Ann Wilkins

My name is Ann Wilkins, MSRD and I am the Telehealth Dietitian for New Mexico VA Medical Center. I provide nutrition education and counseling for chronic disease and weight managment to the community based VA clinics around New Mexico. The servive that I provide to our nation's Veterans is through Teleconferencing. The veterans are able to travel to their local VA clinic and recieve nutrition counseling instead of having to drive several hours to the VA's main location.

I earned my Bachelors of Science from the University of Vermont and my Masters degree from the University of Maine. My area of study was food science, human nutrition and Dietetics.

I feel that it is very important for me to present a positive image of my profession. As a result I work very hard not only to work with my patients to accomplish their goals but I also work diligently to look the part and accomplish my own goals. I am currently working to improve my ability to support my patient's needs by completing the Certification in Personal Training from the International Sports Sciences Association.  I hope to broaden my services with personal training as well as developing a better understanding of body building and fitness modeling.  My goal for 2012 is to compete and place in a competition.