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Lisa Dorfman, MS, RD, CSSD, LMHC-UM Sports Nutritionist

Mission Statement

To enhance athlete performance through professional guidance in sports nutrition and psychology by:

  • Supporting athletes, coaches, athletic trainers and teams with information geared for the classroom, at practice, or within individual settings.
  • Contributing to the UM Sports Medicine Team as experts in training and competition dealing with issues that impact performance such as nutritional deficiencies, illness, injury, stress, anxiety, and eating disorders.
  • Providing physical, nutritional, and psychological tools and resources for training and competition.
  • Clarifying misinformation regarding performance enhancement techniques, supplementation and fad diets.

    Sports Performance

    Lisa Dorfman, MS, RD, CSSD, LMHC Sports Nutritionist

    Lisa Dorfman, MS, RD, CSSD, LMHC has been a leader in the health care field for more than two decades, as a licensed nutritionist, licensed psychotherapist, certified coach and athlete working with professional, world and national class athletes, and is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and a Board Certified Professional Counselor. Since 2003, she has been the Sports Nutritionist for the University of Miami, counseling hundreds of athletes, some onto NCAA, Olympic and world titles and careers in football, baseball, basketball, T&F, tennis, diving, and golf. Lisa is personal nutritionist for many professional athletes, including those in the NFL, MLB, PGA, USTA, and boxing. Lisa is also the national Olympic and Paralympics Team Nutritionist for US Sailing, and is an adjunct professor in the UM Department of Exercise Sciences.

    Since 1983, she has also consulted to over 15 hospitals and medical centers, Fortune 500 corporations, world-class resorts, and spent a decade working with the Federal Correctional System, and has provided ongoing work for Metro-Dade Police, US Department of Customs, and for The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). She has also been an ongoing educator, counselor and coach to the USOC, USAT&F, USAT, USTA and The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

    Lisa is the author of four books, The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide (Wiley, 2000), The Tropical Diet (2004), The Anti-Stress Strategy (2009) and co-author with Kysha Harriel, PhD ATC, Eating Disorders Throughout the Lifecycle: A Guide for Health Professionals (2009), and numerous magazine articles, and book chapters. She is incoming Nutrition Editor for SoBeFit Magazine and an Advisory Board Member and writes a column for South Florida Adventures Magazine. Lisa has appeared on international news programs like 20/20, Dateline, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC and ESPN and the NBC, CBS & ABC affiliates in hundreds of cities nationwide and is featured in various news, sports, and health publications including USA Today, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Muscle and Fitness, Runners World, Bicycling, Scuba, Splash, Smash, Marie Claire, O, Glamour, Shape, Body & Soul, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, Vegetarian Times, etc.

    As a leader in her profession, Lisa was a National Media Spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association '03-'08, has served as chairman for the Nutrition Entrepreneurs (NE), Vegetarian Nutrition (VN) and Dietetics in Developmental and Psychiatric Disorders Practice Groups (DPG) and is public relations director for the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN). She was selected by her colleagues as Recognized Dietitian of the Year and has been named to Who's Who in American Women.

    Known nationally as "The Running NutritionistTM," Lisa is a competitive runner and triathlete who has competed in more than 34 marathons, IronmanUSA Lake Placid, dozens of half marathons and 1/2 ironmans, and hundreds of running and multisport races. In 2004, she competed for the United States on Team USA at the World Long Distance Duathlon Championships. Lisa resides in Miami, Florida with her husband of 26 years and three children, Rebecca 21, Danielle 19 and Joseph 17.

    Contact Lisa: foodfitnes@aol.com Website: www.foodfitness.com 24-hour service: 305-854-1065 PO Box 565505, Miami, Fl. 33256

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