Our Nutrition Specialists
Meet the Team Behind Your Nutrition Care
Each of our specialists brings deep clinical expertise and a patient-first approach to every consultation.
Evidence-based nutritional therapy for inpatients and outpatients personalised diet plans for diabetes, kidney disease, cancer, cardiac conditions, and post-surgical recovery.
Therapeutic Diet & Metabolic Wellness
Nutrition is not a supplementary concern in healthcare it is a core clinical intervention. Malnutrition in hospitalised patients significantly increases complication rates, prolongs hospital stays, and worsens outcomes across virtually every condition. Conversely, therapeutic nutrition the right food in the right amounts for the right condition accelerates healing, improves treatment tolerability, prevents disease progression, and in conditions like pre-diabetes, can reverse pathology entirely. Clinical dietetics is the application of nutritional science to medical care: translating evidence from nutritional research into personalised, culturally appropriate, practical dietary guidance that real patients can actually follow.
MNR Hospital's Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics Department is an integrated clinical service providing nutritional assessment, therapeutic diet planning, and follow-up counselling for both inpatients and outpatients. Our registered dietitians work alongside physicians, surgeons, and nurses as part of multidisciplinary clinical teams, attending ward rounds for ICU, oncology, nephrology, and surgical patients to ensure that nutritional needs are identified and met from admission to discharge. Outpatient nutritional counselling is available for all common chronic conditions including Type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart disease, obesity, eating disorders, PCOS, and food intolerances.
The most perfectly designed diet plan is worthless if a patient cannot or will not follow it. Our dietitians take time to understand each patient's food culture, family circumstances, budget, and cooking capabilities before designing recommendations. For our coastal Karnataka patients, this means working with traditional Tulu, Kodava, and Konkani cuisines to create therapeutic meal plans that feel familiar, achievable, and enjoyable not punitive.
Glycaemic control through carbohydrate management and meal timing.
Protein, potassium, phosphate, and fluid restriction as kidney function declines.
Structured caloric and macronutrient guidance with behavioural support.
Heart-healthy dietary patterns for lipid and blood pressure management.
Nutritional support to maintain weight and tolerance through treatment.
Medical nutrition therapy alongside psychological treatment.
Anti-inflammatory, low-GI dietary approaches to hormonal management.
Dietary reversal strategies targeting insulin sensitivity.
Each of our specialists brings deep clinical expertise and a patient-first approach to every consultation.
Our clinical dietitians create personalised, culturally appropriate nutrition plans that help you manage your condition and rebuild your health one meal at a time.