Erica Ilton is a nutritionist specializing in pediatric and adult gastrointestinal disorders such as Crohn’s and colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, and gastroesophageal reflux, as well as overweight and underweight (including failure to thrive), cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, polycystic ovary syndrome, food allergies, and osteoporosis. She also offers dietary supplement guidance, and nutrition counseling for disease prevention and general healthy eating.

Prior to opening her own practice, Erica was a senior nutritionist at Joy Bauer Nutrition, and a producer for the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC New York Public Radio, and NPR’s Science Friday.

In addition to her work as a nutrition counselor, Erica writes about health and nutrition for major U.S. publications. She was also Director of Nutrition Research for Food Cures, by Joy Bauer, and editor of the fourth edition of The Complete Idiots Guide to Total Nutrition.

Erica graduated from Brown University, and studied clinical nutrition and nutrition education at Teachers College-Columbia University.

Erica is at the Children’s IBD Center on the first Tuesday of each month from 1pm to 2 pm, available for group question and answer sessions.  She conducts online group video chats on nutrition.  Join our next video chat – for information on how to connect please contact Tom Fitzsimmons at thomas.fitzsimmons@mssm.edu or call (212) 241 6727.

Individual nutrition sessions with Erica are available by appointment. Erica can be contacted directly at 347-809-6789 or erica.ilton@mountsinai.org.  Erica’s office is at 156 Fifth Avenue Suite 900, New York, NY 10010.