Ranna Modir MS, RD, CNSC, CDCES, CCTD
Clinical Dietitian IV, Cardiac Transplant, MCS, VAD, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA
Ranna Modir, MS, RD, CNSC, CDCES, Clinical Dietitian IV, Cardiac Transplant, MCS, VAD, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA. Ranna Modir has been a clinical dietitian for over 13 years, including the past 10 years as part of a multidisciplinary team at Stanford Health Care. She supports patients with advanced heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support, including those on ECMO and/or undergoing VAD implantation or cardiac transplantation. In collaboration with CVICU and cardiothoracic surgery teams, Ranna has led multiple quality improvement initiatives focused on enteral and parenteral nutrition practices in the CVICU and has contributed to ECMO and cardiac surgery–related publications in JPEN and NCP. She also serves on the ASPEN cardiac surgery guidelines committee.