Deputy Chief Dietitian · JDWNRH, Bhutan
Registered dietitian in the Bhutan Civil Service since 2014, now leading the nutrition department at the country's national referral hospital. His work runs from ward rounds to national nutrition policy.
About
Tenzin Wangchuk is a registered dietitian and Head of the Nutrition and Diet Services department at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), Thimphu, Bhutan's national referral hospital, where he is Deputy Chief Dietitian. He joined the Bhutan Civil Service as a dietitian in 2014 and has worked in district hospitals in Pemagatshel and Paro before moving to the national hospital in January 2025.
He holds an MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from Mahidol University, Thailand (2022 to 2024), with clinical rotations at Ramathibodi, Bhumibol and Siriraj hospitals in Bangkok, and a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from Bharathiar University, India. He is an IDF-certified diabetes educator, a WHO-certified educator in maternal nutrition and infant and young child feeding, and a certified medical nutrition therapy educator for diabetes and MDR-TB.
Beyond the hospital, Tenzin has worked on Bhutan's national nutrition programmes for a decade: he co-authored the country's first complementary feeding guidelines, led the national team for the 2015 National Nutrition Survey with UNICEF Bhutan, and was an expert member for the WHO PEN HEARTS package rollout. He is a council member of SAPEN and published a study on sodium reduction in Bhutanese food in 2025. On DietXP he contributes on clinical dietetics, diabetes and maternal and child nutrition.
Practice
Publication
The study tested low-sodium versions of traditional Bhutanese cheese curries made with potassium chloride and monosodium glutamate, and measured both their nutritional profile and whether consumers would accept them.
National programmes
Helped write the country's first national guidelines on feeding infants and young children.
Led the national team that collected population-level nutrition data used in government health planning.
Revision and rollout of the package to Bhutan's districts, strengthening NCD prevention and care at primary level.
Dietetic input to Bhutan's strategy for lowering dietary sodium and cardiovascular risk.
Assessment of school feeding programmes across Bhutan.
Facilitated the national rollout of micronutrient powder supplementation for children under five.
Supervised regional data collection for Bhutan's second STEPS survey.
MBFHI focal person, and nutrition care for vulnerable groups after COVID-19.
Experience
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), Thimphu, Bhutan
January 2025 to present · position level P2A
Leads the nutrition and diet services department at Bhutan's national referral hospital: clinical dietetics, departmental management, staff mentoring, policy input and work with partner agencies. Focal person for the Mother and Baby Friendly Health Facility Initiative.
Mahidol University, Thailand
2022 to 2024
Clinical rotations at Ramathibodi, Bhumibol and Siriraj hospitals in Bangkok, four soft-skills courses at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and the research that became his 2025 sodium-reduction paper.
Paro District Hospital, Bhutan
January 2019 to December 2024, including study leave 2022 to 2024
Senior clinical nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy for the district. Certified educator for the WHO Package of Essential NCD interventions (PEN) and regional supervisor for the second WHO-NCD STEPS survey.
Paro District Hospital, Bhutan
January 2017 to December 2018
Dietetic services and nutrition counselling, WHO-certified IYCF education, the Mother and Baby Friendly Health Facility Initiative, national nutrition programmes and community outreach.
Pemagatshel District Hospital, Bhutan
January 2014 to December 2016
First posting in the Bhutan Civil Service: frontline nutrition care and community work in a remote district in eastern Bhutan.
Education
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand. Clinical rotations at Ramathibodi, Bhumibol and Siriraj hospitals, Bangkok.
RVS College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India
RVS College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University
Drukgyel Higher Secondary School, Paro, Bhutan. School health coordinator.
Certifications
Active certification
Infant and young child feeding
Certificate in nutrition programme planning
Online management development programme
Joint webinar certificate
South Asian Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Training
JDWNRH, Thimphu, Bhutan
PSG Hospitals, Peelamedu, Tamil Nadu, India
Bhutan Agro Industries Limited, Thimphu
Talwalkars Fitness Planet, Coimbatore, India
Wangchuk Hotel, Thimphu, Bhutan
JDWNRH, Thimphu, Bhutan
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