About the Program

The primary areas of practice of the Clinical Nutrition are treatment and prevention of obesity and obesity-associated diseases. Our board-certified physician nutrition specialists integrate cutting-edge research on nutrition, and use of phytochemicals and botanical dietary supplements to prevent and treat common forms of metabolic disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Services

The Clinical Nutrition Clinic offers individual consultations for patients with a variety of nutritional conditions including:

Weight Management

• Overweight/Obesity
• Pre- and post-bariatric surgery care
• Abnormal weight loss

Metabolic Conditions

• Diabetes
• Hyperlipidemia
• Gestational Diabetes
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Chronic renal disease

Cancer

• Cancer-associated malnutrition
• Nutrition Counseling for Cancer Survivors
• Nutrition counseling for cancer prevention
• Nutritional supplementation

Gastrointestinal Conditions

• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Gastrointestinal dysfunction
• Food intolerance/allergy

Kidney Stone

• Calcium and oxalate kidney stone

Other

• AIDS-associated malnutrition

 

Expert Team

Zhaoping Li, MD PhD
Vijaya Surampudi, MD

Contact Us

Peter Morton Medical Building
UCLA Medical Specialties Suite
200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 365-C
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 825-7921