About

People

The clinicians behind Carb Counting Hub.

• María Gutiérrez, RD, CDCES

  Editor-in-Chief

  María Gutiérrez is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) with sixteen years of outpatient endocrinology experience. She founded Carb Counting Hub after years of fielding the same questions from patients: which app, which protocol, which integration. Her clinical interest is the practical handover between endocrinology visits and day-to-day food logging, particularly for adults transitioning to or from intensive insulin regimens.

  Areas: Carbohydrate counting (basic and advanced); Insulin-to-carb ratio adjustment; CGM integration with food logs; Adult Type 1 diabetes nutrition.

• Robert Chen, MD, FACE

  Medical Reviewer

  Robert Chen is a board-certified endocrinologist who serves as the medical reviewer for Carb Counting Hub. He reviews every clinical claim before publication and signs off on the editorial guidance for posts that touch insulin dosing, glycemic targets, or diabetes management. His clinical practice focuses on adult Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, with subspecialty interest in technology-assisted self-management.

  Areas: Endocrinology; CGM and AID system therapy; Insulin-pump-mediated nutrition adjustment; Editorial review of diabetes-app guidance.

• Sana Patel, RD, CDCES

  Senior Contributor

  Sana Patel is a Registered Dietitian and CDCES with a focus on gestational and postpartum diabetes nutrition. She contributes the pregnancy and postpartum content on Carb Counting Hub and reviews the gestational-diabetes app comparisons.

  Areas: Gestational diabetes nutrition; Postpartum glycemic recovery; Pregnancy-specific carb counting.