2020 Bariatric Symposium

Sports nutritionist Nancy Clark MS RD CSSD (Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics) counsels both competitive athletes and casual exercisers in her successful private practice in the Boston-area (Newton, MA; 617-795-1875). She has extensive experience helping thousands of active clients—from fitness exercisers to serious athletes (including bariatric athletes) to Olympians—win with good nutrition. Her nutrition advice and photo have even graced the back of the Wheaties’ box! She has been Team Nutritionist for the Boston Red Sox. Her best-selling Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook has sold over 750,000 copies and now is available in a new 6th edition (2019). It includes information helpful for bariatric exercisers of all levels. Nancy also writes a monthly nutrition column called The Athlete's Kitchen, which appears regularly in over 100 sports and fitness publications and websites.

In addition to inspiring sports-active people to win with good nutrition, Nancy educates dietitians, trainers, coaches, and other health professionals about how to effectively teach the sports nutrition message. She co-leads a popular online Nutrition & Exercise workshop, available at www.NancyClarkRD.com.

Obtained her undergraduate degree from McGill University in Nutritional Sciences (Dietetics) and has a Masters of Public Health from the University of Waterloo. She has been practicing as a registered dietitian for nearly 10 years and is licensed with the Professional Order of Dietitians of Quebec (OPDQ). In addition to co-authoring The Complete Guide to Weight Loss Surgery, she has contributed towards research, and developed a health-related self-monitoring app. Her passion involves nutrition counselling for a healthier diet through behavior change. In addition to working at bariatric center, Lisa is a co-founder of Bariatric Surgery Nutrition. an online nutrition support for busy people. 

Jamie is  a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist from a small town in Connecticut. After a lifetime of struggles with her weight and PCOS, Jamie finally decided to have her VSG surgery in 2017, during her last year of school before becoming a dietitian. With the help of VSG and sustainable lifestyle changes, Jamie has lost and maintained a 110lb weight loss. Now, she helps women post op from weight loss surgery truly change their eating habits so they can keep their weight off long term too! You can connect with her on her website The Sleeved Dietitian or Instagram @thesleeveddietitian. 

Dawn Boxell is a registered dietitian nutritionist who has been in the field of bariatrics for over 25 years.  She started her career in one of the very first bariatric centers in the Midwest and transitioned to a very large center in Indiana where she still enjoys counseling patients part-time. This has allowed her to counsel tens of thousands of weight loss surgery patients. 

She published her first food guide “Bariatric Innovations” in 2005, that sold more than 5,000 copies.  She has since founded her website WLS Gut Health, the Gastric Health Show Podcast & supplement line Gastric Health dedicated to restoring digestive health after weight loss surgery.  She is passionate about using a whole body approach to health using with whole real foods and quality supplements.

Lorraine Rojas is a Physician Assistant with extensive expertise in weight loss and Bariatric Surgery. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Biological and Physical Anthropology, with a minor in Chemistry, from the City University of New York at Hunter College, and her Masters of Medical Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Her passion for healthy living and the art and science of weight loss is rooted in her own personal struggles, and ultimate triumph, over obesity in her youth. She takes great pride in having lost 65 lbs with diet and exercise. Impressively, she has maintained her weight loss for ten years!

Lorraine’s professional career started in a Bariatric Center of Excellence in Syracuse, New York. Subsequently, she joined another Center of Excellence at her present position in Torrance, CA. As a result, she has learned the highest standards of care in Bariatric Surgery and non-surgical weight loss. Along the way, she has managed to be a source of inspiration and guidance in the lives of thousands of patients struggling with obesity. Her positive, caring persona is paired with a continued thirst for deeper understanding of the ever-growing field of bariatrics and weight loss science. Lorraine comes from a Colombian-American family, and is fluent in Spanish. As well as committing herself to serving the Spanish speaking population (where educational resources for healthy living can be scarce), she utilizes her Latin cooking skills to add great variety and a personal touch to the collection of healthy recipes she has accumulated. To date, Lorraine has authored over 300 healthy recipes, suitable for post-bariatric and non-bariatric patients alike, in both English and Spanish. You can connect with her on her website BariatricBubble.com or Instagram page.