Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine)
Level III Area of Specialization
A more specialized area of the Classification in which a provider chooses to practice or make services available. For example, the Area of Specialization for provider type Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians is based upon the Subspecialty Certificates as issued by the appropriate national boards.
Description
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary nutritional diseases (e.
g.
, undernutrition, overnutrition, and genetic or acquired errors of metabolism) and adjunctive nutritional therapeutics (e.
g.
, nutritional therapy or support of diseases states with a metabolic component).
Physician Nutrition Specialists also provide services for nutritional disease prevention, including diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, hospital malnutrition screening, and perioperative nutrition.
Additional Information
Source: National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, www.nbpns.org.