Welcome to the Bowling Green State University Internship Program in Nutrition and Dietetics. Interns in the distance program will attend a five day orientation on campus in late July/early August - the last week of Summer Session II. The following timetable provides an overview of the steps you must complete prior to.

1. Ada Dietetic Internship Program
2. Bowling Green Dietetic Internship Program Rank

Clinical Nutrition Management Preceptors

Vonda Hetherington, RDN, LDN, CDE
Education: BS degree in Nutrition from Albright College
Route to registration: Geisinger Medical Center dietetic internship
Other credentials: Certified Diabetes Educator; past recipient of the Academy's Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award; past President of the Northwest Ohio Dietetic Association; member of the Academy's diabetes care and education and renal dietitians practice groups
Career experiences: Variety of clinical dietitian positions in outpatient and acute care for St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio including WIC, eating disorders, and chronic kidney disease; instructor for the University of Toledo Community and Technical College; dietitian manager, diabetes education program coordinator, and clinical dietitian at Center for Weight Loss Surgery for Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green, Ohio; renal dietitian at Geisinger outpatient hemodialysis unit and at an off-site DaVita dialysis unit; Supervisor, Clinical Nutrition coordinating outpatient services in the central region and overseeing renal clinical dietitians
Current position: Director, Clinical Nutrition, Central and Western regions; provides patient care at a Geisinger community practice site
Stacy Coolbaugh, MBA, RDN, LDN
Education: BS degree in nutrition and dietetics and Masters in business administration from Marywood University
Route to registration: coordinated undergraduate program through Marywood University
Other credentials: member of the Academy's clinical nutrition managers practice group; past recipient of the Academy's Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award
Career experiences: clinical experience in critical care; adjunct professor at Marywood University
Current position: Director, Clinical Nutrition, Outpatient-overseeing the outpatient clinical nutrition services for the system; provides patient care at a Geisinger community practice site

Susan Casey, MS, RDN, LDN
Education: BS degree in dietetics and Masters in food and nutrition from Marywood University
Route to registration: coordinated undergraduate program through Marywood University
Other credentials: member of the Academy's clinical nutrition managers practice group
Career experiences: clinical experience in critical care; dietitian for food service contracting companies in Pennsylvania and Maryland; clinical nutrition manager for Geisinger Community Medical Center and Mountain View Care Center
Current position: Director, Clinical Nutrition, Northeast Region Geisinger, Geisinger Community Medical Center and Mountain View Care Center; provides patient care at a Geisinger community practice site

Critical Care/Nutrition Support Preceptors

Sarah Dayton, RDN, LDN, CNSC
Education: BS degree in nutrition and dietetics and a culinary certificate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Route to registration: Geisinger Medical Center dietetic internship
Other credentials: Certified Nutrition Support Clinician; member of the Academy's Dietitians in Nutrition Support practice group and the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN); author of poster abstract, When Gastric Bypass Has Gone Bad - The Dietitian's Role, presented at FNCE.
Career experiences: Clinical dietitian for intensive care and special care units at Geisinger
Current position: clinical dietitian responsible for the nutritional management of patients in the adult intensive care unit and for outpatients requiring enteral feeds at home at Geisinger Medical Center
Kris Danilovitz, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC
Education: BS degree in nutrition and a minor in exercise and sport science from the Pennsylvania State University; MS degree in nutrition and dietetics from Marywood University
Route to registration: dietetic internship at Marywood University
Other credentials: Certified Nutrition Support Clinician; member of the Academy's Dietitians in Nutrition Support practice group and the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
Career experiences: Outpatient nutrition counseling at Geisinger
Current position: Clinical dietitian for acute hospitalized patient care and for intensive care unit and the progressive care unit (critical care step down) at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center; member of the nutrition support team and the critical care and IV nutrition committees

Gastrointestinal/General Surgery Preceptor

Coryn Kalwanaski, RDN, LDNEducation: BS degree in dietetics from Seton Hill University
Route to registration: Coordinated program at Seton Hill University
Other credentials: member of the Academy's Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition practice group
Career experiences: clinical dietitian for various medical/surgical units at Geisinger
Current position: Clinical dietitian responsible for the nutritional management of patients in the gastroenterology and surgical unit, special care units, behavioral health unit, and long term acute care hospital (Select Specialty)

