Pediatric Nutrition Registered Dietitian
Dietary & Nutritional Service Providers › Dietitian, Registered › Nutrition, Pediatric
About this specialty
An individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition and applies evidence-based nutrition knowledge in providing medical nutrition therapy for pediatric patients. Specialists work directly with healthy and/or ill children (newborn up to 21 years of age) as well as children with special health care needs in a variety of settings (hospitals, community-based and/or family-centered programs, education programs, home, etc.), OR indirectly through management, care coordination, education, quality improvement, or research practice linked specifically to pediatric nutrition.
Source: The Commission on Dietetic Registration, https://www.cdrnet.org/certifications/specialty-practice-experience [7/1/2019: definition added, source added]
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| MELANIE BAKER, RD, LDN | ROXBURY, MA | $4,814 |
| SANDRA BETANCOURT, RDN/LD | BROWNSVILLE, TX | $3,886 |
| ALLISON HOLZER, RD, CSP, CDE, CDN | WHITE PLAINS, NY | $3,841 |
| DINA WORLEY, RD, CDN, CLC | NORTH TONAWANDA, NY | $3,206 |
| LYNNE OLDHAM, PHD, RD, CDE, CHES | BEND, OR | $2,750 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.