Heather Mackie, MS, RD, LD

Heather Mackie, MS, RD, LD is a bariatric registered dietitian.  She has helped support patients in the weight loss and wellness industry for 14+ years. 

Her current position is Director of Market Development for ReShape Lifesciences^TM and is currently working to launch ReShapeCare^TM, the live telemedicine-based counseling program that provides online coaching to patients affected by excess weight.  This program will be for all patients; surgical and non-surgical. 

Her passion is helping patients learn to be their own advocate and supporting them along their journey to health and wellness.  She has done this through her previous work in the bariatric supplement industry helping patients to prevent nutritional deficiencies, the pre-op cardiac clearance space allowing patients to get to surgery safer and faster, co-authoring and co-developing a medical weight loss program for non-surgical and surgical patients, and lastly by developing the nutrition program from the ground up for a bariatric surgeon. 

She is currently a journal article reviewer for the prestigious Obesity Surgery journal, the official journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and has been asked to update and review Chapter One of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Bariatric Surgery, Third Edition. 

She has been honored to speak at many professional and patient events including the Texas Association for Bariatric Surgery, Bariatric Summit, Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America, and Your Weight Matters Convention.  She was also one of the first, if not the first, bariatric dietitians to work for industry as a sales representative and formulator for a bariatric supplement company.  She was also the first female executive and dietitian to lead a bariatric supplement company within the United States. 

She currently resides in the Houston, TX area with her husband and 5-year-old daughter.