Rebeca Matamoros, RD, LD
SUMMARY:
- Strengths include quick learner; high-energy; willing to accept additional responsibilities; excellent project management/prioritization skills; detail-oriented
- Bilingual (Spanish/English)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrine Care Center, Houston, TX
Research Dietitian, September 2006-May 2008
- Teach newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes children about Diabetes and the necessary steps in order to live a healthy life
- Instruct patients and families on diabetes and diet in order to impede complications
- Identify and recruit patients for the TODAY Study (“Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth”)
- Create and maintain charts of patients with diabetes
- Resolve barriers to recruitment
- Coordinate activities with the diabetes team
- Design creative strategies for retaining research families during the 5-year trial
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Graduate Nutrition Fellow-LEAH (Leadership Education in Adolescent Health),
August 2005-May 2006
- Federally funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to provide interdisciplinary health care to adolescents
- Worked with Houston Texans, local community, Texas Children’s Hospital Adolescent Outpatient Clinic and school health clinic
- Developed education materials
- Coordinated a weight management program
- Appeared on “Telemundo” Channel 45 news broadcast instructing a morbidly obese patient on weight loss
- Provided interdisciplinary care to adolescents
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Dietetic Intern, August 2005- September 2006
- Rotations in general medicine, cardiology, long-term care, surgery and ICU, renal and hemodialysis, pediatrics, community health, outpatient education, foodservice management, and administration.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Independent Study Student, Spring 2001
- Investigated preferences of vegetarian students on campus
- Prepared vegetarian meals, which were evaluated by the students
- Created a year’s meal plan for the vegetarian population at the University of Connecticut
VOLUNTEER:
Camp Rainbow-Diabetes Camp, Texas Children’s Hospital
Medical Staff, July 2006
- Served as part of medical staff team in providing assistance for diabetes type 1 management, blood sugar, insulin and pump management, in children
- Coordinated nutrition education class
Children’s Nutrition Expo, Children’s Museum of Houston
Volunteer, February 2006
- Provided hands-on nutrition education for children and families
- Increased awareness of the importance of physical activity as well as nutrition in families
EDUCATION:
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Dietetic Internship, September 1, 2006
RD, November 2006
LD, May 2007
Texas Woman’s University, Houston, TX
Candidate for M.S. degree in Nutrition, May 2009
Masters Thesis research on Food Acceptability of Low Glycemic Index diet foods in Mexican-American adolescent girls
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences, May 2001
Dean’s List – Spring 1998 and Spring 2001
Mentor for Freshman Year Experience Class – Fall 2000
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