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I've written in the past about a local Dietitian named Leslie Gaillard who is very familiar with Celiac Disease (she is a Celiac).  Leslie has formed her own dedicated private practice to help those with Celiac Disease successfully navigate the Gluten Free diet.  See below for more information.

Rosie's Plate - Big News Update

I've written pretty extensively on this blog about Rosie's Plate.  You can read all the previous posts here.  Obviously, I hold them in pretty high regard, and it's because they keep evolving and growing to meet our Gluten Free needs.  See below for two more great announcements about expanding services from Rosie's Plate.

1. Rosie's Plate Gluten Free food will soon be available at Rex Hospital here in Raleigh.  Not only will Rex's cafeteria carry some Rosie's Plate food, but safe, Gluten Free food service will also be available to folks staying at the near-700 bed hospital who require a GF diet.  This is simply amazing news and an absolute no-brainer if you are Rex.  In an environment where they have a non-dedicated GF kitchen, why not outsource to a local, trusted, dedicated facility to meet your patients GF needs?  All I can say is kudos to Rose Waring (owner of Rosie's Plate) and her staff for ever-expanding their products/services to more Raleigh area GF consumers.  She is a pillar in the Raleigh Gluten Free community and we are lucky to have this company!  Also a big thanks to the folks at Rex, specifically Jim McGrody, the Director of Food and Nutrition Services @ Rex.


2. Rosie's Plate Gluten Free food will also soon be available in Raleigh's Brier Creek location of Earth Fare.  Beginning on Thursday, April 8, 2010, many Gluten Free items from Rosie's Plate will be available.  There will be a kickoff weekend event (4/10 - 4/11) that will include tastings and more.

Stay tuned for more from Rosie's Plate!

GFRB Health Network Welcomes Wake Dermatology

Allow me to welcome the first Dermatology practice to the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog (GFRB) Health Network. Wake Dermatology in Raleigh is familiar with Dermatitis Herpetiformis (DH) a.k.a. "Celiac Disease of the skin" and sees many DH patients including the author of this blog. See my recent post on DH here. Most of us with DH or suspected DH fall under the care of a Dermatologist during our life with the disease.

Wake Dermatology is a multiple doctor practice located in Raleigh near Rex Hospital. The practice includes Dr. Anne Tuveson who received her MD PhD degree from Georgetown University, School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. She also completed her internship at UNC Chapel Hill and completed three years of Dermatology residency at Duke University. During her time at Duke, she worked closely with Russell P Hall, M.D. Dr. Hall is a leader in the field on autoimmune blistering skin diseases including DH. He has conducted much research on this disease and treats numerous DH patients.

Welcome aboard Wake Dermatology - and thanks for being a great resource for Dermatitis Herpetiformis in Raleigh!

Wake Dermatology
Appointments - (919) 781-1001

Medical Plaza at Rex Hospital
4414 Lake Boone Trail
Suite 408
Raleigh, NC 27607

Map

FYI - The Gluten Free Raleigh Blog does not benefit in any way by sharing this information with others. The GFRB Health Network is simply meant to be a useful tool in helping others with their Celiac Disease, DH or GF Diet. If you have any questions or if you have any suggestions about potential members for this network, please email me.

Reminder: Celiac University Seminar

I wrote about a month ago about a special Celiac University Seminar being offered in Raleigh by a Celiac Dietitian and member of the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog Health Network - Leslie Gaillard.

Here's a friendly reminder about Leslie's upcoming Seminar on Thursday, February 12 2009 7-8:30pm. There are a few spaces remaining for this seminar.

Announcing the first Celiac University Seminar – Introduction to Celiac Disease & the Gluten Free Diet. If you or a family member is new to the gluten free diet or just needs a comprehensive education, then this is the class for you. Learn all the basics you need to know to be happy and healthy on the gluten free diet. Benefit from the instructor's professional knowledge and personal experience. This seminar is taught by Leslie Gaillard, MPH RD LDN who is a registered dietitian and a fellow celiac. Light, gluten free refreshments provided.

Event details
Thursday, February 12 2009 7-8:30pm
State Employees Association of North Carolina
1621 Midtown Place
Raleigh, NC 27609
Conference room A
Tickets: $50 per person

Space is limited! Reserve your space today by purchasing your ticket at the following Paypal link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2207536

Questions? Contact Leslie via email or call 919-374-2972 for more information.

GFRB Health Network Welcomes Digestive Healthcare Raleigh

Allow me to welcome another Gastroenterology practice to the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog (GFRB) Health Network. Digestive Healthcare in Raleigh is familiar with Celiac Disease and sees many Celiac patients including the author of this blog. Most of us with Celiac Disease fall under the care of a GI doctor during our life with the disease (if you are not - shame on you). Digestive Healthcare is yet another valuable resource to Celiac's or suspected Celiac's in this area.

