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About us

Learn more about Maja Mirkovic and Juliana Shalek

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Meet Maja

Maja Mirkovic, MPH, RDN, CDN, CDCES, BC-ADM holds a Masters Degree in Public Health - Nutrition from Hunter College in New York. She has worked as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for 12 years and has been a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) for 10 years.

As a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (previously known as Certified Diabetes Educator), Maja has helped thousands of patients get their A1C under control by personalizing their medication regimen and nutrition therapy. After speaking to Maja, patients feel understood and empowered to be in control of their diabetes. She debunks common diabetes myths and takes a collaborative approach in managing blood sugar levels. She takes her time explaining what happens in the body when you have diabetes and how food, exercise and medications affect blood glucose levels.

Maja is also Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management, which enables her to not only help manage diabetes but its complications as well such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. She is also a Certified Pump Trainer for Omnipod.

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Meet Suzanne

Suzanne Perrie, RD, LD, CDN, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She completed her Dietetic Internship at Wellness Workdays and received a her degrees in Dietetics and Human Nutrition from Kansas State University. She has also completed the Certificate of Training in Obesity through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.Suzanne is highly experienced in providing nuanced medical nutrition therapy to clients. She has experience in sports nutrition, eating disorder care, food allergies, gastrointestinal disorders (IBS/ Crohns/GERD), perimenopause/menopause, and obesity and weight management. Her passions are diabetes care, including diabetes technology and cardiovascular nutrition.

Suzanne has a deep and abiding belief in treating the whole person, not a disease state. She will work with you to find the best nutrition that supports your lifestyle and goals. Her compassion and unwavering support are just two of the reasons her patients her patients keep coming back.

You may have also heard from Suzanne in another capacity, as she is the Office Manager for InControl Nutrition and also works with Maja on the Omnipod side of the practice doing paperwork and scheduling there.


Meet Chaya

Chaya Wilhelm, RDN, CDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She initially pursued studies at a Teacher's College in Israel. She then furthered her degree in the health and nutrition field and became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She completed her Dietetic Internship at New York's #1 Hospital, NewYork Presbyterian. There, she performed medical nutrition therapy utilizing the Nutrition Care Process for her patients admitted across the NYP sites. She performed Nutrition Focused Physical Exams and participated in malnutrition identification for the adult and pediatric population. 

Prior to joining InControl Nutrition, Chaya gained experience with various disease types in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She strongly believes in the motto of "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." 

Together with her teaching background, Chaya is ready to work with you to help overcome your challenges, conquer your goals and make you feel your best self. 


Meet Jenna

Jenna Litt, MS, RDN, CDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida in Psychology and completed her masters degree at New York University in Clinical Nutrition. As someone who has personally struggled with weight management, as well as gastrointestinal intolerances, Jenna understands how difficult it can be to have a healthy relationship with food.

She strongly believes in teaching skills to clients that they may utilize in their everyday lives to establish more thoughtful habits while promoting a general healthful lifestyle. Her niche revolves around clients who are looking to make general lifestyles changes, whether that be emotional, physical or diet related. 

She specializes in a wide variety of nutrition related areas such as, heart health, bariatric nutrition, gut health, cardiovascular disease, and IBS symptom management. Each client is viewed as an individual case for Jenna as she focuses her interventions on the clients goals and adjusts each intervention accordingly.


Meet Candice

Candice Arnold is Maja’s assistant and has over 25 years of experience in customer service. She has extensive experience helping patients understand their insurance claims and benefits, scheduling, and navigating patients through the process of seeing a Registered Dietitian. Outside the office, she's all about hiking and hitting up the farmers' markets for fresh produce to whip up tasty dishes. Whether navigating insurance complexities or trekking through nature, Candice brings expertise and a love for life to everything she does.