Courtney Schnabel Glick, MS, RD, CDN is a Registered Dietitian at the New York University Langone Medical Center’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in New York, NY. Courtney has thirteen years of extensive pediatric clinical nutrition experience. She has worked with patients of all ages, but practices in pediatrics at the inpatient and outpatient clinical level. She completed her bachelor's degree at Syracuse University and her master’s degree in clinical nutrition at New York University.
Courtney is also a Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition and a Certified Lactation Consultant. She currently helps individuals navigate the ketogenic diet therapies for epilepsy at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, as well as managing her private practice, Courtney Glick Nutrition, where Courtney specializes in pediatric and maternal nutrition. She has also co-authored the book, Epilepsy in Children: What Every Parent Needs to Know with Orrin Devinsky, MD and Erin Conway, MS, RN, CPNP, which provides insight to parents and caregivers on how to manage their child’s life with epilepsy.
Interviewed by our Different & Able President and Founder, Alexandra Nicklas, Courtney shares her expertise on the use of a ketogenic diet in children with epilepsy. She also discusses information and divulges advice to help parents respond to seizures safely and effectively and understand treatment options. As a trusted source of credible and practical nutrition information, Courtney bridges the gap between nutrition and epilepsy.
