
Maria Paula Quintella
@mariapaulaquintella
Clinical dietitian resident at Heart Institute – Incor/HCFMUSP, providing nutrition care for cardiac and pulmonary patients and training AI models on nutrition content.
What I'm looking for
At Heart Institute – Incor/HCFMUSP, I provide clinical nutrition care for patients with cardiac and pulmonary conditions. My work includes nutritional screening and assessment, dietary prescriptions, and monitoring patients in wards and intensive care units.
I also work remotely on AI training platforms, including Vetto and Appen, evaluating images, generating prompts, correcting outputs, and training models focused on nutrition-related content.
In private practice, I provided individualized nutritional counseling focused on sports nutrition, obesity, older adults, and follow-up for people with chronic diseases.
My nutrition work also includes research and writing. I authored and co-authored case reports presented at the 46th SOCESP Congress, and contributed to a book and an e-book.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Resident Clinical Dietitian
Heart Institute – Incor/HCFMUSP
Mar 2025 - Mar 2027 (2 years)
Resident clinical dietitian providing hospital nutritional care for patients with cardiac and pulmonary conditions, performing nutritional screening, assessment, dietary prescription, and monitoring in wards and ICUs.
Private Practice Nutritionist
Private Practice
Jan 2024 - Dec 2025 (1 year 11 months)
Provided individualized nutritional counseling in private practice, focusing on sports nutrition, obesity, elderly patients, and chronic disease management.
Intern in Hospital Clinical Nutrition
Clínica Paulo de Tarso
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 (11 months)
Intern in hospital clinical nutrition, working with the Multidisciplinary Nutritional Therapy Team (EMTN), performing screening, assessment, and nutritional monitoring of hospitalized patients, focusing on enteral nutrition therapy and diet therapy.
Intern at Human Milk Bank
Hospital São Sebastião
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 (11 months)
Intern at the human milk bank, working in collection, processing, and pasteurization of human milk, providing breastfeeding guidance, and performing nutritional screening and monitoring of newborns.
Voluntary Research Intern
State Center for Specialized Care (CEAE)
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 11 months)
Voluntary research internship evaluating medical records and dietary recalls to assess macro- and micronutrient intake.
AI Training Freelancer
Vetto, Appen, and others
Jan 2026 - Present (8 months)
Remote freelance work in AI training, including image evaluation, prompt generation, output/response correction, and AI model training focused on nutrition-related content.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Heart Institute – Incor (HCFMUSP)
Residency, Clinical Nutrition in Cardiology and Pulmonology
2025 -
Clinical residency in nutrition with focus on cardiology and pulmonology at a reference hospital.
University of São Paulo (USP)
Postgraduate Specialization, Sports Nutrition and Obesity
2024 - 2025
Postgraduate specialization in sports nutrition and obesity.
Federal University of Viçosa (UFV)
Bachelor's Degree, Nutrition
2018 - 2024
Bachelor's degree in Nutrition.
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