Center for Nutritional Health

Providing Comprehensive and Specialized Gastrointestinal Nutritional Care

The Center for Nutritional Health at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is dedicated to advancing health and well-being in human nutrition and providing comprehensive care for our patients across the spectrum of gastrointestinal and liver-related conditions. Our mission is to create a centralized, patient home for nutritional care where every patient benefits from the expertise of our physician team, and support from our registered dietitians and has access to personalized, leading-edge care. Our Center’s faculty are experts in diverse aspects of human gastrointestinal health and nutrition, and pioneer exemplary care through research, innovation, and education.

Our team is comprised of nutrition experts in GI subspecialties including:

• General gastroenterology and nutrition
• Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity
• IBS and gastrointestinal motility disorders
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Liver disorders including fatty liver diseases
• Neurogastroenterology
• Pancreatic diseases including exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
• Women’s GI health

We provide personal consultations with our specialized physicians and registered dietitians. We are available to anyone with one or more of a wide range of intestinal or liver disorders and will work with you to design an individualized nutrition care plan through evidence–based medical nutrition therapy. Based on the particular circumstances of each patient, we can answer questions on specific dietary decisions and plans, such as gluten-free, low or high fat, low FODMAP diets, and many more.

To make an appointment, please contact us by phone at 617-754-8888.

Patients can be referred to the clinical team for care by contacting us by phone or, for BIDMC physicians, by placing an OMR consult order.