Nutrition Services

Staff
Julie Churchill, DVM, PhD, DACVN
Joan Smith, CVT

Contact 
612-624-5024 (regular hours)
Use the After Hours phone line after 4:30 and on weekends and holidays.

Services
Outpatient services
*Weight loss clinic: Outpatient appointments to determine the cause of obesity and to assess client and pet behavior. A variety of pet food products and computerized weight loss program may be used to develop a weight loss plan tailored to the individual family. Behavior modification will be emphasized.

* Consultations on products and other nutritional therapy for patients refusing to eat commercial therapeutic diets, including formulation of home-cooked diet recipes individualized to the patient, including use of nutraceuticals and dietary supplements.

Inpatient services:
* Nutritional consultations include a daily nutritional assessment on all ICU patients. Assistance provided in integrating nutritional management in the medical/surgical care of hospitalized patients.

* Parenteral nutrition formulations.

*Selection and assistance with feeding tube placement.

*Homemade diet analysis or individual recipe formulations.

Hours
Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Consultative services are also available upon request for hospitalized patients.