Francesca Onori
Francesca Onori is a registered dietitian, member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Francesca Onori is a registered dietitian. She graduated in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Federico II University of Naples in 2006. She then completed her training in Human Nutrition (MSc), passed the advanced course in dietary management and the lo FODMAP diet in IBS at the king’s College University and became an expert in the exclusion diet in Crohn’s disease. She is a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Work experience in Italy
Since 2007, when she graduated, Francesca Onori worked in different private settings in Naples where she was dealing with metabolic diseases and obesity. She was also involved in teaching programs in high schools.she worked as a metabolic disorders and obesity dietitian in different clinics in Naples. She was also involved with teaching in schools and ran Healthy Eating Programmes for school-aged children.
Work experience in the UK
Francesca Onori moved to London in 2011 and chose to work as an acute dietitian in the hospital.
She worked at the Central Middlesex Hospital in the geriatric, rehabilitative and mental health wards assessing and treating malnutrition, enteral fed patients and different diseases (i.e. renal, hepatic, pancreatic, metabolic).
At the moment, she is working at the North Middlesex University Hospital where she specialised in gastroenterology and endocrine treating complex patients with IBD (Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis), liver disease (fatty liver, hepatitis, and liver cirrhosis), pancreatic disease (chronic and acute Pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer), complex coeliac disease, gastroparesis, bile salt malabsorption, endocrine disorders (diabetes, PCOS, metabolic diseases, and cancer).
Expertise
Expert in IBD patients, liver disease, pancreatic disease, coeliac disease, malabsorption, endocrine disorders, mental health, enteral feeding, nutrition and healthy eating promotion.
Languages
Italian and English.
Summary
Francesca Onori is an Italian dietitian in London.
Ilaria Carandente
Ilaria Carandente is a registered dietitian, member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
She graduated in Dietetics and specialised in Human Nutrition at the “Federico II” University in Naples in 2014. She is also a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) from 2017.
Work experience in Italy
She worked as Dietitian in the Department of Cardiology at the “Federico II” Hospital in Naples where she focused on the treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases in particular the ones recovering from stroke.
She was also involved in several publications and research projects, presenting her data at regional and national scientific conferences.
She also collaborated with gynaecological and paediatric practices, treating children with eating and metabolic disorders as well as providing nutritional support to pregnant women, from the first stages of the pregnancy to the lactation period.
Work experience in UK
Ilaria Carandente moved to London in 2014. She was involved in the support of patients with HIV running courses on specific nutritional topics.
She started practicing as Dietitian at Dottore London in 2017.
Expertise
Expert in weight management, nutritional treatment and support for: metabolic diseases, eating disorders, bowel disorders, cardiovascular disease, allergies, celiac disease, lactose intolerance, hormonal disorders, pregnancy, lactation, children, interaction between diet and drugs and/or medical treatments, sport nutrition.
Languages
Italian, English.
Summary
Ilaria Carandente is an Italian dietitian in London.
Vittoria Ricciardiello
Vittoria Ricciardiello is a registered dietitian, member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
She graduated in Dietetics in 2012 and specialised in Human Nutrition Sciences in 2014 at the University Federico II of Naples.
She became a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in 2017.
Work experience in Italy
Vittoria worked at her local surgery to deliver outpatient clinics for patients with diabetes mellitus, with overweight and obesity and for patients going through their pregnancy and breastfeeding. She also delivered talks and educational groups on carbohydrate counting for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus on pump therapy.
Work experience in UK
Vittoria Ricciardiello moved to England in 2017 and in 2018 began her career as a Registered Dietitian at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where she specialised in UGI oncology and surgery and gastroenterology. Her main focus is nutrition support, malabsorptive conditions and malnutrition. She also worked at the Prospect Park Hospital in Reading, where she dealt with eating disorders and drug-induced obesity.
Vittoria had led nutrition education groups for patients with gestational diabetes.
Expertise
Vittoria is an expert in nutritional management of the following conditions: UGI surgery, Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis), metabolic liver diseases (NAFLD), celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), low FODMAP diet, bacterial overgrowth syndrome (SIBO), bile acid malabsorption (BAM), pancreatic insufficiency (PEI), weight management, obesity, metabolic syndrome, PCOS and eating disorders.
Languages:
Italian, English and a basic level of Spanish.
In summary:
Vittoria Ricciardiello is an Italian dietitian in London.
Gelsomina Cetronio
Gelsomina Cetronio is a registered dietitian, member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
She graduated in Dietetics at the University Federico II of Naples in 2013 and specialised in Human Nutrition Sciences at the same university in 2015.
She became a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in 2024.
Work experience in Italy
In Italy, Gelsomina earned extensive experience in various clinical settings, including hospitals and clinics, where she focused on weight loss strategies, diabetology, celiac disease, eating disorders, hormonal imbalances, menopause and phytotherapy. She contributed to several publications and research projects on type 1 diabetes and celiac disease.
She also collaborated with psychologists in treating patients with eating disorders, ranging from anorexia nervosa to binge eating disorder.
Work experience in UK
In 2020, Gelsomina moved to London, where she worked as a dietitian for digital health services and within the NHS, treating a wide range of conditions. She has a particular focus on women’s health, including PCOS, menopause, fertility, and eating disorders. In 2024, she began practising as a Dietitian at Dottore London.
Expertise
Gelsomina specialises in weight management strategies, nutritional therapy, and coaching for patients with metabolic diseases, eating disorders (including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), food allergies, coeliac disease, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), menopause, nutrition during pregnancy and lactation, paediatric nutrition, and the use of phytotherapy in weight management.
Languages:
Italian (native), English (fluent), French (basic).
In summary:
Gelsomina Cetronio is an Italian Dietitian in London.
Erica Ascenza
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.