About Max
Max Seider, MSc, RD, CDE
Max (she/her) is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator with extensive experience in clinical nutrition and research. She is the creator of Applied Palliative Nutrition, a practical, nutrition-focused training program built to help clinicians navigate the complex and often ambiguous nutrition decisions that arise in palliative and end-of-life care.
Over the course of her career, Max has supported thousands of patients managing complex and palliative nutrition needs, bringing a clinician's eye for nuance to conditions where textbook guidance often falls short. Alongside her clinical work, she has taught extensively in academic settings, including contributing to medical education programs focused on lifestyle medicine and dysphagia care, and guest lecturing at universities across Canada.
Max is an experienced and trusted speaker at hospitals, healthcare associations, and national conferences, known for her vibrant, engaging style and her ability to make tough, complex topics digestible. She leaves every audience with practical takeaways they can put to use immediately. Her work sits at the intersection of rigorous clinical knowledge, clinical research expertise, and real-world usability, designed to help clinicians feel equipped, not just informed, when they walk back into the room with a patient.
She brings the same clarity and warmth to every audience, whether she's speaking to a single care team or a national conference.
Why this work?
I've spent years supporting people and their families through some of the hardest moments of their lives. Whether that be a new diagnosis, a difficult prognosis, the uncertainty of what comes next and I've seen firsthand how much sensitivity and compassion change those experiences, for people, for families, and for the care teams supporting them. That's why I created Applied Palliative Nutrition: not just to teach the clinical pieces, but to help healthcare professionals feel confident, prepared, and genuinely equipped to give their patients the thoughtful, dignified care they deserve.
Select Grants & Awards
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TAHSN Health Professionals Fellowship, 2023–2024
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Principal Investigator, Practice-Based Research and Innovation Grant, $10,000, 2023
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Principal Investigator, Practice-Based Research and Innovation Grant, $15,000, 2026
Select Conference & Print Publications
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Seider M, Hmeiden H, Kuzyl K, et al. Peptide-Based Formulas and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Case Studies. Poster, ALS/MND Allied Professional Forum 2024; Montreal, Quebec.
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Seider M, Schwartz A, Glen A, et al. Malnutrition Screening in Alternate Level of Care Patients
(M-SAP) Study. Poster, International Congress of Nutrition and Dietetics 2024; Toronto, Ontario. -
Seider M, Grant SM, Barre E, et al. Low glycaemic index diet for reduction of oxidative stress in women with gestational diabetes. Poster and short oral presentation, Dietitians of Canada National Conference 2018; Vancouver, BC, Canada. Can J Dietetic Prac Res, 2018, 79(3), p140.
Photo Credit: Brittany Carmichael