Carthage, IL – Monday, April 25, 2022 – Memorial Hospital is pleased to introduce Kara Andrew, MS, RDN, LDN, DipACLM, ACSM EP, to their team. Kara is a registered dietitian, exercise physiologist, and certified lifestyle medicine professional. She specializes in eating disorders, cardiac rehab nutrition, weight management, sports nutrition, personal training, and diabetes education. She sees patients at Memorial Medical Clinic's hospital campus location at 1450 N. County Road 2050 in Carthage, Illinois. 

Andrew was born and raised in Wisconsin but has been a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, for the past seventeen years until her recent move to Carthage. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Belmont University in Nashville, TN, and her Master of Science degree in Exercise and Nutrition Science and completed a dietetic internship at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Her experience includes personal training, teaching for ACSM, sports nutrition, weight management, long-term care, and dialysis. She believes strongly in living her values which include serving those around her. Because of this, Andrew was a board member of the Nashville Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics from 2016 to 2021. She served as website coordinator, president-elect, president, and past president. She looks forward to exploring opportunities to serve in the Hancock County region in the future. Andrew also believes in progression and empowering individuals. This value led her to recently become certified in Lifestyle Medicine by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She strives to provide evidence-based education to equip patients with the tools required to make successful changes toward health and well-being. She is excited to begin this phase of her career working for an innovative and proactive organization!

Andrew shares, "I believe in personal accountability and empowering individuals to effect change. I want every patient to believe that he or she has the ability and responsibility to progress towards a healthier state of being. Because within this realization lies hope for the future."

Kara Andrew is accepting new patients to make an appointment to see her call 217-357-2173.