Paula Montagna, MS, RD, CDN, CNSC

Director of Clinical Nutrition at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

Paula Montagna, MS, RD, CDN, CNSC is the Director of Clinical Nutrition at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She is a Registered Dietitian with over 35 years of nutrition experience. She completed her Dietetic Internship at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center and her Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition at New York University, progressing on to become the Chief Clinical Dietitian at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

For the last 15 years, Paula has expanded her nutrition knowledge base with an extensive exploration of Integrative and Functional Medicine and Culinary Nutrition. Using the Mediterranean lifestyle approach, Paula created the “Eat Real to Heal” Nutrition Program for healthcare professionals, patients, and community residents, to understand how nutrition plays an integral role in a person’s health and well-being.

This program has expanded to several Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Programs including, The Medical Residency Program in Social Medicine, and The Center for Parkinson’s Disease, The Coalition for Women’s Cancers, and the Ed and Phyllis Davis Wellness Institute.