I have 15 years of experience, and specialize in the field of sport nutrition and exercise prescription for chronic diseases with specific knowledge in the areas of heart, sport supplements and lung, hypertension, diabetes, obesity. I have published on such topics as exercise prescription and nutrition, metabolic calculations and chronic diseases and rehabilitation. I am a professor at the university level. I was recruited by a university to improve their graduate curriculum and begin the development of a Ph.D. program by teaching and creating new courses at their graduate level, in sports nutrition and exercise prescription for special populations. I have past experience as the director and founder of the a therapeutic exercise program for chronic disease (TEMPO) and have served as a consultant for an aggressive managed care team providing exercise and diet evaluation and education. Am a fellow of The American College of Sports Medicine.