Maria Azab
Garden City,MI
Summary
Highly experienced nutritionist with expertise in assessing patients' needs and developing nutritional plans for hospital and outpatient settings. Possesses a strong understanding of various diseases and their specific nutritional requirements. Passionate about promoting a healthy lifestyle for improved well-being, having conducted numerous awareness sessions on this topic. Well-versed in the nutritional needs during pregnancy and breastfeeding, as well as throughout other stages of life. Additionally trained in food service management and supervising food preparation areas. Aims to work in a healthcare center to educate and support individuals in meeting their nutritional needs and making positive changes to their behavior and lifestyles.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
UNICEF and the ministry of public health
05.2019 - 06.2019
- Company Overview: Community nutrition internship
- Gave many one on one counseling and awareness sessions about pregnancy, breastfeeding, infancy, oral health, and vaccination
- In addition to checking for malnutrition and risk of having a non-communicable disease, where I used to take height, weight, & MAC for coming children to check for any sign of malnutrition
- Furthermore, I’ve taken blood pressure and measure blood glucose in coming adults for regular monitoring or checking for risk
- Additionally, I assisted the pediatrician in her office in providing medical and nutritional care for coming pediatrics
- Community nutrition internship
MAKASSED general hospital
06.2018 - 03.2019
- Company Overview: Dietetic internship
- In addition to the hospital planned internship program that includes projects, activities, covering rotations, I’ve attended daily multidisciplinary morning rounds in all hospital units primarily ICU and read many patient charts to check for any nutritional needs and gave many education sessions without prior consultation
- Furthermore, I attended most of the medical morning report and workshops
- On the other hand during my stay, the catering working there left the hospital so the kitchen work was assigned to the interns where each one of us stayed for two separate weeks managing all the daily foodservice operations and monitoring all areas for food safety and ISO in addition to purchasing, checking temperatures, PH, humidity in storage area and if all the required conditions for iso are applied
- Dietetic internship
Online nutritional counselor
05.2018 - Current
- Online nutritional counseling and providing nutritional plans
Private tutor
Self Employed Services
01.2014 - 11.2020
- Private tutoring for college and baccalaureate student in all science subjects
Mentor
09.2016 - 05.2018
- To check if they need help in any subject or if they’re facing any difficulties where I followed up with their grades and community service activities
- Additionally, I used to report weekly on their grades, improvement, any difficulties, and their community service activities to the OCE
Lebanese Beirut airport catering company
12.2017 - 01.2018
- Introduced and helped in monitoring and quality assuring in all the flow of work from receiving to delivery, where each stage has its specific responsibilities
- Learned how consumer protection is assured and how reporting is made
- Tested food samples for microbiological hazards, where the results were saved in files for years
Ministry of economy and trade
07.2017 - 08.2017
- Company Overview: customer protection department
- Inspected different restaurants to check if they meet the standards of food safety by LIBNOR
- Customer protection department
Education
Lebanese Baccalaureate - Life Science
Omar Faroukh Public High School
Web-based training course - Protecting Human Research Participants
NIH
BS - nutrition and dietetics, Minor in food science and management
Lebanese American University
Beirut -lebanon05.2018
Skills
- Analytical
- Problem Solving
- Organized
- Competitive
- Flexible
- Self-Learner
- Self-Motivated
- Customer Service
- Communication Skills
- Persuasion
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office
References
Available on request
Leadershipactivitiesandinterests
- Attended Leadership Program and Steer your Career both by INJAZ.
- Participated in Project Citizen Training & Showcase.
- Attended workshops and lectures at LAU including nutrition and food research conferences.
- Participated with the LAU Nutrition Club in events like fundraising for the Lebanese Food Bank and Diabetes Awareness event.
- Participated in community service projects to help handicap kids.
- Gave awareness sessions and nutrition education for adolescents in public schools.
- Attended the 12th Makassed medical congress.
- Participated in community projects at Makassed hospital.
Languages
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
UNICEF and the ministry of public health
05.2019 - 06.2019
MAKASSED general hospital
06.2018 - 03.2019
Online nutritional counselor
05.2018 - Current
Lebanese Beirut airport catering company
12.2017 - 01.2018
Ministry of economy and trade
07.2017 - 08.2017
Mentor
09.2016 - 05.2018
Private tutor
Self Employed Services
01.2014 - 11.2020
Lebanese Baccalaureate - Life Science
Omar Faroukh Public High School
Web-based training course - Protecting Human Research Participants
NIH
BS - nutrition and dietetics, Minor in food science and management
Lebanese American University
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