I happen to have a bit of a warm spot in my heart for Digestive Healthcare. I visited them after having gut symptoms (enough said) for several months and losing 25 pounds. Celiac Disease was mentioned among a list of conditions I could have (including cancer) during my first office visit. My doctor ordered a Celiac Blood Test and I was diagnosed in under 1 month. Not everyone should have to suffer for 10 years and go through several doctors before getting the diagnosis correct. Digestive Healthcare is one GI practice getting it right.

Digestive Healthcare is a 9 doctor practice with 2 locations in Raleigh. The practice includes Dr. Colm J. O'Loughlin who was previously Director of the Celiac Disease Clinic at the Medical College of Wisconsin prior to moving to Raleigh where he joined Digestive Healthcare in June 2007. Digestive Healthcare also offers endoscopy services on site at their Atrium Drive location in Raleigh. If you're a medically diagnosed Celiac patient, you've had a small bowel endoscopy.

Welcome aboard Digestive Healthcare - and thanks for being a great resource for Celiac Disease in Raleigh!

Digestive Healthcare
Hours - 8AM to 5PM Monday - Thursday. 8AM to 1:30PM Friday.
Appointments - (919) 791-2040

Web site

New Patient Forms

2 Raleigh locations - click here for directions.

Digestive Healthcare (MAIN)
2417 Atrium Drive
Suite 150
Raleigh, NC 27607

Digestive Healthcare (NORTH)
Suite 209
American Institute of Health and Fitness
8300 Health Park
Raleigh, NC 27613

FYI - The Gluten Free Raleigh Blog does not benefit in any way by sharing this information with others. The GFRB Health Network is simply meant to be a useful tool in helping others with their Celiac Disease or GF Diet. If you have any questions or if you have any suggestions about potential members for this network, please email me.

GFRB Health Network Welcomes Personalized Nutrition

Allow me to welcome Personalized Nutrition to the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog (GFRB) Health Network.

Personalized Nutrition, Inc. is located in Apex, NC and offers individual, couple and family counseling for weight management, food allergies, intolerances, wellness, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cholesterol, eating disorders and sports nutrition. Their clients range from premature infants to toddlers to retired adults. Your treatment plan is personalized and created together with your registered licensed dietitian. Their staff has and is currently counseling numerous Celiac Disease patients and/or folks living the Gluten Free lifestyle.

Click here for their packages and rates.

Click here for their staff. Shelly Wegman will most likely be your contact when dealing with Celiac Disease.

For more information, please contact Personalized Nutrition using the following information.
Personalized Nutrition
307 South Salem Street, Suite #302, Apex, NC 27502
Web site
Email Owner Cathie Ostrowski
Email Shelly Wegman
Phone: 919.367.0677

GFRB Health Network Welcomes Dietitian Debbie Jongkind

Allow me to introduce another Dietitian to the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog (GFRB) Health Network. Debbie Jongkind is a registered dietitian with over 20 years experience who has started a new practice called Gluten Free Guidance in the Durham area. Debbie has Celiac Disease (along with her daughter, sister and niece) and has much experience living Gluten Free.

Debbie is also the dietitian who oversees the Gluten Free Week for kids with Celiac Disease at Camp Kanata (I will be writing more about this VERY SOON). The camp is one of 2 in the nation sponsored by GIG (Gluten Intolerance Group) and lucky for us it is held each year in Wake Forest, NC located just north of Raleigh. This year's camp will run from June 21 - 27 and allows Celiac children to attend a camp like a regular kid while being safely provided a Gluten Free Diet. Debbie has been overseeing this camp for several years now.

FYI - You may have noticed some new links at the top of this blog for Gluten Free blogs about neighboring cities around Raleigh. Debbie will shortly begin blogging for the Gluten Free Durham Blog over the next few days! Stay tuned for more information.

Welcome Debbie and thanks for helping your fellow Celiac patients!

For more information, please contact Debbie using the following information.
Debbie Jongkind, RD, LDN
Gluten Free Guidance
Health Coaching for Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance
Email
Phone: 919-225-3779

GFRB Health Network Welcomes Duke Gastroenterology of Raleigh

I have been working on bringing some Gastroenterologists familiar with Celiac Disease into the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog (GFRB) Health Network for the past several weeks. Most of those with Celiac Disease are diagnosed by GI doctors or are under their care at some point. It was important to me to expand the Health Network to include these GI doctors and Duke Gastroenterology of Raleigh is the first (of I hope many) to be a part of this growing Health Network.

The Duke Gastroenterology of Raleigh practice is located in North Raleigh near Duke Raleigh Community Hospital and is affiliated with the Duke Health System. The practice has three doctors; Aaron L. Woofter, MD, Jesse Liu, MD and Savita Srivastava, MD. I have spoken with Dr. Woofter on the phone and through various emails over the last few weeks. He was very excited about being able to help Celiacs and/or people who were having GI issues that thought Celiac might be the cause. He let me know their practice handles many Celiac patients and is accepting new patients at this time. He also let me know that Duke is continually ranked among the top 15 best hospitals in the country for gastroenterology by U.S.News & World Report, and the faculty of the Division of Gastroenterology are national and international leaders in their respective specialties.

