Catherine Metzgar, PhD, RD, is the Director of Coaching at Virta Health, where she has spent the past decade helping scale the coaching team and delivering high-quality, remote care focused on reversing chronic metabolic disease. In addition to leading teams, she also works directly with members, supporting a nutrition-first approach to reversing type 2 diabetes, achieving sustainable weight loss, and improving overall metabolic health.
She’s passionate about making healthy eating feel practical and sustainable in everyday life, with the belief that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach.
Catherine is a registered dietitian with a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She completed her dietetic internship at Penn State University and holds undergraduate degrees in nutrition, dietetics, and kinesiology from Kansas State University.
She lives in the Bay Area with her family and enjoys cooking with her kids, exploring the outdoors, and traveling.
