrition assessments and interdisciplinary collaboration. Achieved significant improvements in patient outcomes through effective dietary counseling and adherence to regulatory standards. Expertise in developing tailored care plans that meet diverse health needs while ensuring optimal nutrition and education for patients and families.

Patient/family/caregiver, FMCNA Management, Clinic staff, Physicians (including Medical Director), Pharmacy, Education Department, Quality Department, Home Therapies Program, Hospitals, Long and short term care facilities, home health aides, visiting nurse associates, local community feeding programs, pharmacies, sales representatives

• MS
• RD
• LD

• Assessed and reviewed patient’s knowledge of diet and kidney disease and provided education appropriate to patient’s learning needs.
• Patient and family educated on combining heart healthy diet, diabetes diet, diet for gout, diet for pancreatitis, diet for liver failure and cancer treatment and other comorbidities with the renal diet.
• Patients were educated on combining renal diet with weight loss to get on the transplant list.
• Managed and provided recommendation for mineral metabolism and renal bone disease.
• Provided patient specific nutrition related lab parameters and detailed education to patient/family/caregiver regarding nutritional status and disease process.
• Participated with the interdisciplinary team in the development of individualized comprehensive plan of care that specifies the services necessary to address the patient’s needs in accordance with established Federal and state licensure guidelines.
• Participated in patient care conferences with the medical team.
• Developed and implemented nutritional care plan according to SOP of the state and the company.
• Reevaluated patient outcomes and continuous care planning to help patient meet optimal nutritional goals.
• Completed accurate documentation on the nutritional status, nutrient intake, nutritional education and other relevant data in the medical records on all chronic dialysis patients.
• Provided patient with ongoing nutrition assessment and outcome-oriented nutrition counseling necessary to help patient achieve and sustain an effective nutritional status.
• Identified at risk and malnourished patients and worked collaboratively with interdisciplinary team. Identified appropriate interventions, resources or solutions to achieve goals.
• Monitored adherence and response to nutrition therapy, adjusts therapy as needed to achieve and sustain an effective nutritional status.
• Implemented plan of care to address issues impacting the patient’s ability to achieve the goals.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team on management and provided recommendations for mineral metabolism and renal bone disease, anemia and iron status, nutritional status, psychosocial status, vascular access, modality, rehabilitation status and sodium/volume control.
• Evaluated nutrition related lab results: counselled patient and/or caregiver and formulates appropriate action.
• Recommended treatment changes to the interdisciplinary team as appropriate.
• When appropriate worked with case manager to coordinate plan of care for patient education and identifies candidates to refer to physician for nutritional supplements, per disease management.
• Developed educational material for all areas of nutrition.
• Performed group education at Nursing homes on renal heart healthy and diabetic diet.

• Registered Dietitian
• Licensed as a Renal Dietitian in the State of Oklahoma
• Certificate in Secretarial work