Welcome aboard Dr. Woofter and your associates and thanks for helping!

Duke Gastroenterology of Raleigh Information
3480 Wake Forest Road
Suite 500
Raleigh, NC 27609

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 919-862-5075
Appointments: 919-684-6437

Web site

New Patient Form

FYI - The Gluten Free Raleigh Blog does not benefit in any way by sharing this information with others. The GFRB Health Network is simply meant to be a useful tool in helping others with their Celiac Disease or GF Diet. If you have any questions or if you have any suggestions about potential members for this network, please email me.

Celiac University Seminar

Last month, I introduced Leslie Gaillard, our very own resident Gluten Free/Celiac Dietitian to the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog Health Network.

Leslie informed me she will be conducting her first Celiac University Seminar called "Introduction to Celiac Disease & the Gluten Free Diet".

See below for more information about the seminar...

Announcing the first Celiac University Seminar – Introduction to Celiac Disease & the Gluten Free Diet. If you or a family member is new to the gluten free diet or just needs a comprehensive education, then this is the class for you. Learn all the basics you need to know to be happy and healthy on the gluten free diet. Benefit from the instructor’s professional knowledge and personal experience. This seminar is taught by Leslie Gaillard, MPH RD LDN who is a registered dietitian and a fellow celiac. Light, gluten free refreshments provided.

Event details
Thursday, February 12 2009 7-8:30pm
State Employees Association of North Carolina
1621 Midtown Place
Raleigh, NC 27609
Conference room A
Tickets: $50 per person

Space is limited! Reserve your space today by purchasing your ticket at the following Paypal link.

Questions? Contact leslie_gaillard@yahoo.com

GFRB Health Network Welcomes A Celiac Dietitian

I mentioned last week the formation of the Gluten Free Raleigh Blog (GFRB) Health Network which I hope turns into a large network of the health specialists in Raleigh who are the most familiar with Celiac Disease. If you need some help with issues surrounding Celiac Disease or the Gluten Free Diet, the hope is that you can use the Health Network as a starting point to get the help you need.

I'd like to welcome the first member of the GFRB Health Network, Leslie Gaillard. Leslie is a registered dietitian who has been living with Celiac Disease since 2003. Some of you may have been referred to a dietitian when you were first diagnosed for assistance in learning the GF Diet. I've heard examples of CD patients showing up and simply receiving print outs about the GF Diet from various Web sites. Most of you probably know more than the Dietitian you saw if they are not living the GF lifestyle. To bad you're probably out several hundred dollars before you can figure this out! This shouldn't be the case with Leslie since she is actually living the GF Diet.

Here is a little more information about Leslie...

Need a Dietitian who actually has and understands Celiac Disease?

Leslie Gaillard is a registered dietitian who is licensed in the state of North Carolina to provide nutrition counseling. She received her Master of Public Health degree with a focus in Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She regularly counsels individuals in the area with Celiac disease as well as a variety of other gastrointestinal disorders including irritable bowel disorder and ulcerative colitis. Leslie has been living successfully with Celiac disease for the past 5 years. She also has other food allergies including dairy and soy. Leslie enjoys counseling new Celiacs and guiding them through the process of transitioning to this new way of eating. She wants them to understand that the diagnosis can be a blessing in disguise. The gluten free diet can be a well-balanced, nutritious, and enjoyable eating plan. If you are interested in speaking with her, contact her at mailto:leslie_gaillard@yahoo.com?subject=Gluten%20Free%20Raleigh%20Blog%20Health%20Network

Welcome aboard Leslie and thanks for helping out!

FYI - The Gluten Free Raleigh Blog does not benefit in any way by sharing this information with others. The GFRB Health Network is simply meant to be a useful tool in helping others with their Celiac Disease or GF Diet. If you have any questions or if you have any suggestions about potential members for this network, please email me.

Special Announcement: Gluten Free Raleigh Blog Health Network

I am in the middle of establishing something I have coined "The Gluten Free Raleigh Blog Health Network".

The GFRB Health Network will be a useful resource for readers of this blog to assist them with finding Celiac friendly Doctors, Nutritionists, Dietitians, Dentists, etc...

A big part of what I am trying to accomplish with this Blog is to raise awareness about Celiac Disease and the GF Diet in Raleigh. The natural progression of this is for me to reach out to local Health Care providers in this city to make them more Celiac friendly. Granted, there are some great ones already out there. Hopefully you have been lucky enough to find one. If you have, please email me with their information and I will attempt to bring them into this network.

The first part of this Network will be to "partner" in a way with resources I know are already Celiac/GF friendly. Readers will easily be able to find resources to contact for more assistance. The Network may be small now, but it is a start. I have been reaching out to local resources over the past few weeks with more to come in the future.

Stay tuned for further posts about the first member of the GFRB Health Network. I'll give you a hint, she's a Dietitian (who actually has Celiac Disease and has been living GF for 5 years).