Nutrition & Dietetics: Faculty

Maureen Dunne-Touhey, M.S., R.D., L.D.N.

Director; Dietetic Internship
dunnetouhey@marywood.edu
570-961-4751
Full Time

Education

Maureen Dunne-Touhey received her bachelor's degree in Family and Consumer Studies from Herbert H. Lehman College of City University of New York and her master's degree in Family and Consumer Studies from Herbert H. Lehman College of City University of New York.

Professional Memberships

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a Registered Dietitian (RD)
Pennsylvania Licensed Dietitian and Nutrition Professional (LDN)
Pennsylvania Dietetic Association (PADA)
North East Dietetic Association (NEDA): Active Member

Academy Practice Groups:

• Dietetic Educators of Practitioners (DEP) and
• Clinical Nutrition Management

 

Professional Involvement

PADA 

2012 PADA AME Planning Committer Co-Chair ; 1998 - PADA AME Registration Committee Member

Northeast Dietetic Association (NEDA)
Nominating, Awards & Scholarship Chair-elect: 2000-2001, 2002-2003,
Nominating, Awards & Scholarship Chair : 2001-2002, 2003 - 2004
President-elect: 2004 - 2006
President - 2006-2007
Past President, NEDA Website Coordinator - 2007- present

Quality Assurance Committee Member - Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc.: 2001- present
Board Member - The Ethics Institute of Northeast Pennsylvania: 2002

Awards & Honors

Nominated for Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award - 2000 & 2008
Northeast Dietetic Association - recipient of 2009 Anita Owen Award

Professional Experience

Marywood University, Scranton, PA

Dietetic Internship 
Clincial Coodinator 1993 - present
Program Director 2001 - present
Coordinated Program Director; 2006-2010

 

Medical Nutrition Therapist
Yonkers General Hospital, Yonkers, NY

Consultant Dietitian
DeClemente Group Home (Autistic Adolescents), Bronx, NY

Geriatric Nutrition Specialist
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Montrose, NY

Assistant Food Service Director/ Patient Care
Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, Bronx, NY

Food Service Supervisor
Misericordia Hospital, Bronx, NY

Medical Nutrition Therapist
Shalom Nursing Home, Mount Vernon, NY