Staff

The diversity and flexibility of our staff have enabled us to meet the needs of the Camino Medical Group community. The Nutrition Services Department has developed a first-time appointment gestational diabetes class to accommodate the increase number of these patients. All follow-ups are always one-on-one.

If you are referred by one of our endocrinologists for insulin instruction for management of diabetes, the diabetes educators will make every effort to accommodate you by seeing you as soon as possible to instruct you on how to inject insulin. We provide this convenience to help reduce your anxiety, expedite your treatment, and increase your chance of success.

We have an excellent selection of education materials in all areas of nutrition and can customize materials to meet your needs. The department will work with your suggestions and ideas to deliver superior care and service to all nutrition patients.

Our staff makes every effort to keep up-to-date on the latest information on diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, medications and treatments for other nutritionally related diseases.

Dalia Perelman, M.S., R.D., CDE

Dalia has worked with Camino Medical Group patients since 1999. She started as a student volunteer with the Lifesteps program in 1996. A valuable multi-lingual asset, Dalia also offers education to diabetic and cardiovascular patients in Spanish and Hebrew. Dalia works avidly now with our type 1 diabetic patients who request intensive insulin management. She has been trained to help people start on Insulin Pump Therapy. Dalia alsotreats all other diagnoses for MNT (medical nutrition therapy) one-on-one; she teaches type 2 diabetes and Heart Smart classes, and she is involved with nutrition program development and community outreach.

Judy Farnsworth, R.D.

Judy has been with Camino Medical Group since 2003. Judy loves working with children and teens in addition to all other mage groups. She currently teaches Heart Smart and Diabetes classes, and treats all other MNT (medical nutrition therapy) diagnoses one-on-one including pre-gastric by-pass patients. She will be assisting with the Support Group for type 2 diabetes.

Seema Karnik, R.D.

Seema started working with Camino Medical Group in 2004 and helps the Asian Indian populations plan their meals to help control their disease processes such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Seema brings a wealth of information to the clinic with her experience in a variety of medical diagnoses that require nutrition therapy. She is also a leader in the Employee Weight Management Program and will be teaching Shapedown classes for teens.

Susan Kirkpatrick, R.D.

Susan has been with Camino Medical Group since 2004. Previously she worked with the Berkeley Heart Lab and brought a wealth of experience in cardiovascular nutrition. She is aspiring to become a diabetes educator and is training to become one by helping teach diabetes and gestational diabetes classes in addition to heart smart classes. She initiated and developed the Employee Weight Management Program and has taken it out to the satellite campuses as well as the main campus. Her enthusiasm is infectious and she is committed to living the life style that she teaches.