Pediatric Preceptors

Kelly Fugok, RDN, LDN, CSPEducation: BS in nutrition from Penn State University
Route to registration: Geisinger Medical Center dietetic internship
Other credentials: Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition and pediatric and adolescent weight management certification from the Commission on Dietetic Registration; neonatal nutrition fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina; member of the Academy's nutrition support and pediatric nutrition practice groups
Career experiences: Pediatric dietitian positions at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and DuPont Hospital for Kids; WIC nutritionist, breastfeeding counselor for Nursing Mothers Alliance in West Chester, PA, home care nutrition support, pharmaceutical sales; reviewer for the Academy's position paper, 'Role of the RDN in the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergies;' contributor to the first edition of the Academy's Pediatric Manual of Clinical Dietetics
Current position: Clinical dietitian for nutritional management of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit, PICU and outpatient pediatric clinics including NICU graduates, pediatric nephrology, food allergy and pediatric home TPN patients; supervisor of pediatric nutrition team
Noel Woodruff, RDN, LDN, CSP
Education: BS degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from West Chester University
Route to registration: Dietetic Internship at South Jersey Regional Medical Center
Other credentials: Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition from the Commission on Dietetic Registration, member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Career experiences: Clinical dietitian for med/surg floor units at Geisinger Medical Center; clinical dietitian at South Jersey Regional Medical Center
Current position: Clinical dietitian for the neonatal intensive care unit and outpatient pediatric clinics such as Geisinger's Neurology Group for Ketogenic Diet
Angela Jeffreys, RDN, LDN, CSP
Education: BS degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from West Chester University
Route to registration: Dietetic internship with pediatric concentration at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
Other credentials: Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition from the Commission on Dietetic Registration; member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Current position: Clinical dietitian for outpatient pediatric clinics involved in the care of general patients and patients with feeding disorders, enteral nutrition support, endocrinology, cystic fibrosis, and food allergies/eosinophilic esophagitis; provides inpatient care for pediatric patients

Michael Nornhold, RDN, LDN
Education: BS degree in Nutritional Sciences from Penn State University; BA in Psychology from Bucknell University
Route to registration: Dietetic internship through Bowling Green State University with rotations including Evangelical Hospital in Lewisburg
Other credentials: Member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, including the pediatric nutrition practice group; member, Metabolic Dietitians International
Career experiences: Clinical dietitian for GHS Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Health South and for a medical/surgical unit
Current position: Clinical dietitian for inpatient pediatric units and outpatient pediatric clinics including feeding team and metabolic genetics

Cardiology Preceptors

Joan Savage, RDN, LDN, CDMEducation: BS degree in Food Service Management from Mansfield University and BS in Dietetics from Eastern Michigan University online coordinated program
Route to registration: Eastern Michigan University online coordinated program
Other credentials: Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) since 2002; member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Care Communities dietetic practice group, and Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals
Career experiences: long term care facilities in Centre and Clinton counties for 17 years

Ada Dietetic Internship Program

Current position: Clinical dietitian for patients on cardiology unit and responsible for nutritional management of adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients admitted to the hospital and in CF clinic
Lindsay Sadowski, RDN, LDN, CNSC
Education: BS degree in Nutritional Sciences from Penn State University
Route to registration: Dietetic internship at the National Health Care Corporation in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Other credentials: Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; recipient of the Clinical Excellence Award in 2010
Career experiences: clinical dietitian for National Health Care Corporation in one of the skilled and intermediate care facilities in Nashville; clinical dietitian at the Rehab Hospital at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre
Current position: Clinical dietitian in the Pearsall Heart Hospital, in the progressive care unit (PCU), and medical/surgical units all at Geisinger Wyoming Valley medical center

Hematology/Oncology Preceptor

Alex Julian, RDN, LDNEducation: BS degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Route to registration: Geisinger Medical Center dietetic internship
Other credentials: member of the Academy's Oncology Nutrition practice group
Current position: Clinical dietitian for hematology/oncology patients including those undergoing bone marrow transplant and responsible for nutrition care of patients admitted to Geisinger Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Bowling Green Dietetic Internship Program Rank

