Clinical Nutrition - Coordinated Program

Overview

If you’re already a licensed health professional and would like to enhance your credentials, the Master of Nutrition – Registered Dietitian/Licensed Health Professional Track is designed for you.

UT Southwestern offers a host of significant advantages for your advanced training in clinical nutrition:

• The location on a large medical center campus provides an ideal environment for the in-depth study of clinical dietetics and medical nutrition therapy.
• You’ll have the opportunity to explore research questions with leading clinical investigators.
• You’ll learn with expert faculty members who are actively involved in research, patient care, community outreach, and consultation in a range of areas, including nutrition and chronic conditions, heart and lipid disorders, obesity prevention, and menu and food product analysis.
• There’s no need to complete a separate internship after graduation because our program combines the course work and the supervised clinical practice hours you need to be eligible for registration as a dietitian.
• They’re located near the heart of Dallas, a thriving center for health care, business, education, and the arts.

Put the proven strength of UT Southwestern in your corner as you prepare for a career in clinical nutrition. We’re dedicated to your success.

Accreditation

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the bachelor (B.S.), masters (M.A./M.S./M.S.C.S./M.P.A.S./M.R.C), doctoral (Ph.D./D.P.T.) and medical professional (M.D.) degrees.