Cheryl Hostetler

Cheryl Hostetler, MS, RD, LD
Site Coordinator,
Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Cheryl received her BS in Dietetics from Penn State University and her MS in Human Nutrition and Foods from Virginia Tech. She completed her thesis on validating an admission screening tool for nutrition assessment. After completing her dietetic internship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, Cheryl started her career as a Therapeutic Dietitian at Anderson Memorial Hospital in South Carolina, where she managed the nutrition care of inpatients and supervised the diet office in menu writing and distribution of meals. She then relocated to Virginia where she worked as a Therapeutic Dietitian for the Marriott Corporation on site at Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital. Later she moved on to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Washington, DC where she helped establish the first multidisciplinary Nutrition Support Team in the VA system. She frequently lectured and published on parenteral and enteral nutrition support. In 1984, Cheryl joined the staff of the Dietetic Internship at Walter Reed where she is responsible for the overall planning, implementation and evaluation of the internship. In addition she manages the department's performance improvement program and assists in providing nutrition care to our wounded warriors. She has participated on the Commission on Dietetic Registration's Test Assembly meeting to develop the RD Exam and in 1998 received the ADA's award for Outstanding Dietetics Educator. Her long term association and historical knowledge with the military internship make her an invaluable resource to the program.