Endocrinology Preceptors

Kathy Boudeman, RDN, LDN, CDEEducation: BS degree in Dietetics and Nutrition Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Route to registration: Three-year approved professional practice program at Geisinger Medical Center
Other credentials: Certified Diabetes Educator; member of the Academy's Diabetes Care and Education practice group and the American Diabetes Association (ADA); volunteer reviewer for the ADA applications submitted for Diabetes Patient Education program recognition
Career experiences: Therapeutic dietitian at Danville State Hospital and dietetic technician at Geisinger Medical Center
Current position: Clinical dietitian in outpatient Endocrinology providing both medical nutrition therapy and diabetes self-management training, General Internal Medicine, High Risk Obstetrics, and Geisinger Frackville Clinic
Autumn Delmonico, RDN, LDN, CDE
Education: BS degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Mansfield University
Route to registration: Dietetic internship through Marywood University
Other credentials: Certified Diabetes Educator; member of the Academy's Diabetes Care and Education practice group
Career experiences: Clinical dietitian for patients responsible for nutrition management of pediatric inpatients for infant/toddler and adolescent floor units at Geisinger; Clinical dietitian at UHS Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY, specifically providing patient care on neurosurgery, cardiac, and pediatric floors; internship preceptor for the GI/Surgery rotation
Current position: Clinical dietitian for patients with diabetes admitted to the hospital who need nutrition care and education; provides care on a med/surg floor unit

Outpatient Nutrition Services Preceptors

Kira Bowman, RDN, LDNEducation: BS degree in dietetics with a minor in Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Route to registration: Geisinger Medical Center dietetic internship
Other credentials: member of the Academy's weight management, renal, and diabetes care and education practice groups; Academy's chronic kidney disease certification
Current position: Clinical dietitian for several Danville-based Geisinger clinics and Montoursville clinic; provides nutritional care for patients with chronic kidney disease and on hemodialysis
Anna Ziegler, RDN, LDN
Education: BS degree in nutrition and dietetics from Mansfield University
Route to registration: Geisinger Medical Center dietetic internship
Other credentials: member of the Academy's diabetes care and education practice group
Current position: Clinical dietitian for several Geisinger Health System clinics including Berwick, Bloomsburg, and Shamokin and for Geisinger pediatric weight management clinic; adult diabetes educator as part of the American Diabetes Association recognized program with Geisinger Health System
Grace Zeleznock, RDN, LDN, CDE
Education: BS degree in Nutrition from Penn State University
Route to registration: dietetic internship at Ingall's Memorial Hospital in Chicago
Other credentials: Certified Diabetes Educator; Adult Weight Management Certificate of Training from the Commission on Dietetic Registration; past recipient of the Academy's Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award
Career experiences: past board member of the Northeast Association of Diabetes Educators (NEADE); member of the Academy's diabetes care and education practice group; member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators; member of the Geisinger American Diabetes Association Steering Committee and chair, Geisinger Professional Development Committee for clinical nutrition
Current position: Clinical dietitian and supervisor for outpatient Northeast at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, responsible for providing medical nutrition therapy at various Geisinger community practice sites for adult and pediatric patients and adult diabetes educator as part of the American Diabetes Association recognized program with the Geisinger Health System

Nephrology Preceptors

Marianne Williams, MS, RDN, LDN, CSREducation: BS in Home Economics and BS in Foods and Nutrition from College Misericordia and MS in Food and Nutrition from Marywood UniversityRoute to registration: MS in Food and Nutrition from Marywood UniversityOther credentials: board certification as a Specialist in Renal Nutrition from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); Adult Weight Management Certificate of Training from CDR
Career experiences: Clinical nutrition manager with Sodexo Marriott Health Care Services in California and diabetes educator with Susquehanna Health System
Current position: Clinical dietitian for the Kidney, Pancreas and Liver Transplant teams and for patients on peritoneal and hemodialysis
Karen Wiesen, MS, RDN, LDN, FNKF
Education: BS in Nutrition from Penn State University and MS in Clinical Dietetics from St. Louis University
Route to registration: dietetic traineeship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Illinois
Other credentials: Fellow, National Kidney Foundation (NKF), past chair of National Kidney Foundation Council of Renal Nutrition; past recipient of the NKF's Recognized Renal Dietitian Award and Outstanding Service Award; speaker at local, regional, and national conferences on nutrition and chronic kidney disease and home dialysis, chapter writer for textbook, Nutrition & Kidney Disease, co-author of first and second editions of A Clinical Guide to Nutrition Care in Kidney Disease, co-author of AND and NKF Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for RDN in Nephrology Nutrition
Career experiences: Renal dietitian for Washington University School of Medicine; adjunct clinical instructor and guest faculty at St. Louis University
Current position: Supervisor, Clinical Nutrition coordinating inpatient services in the central region; provides patient care at a Geisinger outpatient hemodialysis unit and at an inpatient medical/surgical unit