Jennifer A. Tomesko DCN RD CNSD
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sodexho
Mar 2006-PresentDirector of Clinical Nutrition- St. Michael’s MedicalCenter, Newark, NJ
Sep 2005-PresentDistrict Leadership Support Dietitian
Assist the Area Support Dietitian with five Sodexho accounts. Aid in conducting audits at the facilities, function as a mentor, and plan continuing education programs for
dietitians.
March 2001-2006 Clinical Nutrition Manager – ChristHospital, Jersey City, NJ
Jan 2002-Nov2004System Clinical Nutrition Manager –St.MaryHospital, Hoboken, NJ
St.FrancisHospital, Jersey City, NJ
Franciscan Home and RehabCenter,
Jersey City, NJ
MontclairStateAdjunct Faculty – Montclair, NJ
UniversityTeaching Nutrition Assessment and Support to undergraduate Dietetics Majors.
Sep 2006- PresentTeaching Principles of Nutrition to graduate Nutrition students.
Jersey City Medical Per Diem Dietitian– Jersey City, NJ
Center
March 2005-March 2006
Robert Wood Johnson
at Rahway
February 2003-2005 Per Diem Dietitian – Rahway, NJ
Sodexho Marriott
Services
December 1997-Lead Nutrition Support Dietitian– Capital Health Systems, Trenton, NJ
February 2001Worked in ICU, CCU, and Surgical Trauma areas in a 250 bed teaching facility. Lectured to the internal medicine residents, as well as dietetic interns. Preceptor for dietetic interns.
May 1997-Clinical Dietitian – DelawareValleyMedicalCenter, Langhorne, PA
November 1997
EDUCATION
D.C.N. Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition. UMDNJ, Newark, N.J., Jan 2008
M.S. Nutrition. IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA., May 1997
Dietetic Internship. IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA., May 1997
B.S. Dietetics. University of Delaware, Newark, DE., May 1995
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
March 2006 – Completed 120 hours of advanced practice training with Coram Healthcare functioning as a Nutrition Support Dietitian.
April/May 2006- Completed 240 hours of advanced practice training at Rhode IslandHospital under Marion Winkler MS RD LDN CNSD. Functioned as part of the nutrition support team through the department of surgery.
CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Dietitian – ADA approved dietetic internship
Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian -- ASPEN since 1999
Serv Safe Certified since 1998
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member ADA (American Dietetic Association)
Member ASPEN (American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition)
JASPEN (New Jersey Chapter of ASPEN)Board Member, 2004-Present
ASPEN Interdisciplinary Review Course Committee Member June 2006-February 2007
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
November 2006 – “Nutrition Support in the Critically Ill, A Case Based Approach” JASPEN Meeting
March 2007- “Enteral Nutrition Review”, CNSD Review Course sponsored by Sodexho
May 2007- “Advanced Nutrition Assessment”, Sodexho Clinical Update Program
PUBLICATIONS
Clinical Nutrition for Surgical Patients. 2007 Marian, M., Shikora, S., and Russell, M.K.
Coauthor of Chapter 4- Cardiothoracic Nutrition
S.M.McGinley, J.Tomesko, L.B.Resurreccion, C.Diamond-Gottlieb. How Effective Are We as Dietitians? Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006;106(8):A30.
Jennifer Tomesko MS RD CNSD. Soy Protein and Its Hypocholesterolemic Effects: Is it the Soy Protein or the Isoflavones? Nutrition in Complementary Care. Summer 2004:7(1).
REFERENCES
Available on Request