Elaine C. Souza, M.P.H., R.D.
Senior Dietitian
To see if Elaine C. Souza is accepting new patients, or for assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284).
Specialties
Gastroenterology
Obesity Medicine
Weight Management
Department
Locations and Contact
UC Davis Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284)
Additional Numbers
Clinic Phone
Clinical Interests
Elaine Souza provides direct patient care for nutrition assessment, intervention, and monitoring for all bariatric surgery patients both pre and post-operatively. She also conducts the monthly support group and facilitates non-surgical patients through the Optifast program.
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
B.S., UC Davis, Davis CA 1997
Other School
M.P.H., Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis MN 2001
Internship
Registered Dietitian, University of Minnesota-United Hospital, Minneapolis MN 2001
Grapov D, Fiehn O, Campbell C, Chandler CJ, Burnett DJ, Souza EC, Casazza GA, Keim NL, Newman JW, Hunter GR, Fernandez JR, Garvey WT, Hoppel CL, Harper ME, Adams SH. Exercise plasma metabolomics and xenometabolomics in obese, sedentary, insulin-resistant women: impact of a fitness and weight loss intervention. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Dec 1;317(6):E999-E1014. doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00091.2019. Epub 2019 Sep 17. PMID:31526287.
Zunino SJ, Keim NL, Kelley DS, Bonnel EL, Souza EC, Peerson JM. Increased cytokine production by monocytes from human subjects who consumed grape powder was not mediated by differences in dietary intake patterns. Nutr Res. 2017 Apr;40:32-39. doi:10.1016/j.nutres.2017.03.001. Epub 2017 Mar 7. PMID:28473058.
Zhang J, Light AR, Hoppel CL, Campbell C, Chandler CJ, Burnett DJ, Souza EC, Casazza GA, Hughen RW, Keim NL, Newman JW, Hunter GR, Fernandez JR, Garvey WT, Harper ME, Fiehn O, Adams SH. Acylcarnitines as markers of exercise-associated fuel partitioning, xenometabolism, and potential signals to muscle afferent neurons. Exp Physiol. 2017 Jan 1;102(1):48-69. doi:10.1113/EP086019. Epub 2016 Dec 12. PMID:27730694.
Campbell C, Grapov D, Fiehn O, Chandler CJ, Burnett DJ, Souza EC, Casazza GA, Gustafson MB, Keim NL, Newman JW, Hunter GR, Fernandez JR, Garvey WT, Harper ME, Hoppel CL, Meissen JK, Take K, Adams SH Improved metabolic health alters host metabolism in parallel with changes in systemic xeno-metabolites of gut origin. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 8;9(1):e84260. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084260. PMID:24416208.
Hawkes WC, Richter BD, Alkan Z, Souza EC, Derricote M, Mackey BE, Bonnel EL. Response of selenium status indicators to supplementation of healthy North American men with high-selenium yeast. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2008 May;122(2):107-21. doi:10.1007/s12011-007-8066-7. Epub 2008 Jan 10. PMID:18193397.
Labouesse MA, Gertz ER, Piccolo BD, Souza EC, Schuster GU, Witbracht MG, Woodhouse LR, Adams SH, Keim NL, Van Loan MD. Associations among endocrine, inflammatory, and bone markers, body composition and weight loss induced bone loss. Bone. 2014 July;64:138-46. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2014.03.047. Epub 2014 Apr 4. PMID:24709689.
Piccolo BD, Dolnikowski G, Seyoum E, Thomas AP, Gertz ER, Souza EC, Woodhouse LR, Newman JW, Keim NL, Adams SH, Van Loan MD. Association between subcutaneous white adipose tissue and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in overweight and obese adults. Nutrients. 2013 Aug 26;5(9):3352-66. doi:10.3390/nu5093352. PMID:24067385.
Van Loan MD, Keim NL, Adams SH, Souza E, Woodhouse LR, Thomas A, Witbracht M, Gertz ER, Piccolo B, Bremer AA, Spurlock M. Dairy Foods in a Moderate Energy Restricted Diet Do Not Enhance Central Fat, Weight, and Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue Losses nor Reduce Adipocyte Size or Inflammatory Markers in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Controlled Feeding Study. J Obes. 2011;2011:989657. doi: 10.1155/2011/989657. Epub 2011 Sep 14. PMID:21941636.