Surekha Pendyal has been practicing as a metabolic dietitian since 1997 when NC began the pilot project to expand newborn screening using MS/MS technology. She gained vast experience in treating a variety of inherited metabolic disorders (IMD), in coordinating newborn screening, in conducting educational activities for patients and families and publishing a patient newsletter. In 2015, she joined the Div. of Medical Genetics at Duke University where she inherited a large population of patients with glycogen storage diseases (GSD), a challenge she was really looking for. She has been an active member of GMDI since its inception. Surekha has authored a book chapter on IMD and published many articles on IMD in peer-reviewed journals. She considers the best part of her job to be teaching about IMD to medical and dietetic students and establishing life-long relations with patients and their families.