Vanessa Salino, MS, RD, a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition with Smilow Cancer Hospital Outpatient Oncology, received the Connecticut Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Outstanding Dietitian of the Year Award April 9. The award recognizes dietitians who have made distinguished contributions to advancing the profession and demonstrated outstanding leadership and service. Salino joined Yale New Haven Hospital as a dietetic intern in 2012 and was then hired as an inpatient registered dietitian. She joined Outpatient Oncology in 2015 and currently works in Radiation Oncology at Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich. The Connecticut Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the state affiliate of the National Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.
