Department
Nutrition
Programs I Teach
Nutrition
Education
M.S. Human Nutrition University of Bridgeport D.C.N. Maryland University of Integrative Health
Certifications
CNS
Biography
Dr. Pizano graduated with honors from the University of Bridgeport's functional nutrition master's program. She earned her Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) shortly after finishing her master's degree. She then continued her education at Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) where she graduated with a Doctor of Clinical Nutrition. She has developed course work at the master's, post-graduate, and doctoral levels at MUIH in nutritional genomics, has published a series of peer-reviewed journal articles on the microbiome, contributed two chapters on nutritional genomics in a graduate level nutrition textbook, and wrote the first nutritional guidelines for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in the book Transforming Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. She has spoken at numerous conferences including the 2016 and 2018 American Nutrition Association conferences, as well as the 2017 and 2018 MUIH Genomics Symposiums. She sits on both the Pain And Fatigue Management and the Nutrition Working Groups as part of the International Consortium of the Ehlers-Danlos Society. Dr. Pizano is also the owner of Mast Cell Advanced Diagnostics and co-owner of Clinical Paradigms where she sees patients with mast cell activation disorders, connective tissue diseases including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, dysautonomia, immunodeficiencies, autoimmune small fiber polyneuropathy, and other rare diseases. She uses nutrition, nutritional genomics and metabolomics to help improve the health of her clients. Her practice combines practitioners from various disciplines including immunology, pain management, nutrition, Somatic therapy, and Pilates.
Research Interests
Metabolomics. Nutritional Genomics, Connective Tissue Disease, Mast Cell Activation Disease, Dysautonomia, Autoinflammatory Disorders, Immunology
Publications and Presentations
Book Chapters Pizano, J. (2023). Weakness and Painful Numbness in the Arms and Legs: Thiamine/Vitamin B1 Deficiency Exacerbating Neurological Symptoms in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos. In Francomano, C. A., Hakim, A. J., Lansdale, G. S., & Henderson, F. C. (Eds.), Symptomatic: The Symptom-Based Handbook for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders. (pp. 575-578) Elsevier. Pizano, J. (2022). Nutrition in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes. In Daens, S. (Eds.) Transforming Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (pp. 595-629). The GERSED Belgium. Williamson, C.B. and Pizano, J.M. (2020). A Nutritional Genomics Approach to Epigenetic Influences on Chronic Disease. In Noland, D., Drisko, J. A., & Wagner, L. (Eds.), Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy (pp. 235-268). Springer Nature. Pizano, J.M. and Williamson, C.B. (2020). Nutritional Influences on Methylation. In Noland, D., Drisko, J. A., & Wagner, L. (Eds.), Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy (pp. 269-284). Springer Nature. Conference Presentation Francomano, C. A., Pizano, J. M., Zingman, A., Brock, I., Maitland, J., & Schubart, J. R. (2023, March). Nutritional Markers of Histamine Intolerance in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (P168) [Poster presentation]. American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, United States. Journal Articles Aruoma, O. I., Hausman-Cohen, S., Pizano, J., Schmidt, M. A., Minich, D. M., Joffe, Y., Brandhorst, S., Evans, S. J., & Brady, D. M. (2019). Personalized Nutrition: Translating the Science of Nutrigenomics into Practice: Proceedings from the 2018 American College of Nutrition Meeting. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 38(4), 287–301. https://doi.org/10.1080/07315724.2019.1570840 Gossard, C. M., Pizano, J. M., Burns, C. M., Williamson, C. B., Dolan, K. E., Finley, H. J., Gasta, M. G., Parker, E. C., & Lipski, E. A. (2018). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 9, Cancer. Integrative Medicine (Encinitas), 17(2), 34–46. Finley, H. J., Gasta, M. G., Dolan, K. E., Pizano, J. M., Gossard, C. M., Williamson, C. B., Burns, C. M., Parker, E. C., & Lipski, E. A. (2018). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 8, Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Disorders. Integrative Medicine (Encinitas), 17(1), 38–48. Pizano, J. M., Williamson, C. B., Dolan, K. E., Gossard, C. M., Burns, C. M., Gasta, M. G., Finley, H. J., Parker, E. C., & Lipski, E. A. (2017). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 7, Immune Disorders. Integrative Medicine (Encinitas), 16(5), 46–57. Dolan, K. E., Pizano, J. M., Gossard, C. M., Williamson, C. B., Burns, C. M., Gasta, M. G., Finley, H. J., Parker, E. C., & Lipski, E. A. (2017). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 6, Skin Health. Integrative Medicine (Encinitas), 16(4), 32–41. Gasta, M. G., Gossard, C. M., Williamson, C. B., Dolan, K. E., Finley, H. J., Burns, C. M., Parker, E. C., Pizano, J. M., & Lipski, E. A. (2017). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 5, Respiratory Conditions of the Ears, Nose, and Throat. Integrative Medicine (Encinitas), 16(3), 28–40. Gasta, M. G., Williamson, C. B., Gossard, C. M., Pizano, J. M., Burns, C. M., Dolan, K. E., Finley, H. J., Parker, E. C., & Lipski, E. A. (2017). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 4, Infectious Disease. Integrative Medicine (Encinitas), 16(2), 28–38. Williamson, C. B., Burns, C. M., Gossard, C. M., Pizano, J. M., Dolan, K. E., Finley, H. J., Gasta, M. G., Parker, E. C., & Lipski, E. A. (2017). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 3, Cardiometabolic Disease and Fatigue Syndromes. Integrative Medicine (Encinitas), 16(1), 30–41. Parker, E. C., Gossard, C. M., Dolan, K. E., Finley, H. J., Burns, C. M., Gasta, M. G., Pizano, J. M., Williamson, C. B., & Lipski, E. A. (2016). Probiotics and Disease: A Comprehensive Summary—Part 2, Commercially Produced Cultured and Fermented Foods Commonly Available in the Unite
Professional Affiliations and Membership
The American Nutrition Association The International Society of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics The Ehlers-Danlos Society (Pain and Fatigue Management Working Group and Nutrition Working Group) Member, Accreditation Council for Nutrition Professional Education (ACNPE) Appeals Board