The Nutrition and Wellness Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois has a team of nutrition experts that can help you achieve your goals, including weight management, increasing energy, lowering blood cholesterol and living a healthier life.

In consultation with one of our registered dietitians, we can help you to analyze the nutrient and caloric contents of your current food intake; determine your nutritional requirements; provide the latest nutrition information; develop a personalized nutrition plan based on your needs and goals; and make program adjustments that allow for success.

The Nutrition and Wellness Center offers medical nutrition therapy for a variety of health-related concerns including:

• Weight loss/management
• Diabetes
• Cholesterol management
• Hypertension
• Cancer
• Prenatal nutrition
• Eating disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders (such as, GERD, Crohn's disease, celiac disease and irritable bowel syndrome)
• Osteoporosis
• Food allergies/intolerance
• Hypoglycemia
• Gastric bypass

Nutrition wellness services are also offered:

• Sports nutrition
• Healthy nutrition
• Vegetarianism
• Exercise consultations
• Tri/biathlon training

Our registered dietitians also provide a number of educational opportunities, including individual nutrition counseling, group nutrition classes, support groups, corporate nutrition and wellness programs, lectures and workshops and inservices for hospital staff.

Jennifer Ventrelle, MS, RD, LDN, CPT

Hale Deniz-Venturi, MS, RD, LDN, ATC, LAT, CSSD

Andrea Domas, MS, RD, LDN

Virginia Nothnagel, MS, RD, LDN