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Rashida Jinnah, MS, RD, LD, CNSD
Clinical Nutrition

Ms. Jinnah is a Nutrition Support Dietitian at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She is a Registered Dietitian with Licensure in the State of Texas. She is certified through the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition as a Nutrition Support Dietitian. Ms. Jinnah has worked with the Pancreatic Tumor Study Group since 1992. She helped develop the nutrition support protocol for patients with pancreatic cancer and manages the nutritional care of these patients .

Education:

  • Masters Degree (Nutrition): University of Madras, India
  • Post-Graduate (Dietetics): Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, UK

Selected References:

Jinnah R., Zook D., Lee J. MD, Fenoglio C., Evans D. (1995), Early Postoperative Enteral Feeding after Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Presented as a poster session at the 19th Clinical Congress of American Society for Parenteral an Enteral Nutrition.


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