Our dedicated team of registered dietitians (RDs) works with your care team to provide comprehensive support for specialized nutrition needs. We offer nutritional assessment, intervention and education to patients and their families.
Registered Dietitians (RDs) from Clinical Nutrition Services work in every UAMS medical unit to meet the nutritional needs of patients of all ages receiving inpatient treatment.
Inpatient Clinical Nutrition ServicesOur expert Registered Dietitians (RDs) help patients treated outside of UAMS to meet their health and nutrition goals through diet and lifestyle changes.
Outpatient Clinical Nutrition ServicesThe UAMS Milk Lab fortifies donated human milk for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to meet the nutritional needs of early, high-risk, low birth weight infants and acutely ill full-term newborns.
NICU and Milk LabWithin our large, multidisciplinary nutrition department, our registered dietitians (RDs) are leaders in the field of dietetics and experts in nutrition. Many of them maintain advanced certification in nutrition support, diabetes management, oncology, weight management and geriatrics.
They follow Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) guidelines to provide comprehensive and individualized care to improve patient health and quality of life. MNT includes nutrition assessments, planning and implementing nutrition interventions with evidence-based nutrition guidelines and careful monitoring of each patient's progress over time.
Registered Dietitians assigned to every medical unit at UAMS help to meet the needs of hospitalized patients of all ages.
The RDs at UAMS can work with you to help you reach your nutrition and health goals through diet and lifestyle changes.
The UAMS milk lab meets nutritional needs for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients.
Clinical Nutrition Services answers commonly-asked questions.
Clinical Nutrition has contact information to speak with a registered dietitian.