SONIA ANGEL, MS, RDN, CDCES
Weston,FL
Summary
Dedicated Diabetes Specialist / Registered Dietitian with over 30 years of clinical diabetes education and nutrition counseling related experience. Focused on improving Diabetes Management by supporting the needs of individual patients.
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills, ability to manage projects from developing to delivery, bringing knowledge of health and wellness topics and capacity to disseminate health information.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Diabetes & Nutrition Center Liaison
Memorial Regional Hospital
06.2011 - Current
- Diabetes Education in Inpatient and Outpatient settings, following the ADA Guidelines for Self-Management of Diabetes, including Healthy Eating, BG Monitoring, Diabetes Technology training, Medication instruction, Preventing Complications & Reducing Risks
- Program Coordination, including class planning, hospital policy reviews, staff training, development and review of educational material in English and Spanish.
- Outpatient Nutrition Counseling in diabetes & weight management, Bariatric Nutrition, Cardiovascular health, GI health, Gestational Diabetes and healthy pregnancy, general wellness; and other nutrition related conditions.
- Diabetes Education and Prevention promotion in the South Florida community.
- Diabetes Resource Specialist for hospital staff.
- Spokesperson for the Memorial Healthcare System for the community in Nutrition and Diabetes related topics.
- Frequent guest speaker for local and national TV (CNN, CNN Español, Channel 10, Univision)
- Dietetic Student preceptor
- Hospital System Captain for the Stop Diabetes Walk - responsible for fundraising events
Coordinator Diabetes & Nutrition Center
Memorial Hospital Pembroke
02.2005 - 06.2011
- Diabetes Education in Inpatient and Outpatient settings; Coordinator of the program, including class planning, office management, staff training, development of educational material in Spanish for Hispanic Community; Diabetes Resource for hospital staff
- Spokesperson for the Memorial Healthcare System for the community in Nutrition and Diabetes related topics
- Outpatient Nutrition counseling in Diabetes, Weight Management, Heart health, and clinical nutrition in adults and pediatric population.
Clinical Dietitian
Jackson Memorial Hospital
10.2001 - 01.2005
- Nutrition education and counseling in Diabetes, Heart Disease, Weight Management, Malnutrition, Anemia, Gestational Diabetes
- Coordinator of Healthy Eating Classes in English and Spanish
- Clinical coverage in various inpatient settings (neuro-surgery, cardiology, trauma-rehab)
Assistant Professor in Clinical Nutrition
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
08.1996 - 07.1999
- Responsible for teaching Nutrition in Chronic Disease states (Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer), Body composition and Sports Nutrition component
- Thesis Director in Clinical Nutrition - Supervised last year students with thesis projects
- Thesis Judge for various Thesis Presentations.
Education
Master of Science (MS) - Clinical Nutrition, Department of Nutritional Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Toronto, Canada11.1992
Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics - Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA
Bogotá, Colombia12.1987
Skills
- Spanish (Native speaker, completely fluent)
- French (Intermediate), Portuguese (Basic)
- MS Office, EPIC, Glucommander, Canva
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring devices (Dexcom G6/ G7, Freestyle Libre 2/3)
- Insulin Pump Training (Medtronic, Tandem, Omni Pod)
- Anthropometrics & Body composition
- Public Speaking (TV, Media, Radio)
Special Interests
- Diabetes Education and Management
- Cardiovascular disease
- Weight management
- Wellness nutrition
- Media (T.V. Print, Radio, Social media)
Certification
CDCES - Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
Since 2004
MS- Master of Science in Nutrition - 1992
RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with CDR since 2001
Licensed Dietitian - Florida Department of Health - since 2001
Accomplishments
- SFADE (South Florida Association of Diabetic Educators)- Member since Jan.2003
- President- 2009-2010
- Metropolitan Who's Who - Member since 2006
- MDA (Miami Dietetic Association) - Member of the Month - March 2004
- Graduate School Scholarship - University of Toronto
- Professional Council member for Dlife -Diabetes TV program on MSNBC
- President SFADE (South Florida Association of Diabetes Educators) 2009-10
Affiliations
- AADCES- American Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists
- SFADE -South Florida Association of Diabetic Educators)
- CDR (Commission on Dietetic Registration)
Timeline
Diabetes & Nutrition Center Liaison
Memorial Regional Hospital
06.2011 - Current
Coordinator Diabetes & Nutrition Center
Memorial Hospital Pembroke
02.2005 - 06.2011
Clinical Dietitian
Jackson Memorial Hospital
10.2001 - 01.2005
Assistant Professor in Clinical Nutrition
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
08.1996 - 07.1999
Master of Science (MS) - Clinical Nutrition, Department of Nutritional Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics - Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA
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