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Lizette Taboada, RD, LD

Registered Dietitian, Musculoskeletal Institute

Registered Dietitian, Women’s Health

Nutrition and Behavior Change Lead, Health Social Work

Appointments: 1-833-UT-CARES (1-833-882-2737)
Fax: 1-512-495-5680
Dell Med Directory Bio: Lizette Taboada
Languages

Spanish

Education

The University of Texas at Austin, BS, Nutrition

Residency/Fellowship

Internship, Dietetics, The University of Texas at Austin, Coordinated Program in Dietetics

Biography and Education

Clinical Biography

Lizette Taboada, RD, LD, is a registered dietitian in both Women’s Health, a clinical partnership between Ascension and UT Health Austin, and UT Health Austin’s Musculoskeletal Institute. She also serves as the Nutrition and Behavior Change Lead for UT Health Austin’s Health Social Work care team. She specializes in nutrition education and dietary counseling focused on weight management, gastrointestinal issues, and diabetes.

Lizette Taboada earned her bachelor’s degree in nutrition from The University of Texas at Austin, where she completed a dietetic internship through the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.

Lizette Taboada has 18 years of experience working with multidisciplinary teams and in the community as a clinical dietitian. Her previous roles included Dell Children’s Medical Center’s Childhood Obesity Program, the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Program, and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program. When counseling patients, she combines a patient-centered approach and motivational interviewing techniques to empower patients to achieve healthy lifestyle changes. Her main goal is to support patients by creating healthy eating habits as they strive for a better quality of life.

Lizette Taboada is a registered dietitian with UT Health Austin.

Specializations

  • Dietary counseling
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Nutrition education

Board Certification

  • Commission on Dietetic Registration, Certificate of Training in Obesity in Pediatrics and Adults
  • Commission on Dietetic Registration, Registered Dietitian
  • Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Licensed Dietitian

Locations

Locations

  • UT Health Austin Clinics
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A
    Austin, TX 78712
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  • Women’s Health - Dermatology
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
    Austin, TX 78712
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  • Women’s Health - Gynecologic Oncology
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 8th Floor
    Austin, TX 78712
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  • Women’s Health - Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery - UT Health Austin
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
    Austin, TX 78712
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  • Women’s Health - Obstetrics and Gynecology - UT Health Austin
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
    Austin, TX 78712
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  • Women’s Health - Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
    Austin, TX 78712
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  • Women’s Health - Urogynecology - UT Health Austin
    Health Transformation Building
    1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
    Austin, TX 78712
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