Art Fogelson

-Work as a registered dietitian and Master's level Social Worker, providing nutrition and wellness counseling to participants in areas such as healthy eating, weight loss, diabetes management, sports nutrition and learning how to manage sleep and stress.

-Improve client outcomes by developing and implementing customized nutrition plans based on individual needs and medical conditions.

-Enhance client satisfaction with personalized counseling sessions, focusing on dietary habits, lifestyle changes, and goal-setting strategies.

-Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize client care and ensure seamless delivery of nutrition services.

-Served as the nutrition expert, consultant and advocate, to support a comprehensive Air Force Fitness Program for the installation.

-Provided expertise to develop, deliver and evaluate nutrition-related training programs for professional staff and colleagues on health promotion related topics

-Employed adult learning behavior change theories and teaching techniques to conduct a variety of individual and group nutrition interventions

-Provided Medical Nutrition Therapy for clients and helped establish chronic disease management protocols

-Provided wellness counseling to an onsite client, in the areas of Weight Loss, Healthy Eating, Exercise, Stress Management and Tobacco Cessation

-Conducted comprehensive nutritional assessments for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment planning.

-Participated in "Lunch and Learn's" and attended biometric screenings to engaged new clientele in wellness programs.

-Assisted clients enrolled in telephonic wellness programs for weight loss, diabetes, stress relief, healthy heart and smoking cessation.

-Assisted in developing new treatment modalities and protocols, achieving over an 80% success rate.

-When it was determined that a client was high-risk, responsible for engaging and setting up conference calls with essential members of the health/wellness team, including physicians, speech pathologists and social workers.

-Worked in the reserve unit of the US Army, providing support and education to our troops in the areas of health and fitness.

-Providing individual counseling and support to those servicemen and woman who were flagged for being unable to pass physical exam and fitness requirements.

-Assisted bariatric patients with pre and post op nutrition counseling in both individual and group settings.

-Worked with adolescent teenagers to assist them with their weight loss goals.

-Completed a supervised practice experience at Virtua Hospital, a 250 bed acute care Level 1 trauma center.

-Facilitated patient care and education in many different areas, including critical care, nutrition support, cardiac units, diabetes care and outpatient counseling.

-Developed patient education materials.

-Responsible for the placement and supervision of volunteers throughout all areas of the hospital system.

-Developed program to assist youth in exploring the field of medicine through volunteer work.

-Responsible for overseeing all facility operations catering to the needs of homeless teenage mothers.

-Supervised staff and managed the program budget.

-Developed job training programs and treatment plans for the clients.