Meet our Nutrition Expert – Staci Stone
Staci Stone is a Registered Dietitian (RD CDN) who received her Bachelor’s of Arts with an emphasis on food and nutrition science from Queens College in Flushing, NY. She then went on to complete an intensive dietetic internship where she completed challenging rotations in all areas of medicine, including cardiac disease, diabetes, pediatrics, oncology, geriatrics, and intensive care. She went on to work as staff dietitian at Mt. Sinai Medical Center where she focused on cardiac and pulmonary patients. She provided nutrition advice and dietary guidelines to patients receiving hear t and lung transplants. She then transferred to NYU Medical Center where she continued working with cardiac disease patients, as well as cardiac rehabilitation. At NYU she began to also work with a colleague who specialized in bariatric surgery.
More recently Staci has worked solely with the bariatric population and has counseled hundreds of patients who have struggled with their weight. She counsels patients who have had weight loss surgery, or who are working towards that goal. She runs monthly support groups for the bariatric population as well as helps to lead informational seminars where she discusses the nutrition aspect to this life changing operation. She has worked in the community to help to educate primary care physicians and obstetricians regarding post operative bariatric care.
Staci also has a private practice counseling patients on various different dietary regimes; including weight management, diabetes, cardiac disease, and hypercholesterolemia.
Staci is instrumental in providing patients with plans that will work for their lifestyle, and not just copied from a magazine or book. One size DOES not fit all, and Staci will tailor a program that is right for you. Staci has the ability to counsel patients one on one, or via email or phone consultation.
Staci maintains professional membership in the following organizations; American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Member of the American Dietetic Association, Member of the Westchester Rockland Dietetic Association. She has appeared on television programs to discuss health, wellness and good nutrition practices. Staci has published nutrition related articles in various magazines, journals and newspapers. She has also worked on various research studies in the bariatric population.
Staci is available for consultation via telephone, email or one on one sessions.
