Erica Ascenza is a Registered Dietitian, member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Work experience in Italy
She graduated in Human Nutrition and Dietetics at the London Metropolitan University in 2009. She completed 7 months of work placements in various NHS hospitals and other health care settings as part of her studies and then completed advanced courses in dietary management of obesity, gastroenterological conditions, stroke and neurological conditions as well as elderly care and nutrition support in London, Birmingham and Manchester Universities and Hospitals. She has trained on the low FODMAP diet for the management of IBS at King’s College University and became an expert in the exclusion diets in inflammatory bowels diseases. She has studied advanced courses with the British Dietetic Association in nutrition support in pregnancy (pre and post natal) as well as the pharmacological treatment of overweight and obesity with GLP1 agonists medication (Semaglutide, Wegovy, Mounjaro). She is a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Erica Ascenza studied in her native city of Pescara and in Urbino (PS) before she moved to the UK in 2000 where she later studied to become a dietitian. Initially she worked in Italy and the UK as an interpreter and private tutor for Italian and French young students studying in the UK.
She worked in community centres and helped running Healthy Eating Programmes for school-aged children and families both in Italy and later in the UK.
Work experience in UK
Erica Ascenza has worked as a dietitian in NHS inner London hospitals including St George’s Hospital, St Bartholomew Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Oxleas Community Services (Borough of Greenwich) and for private organisations providing dietetic services for the NHS from 2009 to the present day. She has worked as a Nutrition Support Dietitian in Adult and Elderly Care, Neurological conditions, Cancer and Palliative Care, Gastroenterology, Obesity, Eating Disorders, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
At the moment, she is working as a Specialist Dietitian in a highly specialised program for patients affected by multiple medical conditions requiring Bariatric Surgery and Obesity treatments. She provides nutrition support and dietetic intervention for patients affected by complex gastroenterology and endocrine conditions (Type 2 Diabetes, PCOS, Hypothyroidism), cancers, cardiovascular disease and other metabolic conditions, mental health illnesses, eating disorders and neurodivergent individuals (Autism, ADHD, Learning Disabilities) requiring individualised treatments.
Expertise
Expert in Obesity, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory, Bowel Disease and their specialist diets. She also manages patients with liver disease, pancreatic disease, gout, Coeliac Disease, malabsorption, oncology, endocrine disorders, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypothyroidism, polycystic ovary syndrome, Stroke, Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, neurological divergence, protein and energy malnutrition, mental health conditions and eating disorders, enteral feeding.
Languages:
Italian (native), English (fluent) and French (fluent).
In summary:
Erica Ascenza is an Italian dietitian in London.