Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To see our full nondiscrimination statement, click here.

Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

Malnutrition and Nutrition Support

Malnutrition

Many disease states affect the nutritional status of hospitalized patients.  Often, patients present to the hospital with some degree of malnutrition and many more develop feeding problems during their hospitalization, necessitating some form of supplemental or alternative nutrition support.  Nutritional deficits have long been recognized as contributing factors to morbidity and mortality of hospitalized patients.  A multidisciplinary team approach to nutrition support has been shown to reduce the complications associated with malnutrition.

During admission patients are evaluated by a nutrition support team which includes Dietitians, Nurse Practitioners and Physicians.  We perform nutritional assessment and devise individualized nutrition treatment plans for patients, which can include specialized oral diets, enteral nutrition or parenteral nutrition.  We also offer long term support for patients requiring home parenteral nutrition therapy.

Additional Resources

Learn more about enteral nutrition.
Learn more about parenteral nutrition.  

For those patients already using Nutrition Support, there are organizations, such as the Oley Foundation, that can provide additional resources. Learn more about the Oley Foundation. 

Adult Nutritional Support Team

Dong Wook Kim, MD, Nutrition Director

Kavita Sharma, MD, Nutrition Support Director

Eric Nolen-Doerr, MD

Denise Wong, MD

Tram Tran, NP

Maryellen L. Lopez, RD, CNSC, LDN, Clinical Nutrition Manager/Home Nutrition Support