Sherri Shafer

Nutritionist

Sherri Shafer is a senior clinical nutritionist who counsels families on childhood nutrition topics such as overweight and obesity, failure to thrive, feeding difficulties, picky eaters, food allergies and basic balanced nutrition. She is also a certified diabetes educator. She works in the Pediatric Diabetes Clinic, teaches classes on diabetes management to adults with Type 2 diabetes and counsels women with gestational diabetes.

Shafer, who has worked at UCSF since 1992, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and dietetics at the University of California at Berkeley. She gives frequent lectures on nutrition at UCSF Medical School and is the author of "Diabetes Type 2 Complete Food Management Program."

Nutrition Counseling Clinic at Mount Zion
1701 Divisadero St., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-0310
Appointments: (415) 353-4174
Office: (415) 353-2291
Fax: (415) 353-2648

Hours: Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. or 1 – 4:15 p.m. alternating weeks
Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Nutrition Counseling Clinic at Parnassus
400 Parnassus Ave., 5th Floor, Ste. A550 in Endocrinology
San Francisco, CA 94143-0118
Appointments: (415) 353-4174
Office: (415) 353-2291
Fax: (415) 353-2648

Hours: Monday 9:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Friday 9:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:15 – 4:30 p.m.