Rene Ficek

Rene Ficek is a Registered Dietitian who is also the Lead Dietitian Nutritionist at Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating (SSHE.) Ficek oversees various aspects of menu development, ensuring each SSHE meal complies with USDA and FDA “healthy regulation guidelines.” In addition, she educates management staff on specialized “diets,” researches and implements new nutrition guidelines and provides nutrition education to clients. Ficek received a Bachelor of Science degree in Food & Nutrition from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2006. She obtained her Registered Dietitian and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist certificates in September 2010 from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and in November 2013 earned a Certified Diabetes Educator certificate. Rene has been featured in Today’s Dietitian, Medical Daily and Woman’s Health Magazine, on LiveStrong.com, SheKnows.com and ChicagoHealthOnline.com and on FOX-TV, WGN America, CBS Chicago and You & Me This Morning.