Nancee Jaffe, MS, RD

Registered Dietitian, UCLA Health - Westwood GI Clinic, Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center at UCLA

Nancee graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, where she earned her masters of science in nutrition. She completed her dietetic internship at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was mentored by Dr. Lin Chang of the G. Oppenheimer Center for the Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience.

Nancee joined the UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases in 2012, where she is an integral part of the Celiac Disease Program and Digestive Health & Nutrition Clinic. She is involved with direct patient interaction during individual nutrition counseling sessions on such disease states as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, short bowel syndrome and idiopathic or functional bowel.

Nancee was a reviewer for the American Gastroenterological Association patient initiatives for short bowel syndrome and the low fodmap diet in 2016. She also helps mentor the division’s fellows and is asked to speak on nutrition and digestive disorders at conferences inclusive of the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology. Nancee is currently working on research regarding the reintroduction phase of the low fodmap diet with Dr. Lin Chang