Kaitlyn Attiga, MPH, RD. CNSC
- Clinical Dietitian
Contact Information
Education
San Diego State University, BS in Foods and Nutrition
University of California, Los Angeles MPH with emphasis in Community Health Science
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Dietetic Internship
Biography
Kaitlyn Attiga is a clinical dietitian currently working with surgical oncology and medicine patients. She also serves as a clinical preceptor for UCSF's dietetic internship program. Kaitlyn has been working at UCSF since 2013. She previously worked at the West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital where she provided care for general medicine, surgical, medical/geriatric psychiatric and palliative care patients as well as residents of the VA skilled nursing facility. Kaitlyn also served as a clinical preceptor for the VA dietetic internship program.
Kaitlyn's goal is to provide excellent nutrition care to all patients using evidence-based practices.
In the News
- UCSF Department of Surgery - - August 03, 2015A research team at the UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults (CSOA) including faculty, research residents, staff and students, gave a poster presentation about the UCSF Surgery Wellness Program entitled, Get Fit for Surgery: An Interdisciplinary Geriatric Surgery Wellness Program, at the 5th Annual Quality and Safety Symposium hosted by the UCSF Department of Medicine on May 28, 2015. The presentation reported on early results on this new clinical intervention, which launched in February [...]
