Ranna Modir MS, RD, CNSC, CDE, CCTD
Clinical Dietitian, Cardiac Transplant, MCS, VAD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Ranna Modir, MS, RD, CNSC, CDE, CCTD Clinical Dietitian IV Cardiac Transplant, MCS, VAD Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA Ranna has been a clinical dietitian for over ten years. As part of a multidisciplinary team for the past nine years at Stanford Healthcare, she supports patients with advanced heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support and/or undergoing VAD implant or heart transplantation to optimize nutritional delivery and achievement of metabolic goals. In collaboration with CVICU and cardiothoracic surgery teams, Ranna has initiated quality improvement efforts for CVICU enteral and parenteral nutrition practices with the goal of maximizing recovery and survival outcomes. She has passion for providing nutrition care in ECMO and cardiac surgery populations and has contributed to ECMO, MCS and cardiac transplant nutrition publications in both JPEN and NCP journals.