TANIA TERESA CHETELAT
Registered Dietitian, MS | Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR)
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Energetic, compassionate professional with a passion for nutrition and wellness. Well-versed in nutritional science and meal planning, with a strong foundation in dietary analysis and client counseling. Committed to promoting healthy eating habits and improving client health outcomes.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work History
Expert Dietitian, Divisional Lead, New Hire Dietitian
DaVita Dialysis
10.2025 - Current
- Precepted new DaVita dietitians and dietetic interns, delivering 640 hours of clinical supervision and 5 competency sign-offs to ensure readiness for independent practice.
- Led new hire dietitian onboarding across 45 clinics in four regions, coordinating vacancy awareness, interviews, and comprehensive training with 12 months of post-training support to enhance new hire integration.
- Coordinate standardized training for new hire dietitians, then provide 12 months of post-training support that helped 100% of new hires reach full caseload independence.
- Assisted in identifying staffing vacancies across multiple regions. and interview processes across four regions.
Resident Dietitian – Intermediate Dietitian – Experienced Dietitian – Advanced Dietitian – Expert Dietitian
DaVita Dialysis
12.2022 - Current
- Resident Dietitian – Intermediate Dietitian – Experienced Dietitian – Advanced Dietitian – Expert Dietitian
- Monitored hemodialysis treatments, ensuring adherence to infection control and safety protocols.
- Documented patient assessments, vital signs, and treatment responses in electronic medical records.
- Coordinated care with nephrology teams to support individualized dialysis treatment plans.
Resident, Intermediate, Experienced, and Advanced Dietitian | In-Center Hemodialysis
DaVita Dialysis
12.2022 - 10.2025
- Lead weekly interdisciplinary team meetings and morning huddles in the Facility Administrator's absence, coordinating daily care priorities for up to 120 patients and 19 team members.
- Serve as liaison between nephrologists and up to 141 in-center hemodialysis patients, improving communication and reducing time to resolve patient needs from 14-30 days to 3-5 days.
- Completed initial and monthly nutrition assessments for up to 141 patients, ensuring 98% of care plans met CMS timeframes.
- Analyze monthly potassium, phosphorus, albumin, and PTH trends, adjusting intake plans to manage hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia.
- Advise nephrologists on phosphate binder and renal vitamin needs.
- Identified a cohort of 13 high-risk hemodialysis patients admitted between January 2025 and August 2026 who accounted for 33% of frequent high-IDWG cases from July through September 2026 and developed individualized fluid plans for them.
- Maintained 68% of non-cohort hemodialysis patients within the target phosphorus range on repeat draws from July through September 2026, through phosphate binder coordination and dietary counseling.
- Presented facility nutrition outcomes at QAPI meetings, developing targeted improvement plans for outlier MBD and IDWG metrics to enhance patient care.
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Executed clinical procedures
Education
M.S. - Nutrition
Allied Health
Augusta, GA05-2022
B.S. - Dietetics
Family and Consumer Sciences
Sacramento, CA05-2020
Skills
Clinical dietetics
Nutrition therapy
Renal nutrition specialist
Diabetes education
Renal nutrition specialist
Interdisciplinary care coordination
Clinical outcome enhancement
Critical thinking
Organizational skills
Teamwork and collaboration
Interpersonal skills
Nutrition counseling
Accomplishments
- Naber, T., and Purohit, S. "Chronic Kidney Disease: Role of Diet for a Reduction in the Severity of the Disease." Nutrients, September 2021. PMCID: PMC8467342
- Mildred B. Davis Fellowship, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, April 2021
- Dolores Nyhus Graduate Fellowship, California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, August 2020
Certification
Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR)
Timeline
Expert Dietitian, Divisional Lead, New Hire Dietitian
DaVita Dialysis
10.2025 - Current
Resident Dietitian – Intermediate Dietitian – Experienced Dietitian – Advanced Dietitian – Expert Dietitian
DaVita Dialysis
12.2022 - Current
Resident, Intermediate, Experienced, and Advanced Dietitian | In-Center Hemodialysis
DaVita Dialysis
12.2022 - 10.2025
B.S. - Dietetics
Family and Consumer Sciences
M.S. - Nutrition
Allied Health
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
Mildred B. Davis Fellowship, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, April 2021, Dolores Nyhus Graduate Fellowship, California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, August 2020
Publications
Naber, T., and Purohit, S. "Chronic Kidney Disease: Role of Diet for a Reduction in the Severity of the Disease." Nutrients, September 2021. PMCID: PMC8467342
• American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences April 2021 Mildred B. Davis Fellowship • Cali
Conversational Spanish