Founder & CEO, The Kidney Dietitian
Melanie is a nationally recognized kidney stone expert and registered dietitian in Chicago, IL. She started her career in nephrology at the University of Chicago where she was fortunate enough to learn and work with some of the top kidney stone experts. As her experience and knowledge grew, she noticed significant gaps in the information patients were receiving, both online and through providers. She founded The Kidney Dietitian blog to educate both patients and healthcare professionals about kidney stone prevention. The Kidney Dietitian now touches around 20,000 people every day. Given her roots in academia, she continues to be a passionate advocate of research and publishes regularly to promote the role of nutrition and the RDN in both kidney disease and kidney stone prevention. She speaks regularly at local, state and national professional organizations. As an active member of the field, she is the current Chair of the Renal Practice Group, Past-President of the Illinois Council on Renal Nutrition and is a member of the planning committee for the National Kidney Foundations annual meeting. You can find her on Instagram @the.kidney.dietitian and at her blog at: www.thekidneydietitian.org.
Melanie is dedicated to bridging the gap between research and patient care, empowering thousands each day with evidence-based guidance on kidney stone prevention and nutrition.