Janelle Gonyea

Project Echo - CKD Hub Committee Member


Janelle Gonyea RDN, LD, FNKF has 35 years of experience as a clinical dietitian specializing in nephrology.  Thirty of those years were spent at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, working with chronic kidney disease patients in all stages of their disease process and across all treatment options.   In addition to patient care, she authored MNT protocols, chaired committees in charge of developing patient education materials and programing for the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and educated countless nephrology colleagues, medical students, nephrology fellows and dietetic interns, holding the rank of Assistant Professor of Nutrition for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. 

She has authored numerous articles for patient and professional publications and often speaks at regional and national meetings on various topics related to renal nutrition.  She has served on the executive committee of the Council on Renal Nutrition for the National Kidney Foundation as Editor of their Renalink newsletter, chair of the planning committee for the annual Spring Clinical Meeting and preconference workshop coordinator.  Recently she has served as an editor for the 3rd edition of ‘A Clinical Guide to Nutrition Care in Kidney Disease’ and a committee member for the revision of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic’s ‘National Kidney Diet’.  Currently she serves as project lead for the update of the Academy’s ‘Nutrition in Kidney Disease Certificate of Training’ program, on the Dietitian Advisory Group for the American Kidney Fund and on the Medical Review Committee for the Midwest Kidney Network.