Linda Cardona CV
Nutritionist - TIJUANA, B.C. MÉXICO
EDUCATION
2007 - 2008:
Chronic Diseases Specialist (Obesity, Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease)
Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA) Universidad de Chile (U. de Chile) Santiago, Chile
2002 - 2008:
B.S. Nutrition and Food Science. Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana, México.
*Active member of the Colegio Mexicano de Nutriólogos (CMN), American Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics (AND) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 - 2018:
Tijuana Bariatric Center (TBC), Tijuana Bariatrics (TB), Bariatric Surgery in Mexico (BMS). Nutritional Care of Weight Loss Surgery Patient.
2015 - Present:
Sanoviv, Medical Institute. Individual assessment and nutritional therapy for patients with chronic illness.
2008 - Present
Private Practice (Nutrition & Mindfulness)
Providing nutritional therapy to clinicians and self-referred patients with chronic diseases (Obesity and Bariatric surgery, Diabetes, Hypertension, Kidney Disease and Arthritis). Former Coordinator and Instructor of the Nutrition and Healthy Cooking Course.
2009 - 2015:
Centro de Investigación del Noroeste, S.C. Tijuana, México. (Research Center) Diabetes and Arthritis Educator (Education coordinator provider of preventative care for people with diabetes and arthritis, including nutritional counseling).
2008 - 2015
Instructor in the B.S. in Nutrition and Food Science and B.S. in Nursing Universidad Iberoamericana, Campus Tijuana. Responsible for counseling and teaching undergraduate students in areas of nutrition and health.
COURSES/RESEARCH
Gastrointestinal Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications. Kharrazian Institute. Carlsbad, Ca. 21-21 September 2019.
ASMBS 36th Annual Meeting at Obesity Week Las Vegas, Nevada IH Courses: IH Nutrition II & IH Non-Responders and Weight Gain. November 3 - 7, 2019.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training (MBSR). UCSD, September – November 2018.
Wise Traditions 19th Annual International Conference for the Weston A. Price Foundation. November 16-18th 2018Baltimore-Baltimore, MD.
American College of Nutrition’s 58th Annual Conference Disrupting Cancer: The Role of Personalized Nutrition, November 2017. Washington, D.C.
Bariatric Surgery: Nutrition and Integrated Health Weekend Conference 2017 San Diego
Nutrition Pro 2016 Symposium: Personalizing Medical Nutrition Therapy in San Diego, California on November 12, 2016
Mindful Eating With Kids and Teens: A Daylong Workshop on Developing a Mindful Relationship with Food and Eating. Bridging the Hearts & Minds of Youth Conference Participants. UCSD 2015.
Mindful Eating-Conscious Living Trainning (MECL-1) . UC San Diego. May 2014.
ASMBS Nutrition therapy Course I-II. American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgerty 29th anual
meeting. June 2012. San Diego, CA.
Research
Poster Presentation in World Congress of Nephrology 2009, Milan, Italy. "NUTRITIONAL ADEQUACY OF PROTEIN INTAKE ACCORDING TO K/DOQI GUIDES AND PHOSPHORUS INTAKE IN DIABETIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS IN LATIN AMERICA: THE HIDDEN SOURCES OF PHOSPHORUS ARE IMPORTANT?"
Clinical Trials Administrator in Latin America (Intensive course) 2010. UC San Diego – (UCSD). San Diego, California.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES (Attendee in several Expos, Conferences and Meetings)
March 2012 - 2019 Natural Products, Expo West. Anaheim, CA.
July 2012 - 2019 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meetings
October 2010-11 II Congreso Nacional: Cardiometabólico. Tijuana. B.C.
May 2009 World Congress of Nephrology. Milán, Italia.
April 2008 V Chilean Congress in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Viña del Mar, Chile.
