Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Francesca Alfano, MS, CDN, CNS, IFNCP is a board-certified functional medicine Dietitian-Nutritionist. She holds a master's degree in Nutrition and Integrative Health, is a Certified Nutrition Specialist®, and has received advanced training in functional nutrition from the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy.
Francesca helps women who are struggling to lose weight implement simple, sustainable food and lifestyle habits so they can support a healthy metabolism, balance hormones, increase energy levels, improve fertility, and permanently lose weight without counting calories or following restrictive diets.
Unlike traditional diets, Francesca uses an individualized functional medicine and culinary nutrition approach to help each client build lifelong healthy habits so they can confidently nourish their bodies in a delicious and satisfying way.
In her career, Francesca has helped thousands of clients reach their goals and adopt healthy eating habits leading to long-term weight loss and improved health outcomes. Francesca has been featured in Well + Good, Shape, Women’s Health, and SportsIllustrated, among others.
CREDENTIALS
Certifications and Professional Organizations CertifiedNutrition Specialist (CNS) Certified Dietitian Nutritionist ( CDN) -NY and CT Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner (IFNCP) CertifiedHolisticHealth Coach Member of the American Nutrition Association Member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Member of the Institute of Functional Medicine
Ellen Cottone, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist at Maniya Health, located in Hamilton, New Jersey. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of Nutrition and is passionate about connecting with her patients and empowering them to make healthy and delicious food choices.
Ellen earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Rutgers University, and completed her dietitian training at Saint Elizabeth University. She has worked in hospital, outpatient and community settings and has particularly enjoyed providing diabetes self-management classes, which earned her the credential Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, and has extensive experience serving patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Ellen believes cultivating relationships with her patients is crucial to inspiring and motivating them to make positive diet and lifestyle changes. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, playing tennis, cooking, reading, writing, and spending time with family, friends, and her two cats.
Ellen Cottone, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist at Maniya Health, located in Hamilton, New Jersey. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of Nutrition and is passionate about connecting with her patients and empowering them to make healthy and delicious food choices.
Ellen earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Rutgers University, and completed her dietitian training at Saint Elizabeth University. She has worked in hospital, outpatient and community settings and has particularly enjoyed providing diabetes self-management classes, which earned her the credential Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, and has extensive experience serving patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Ellen believes cultivating relationships with her patients is crucial to inspiring and motivating them to make positive diet and lifestyle changes. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, playing tennis, cooking, reading, writing, and spending time with family, friends, and her two cats.
Stephanie truly enjoys helping and empowering those that are wanting to create a positive relationship with food and their body. Stephanie’s “no-diet” approach to health and wellness establishes the groundwork necessary to create lasting lifestyle changes and healthier habits. She takes an inclusive approach to all foods and body types, providing her clients with a safe space to speak freely about their habits and the flexibility to create their own definitions of healthy.
Specialties include clients that currently have or have a history of eating disorders (Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and others), behavioral health diagnoses, substance use disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and depression. Other areas of expertise include inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis).
