Faculty

This is the faculty from the 2023 course. 2024 faculty list not yet available.

 

 

 

 

Guest Speakers

Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic

Andres Acosta, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic

Lydia Alexander, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Enara Health

Jamy Ard, MD
Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
Interim Associate Dean, Research
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Harold Edward Bays, MD, FOMA, FTOS, FACC, FNLA, FASPC
Medical Director / President
Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Louisville School of Medicine

Gregory Curtis, MD
Physician and VP of Clinical Experience, knownwell

Sadaf Farooqi, PhD
Professor of Metabolism and Medicine
University of Cambridge

Angela Fitch, MD
Founder and Chief Medical Officer, knownwell
President, Obesity Medicine Association

Claudia Fox, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director and Fellowship Program Director, Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine
University of Minnesota

Christopher Gardner, PhD
Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine
Stanford University

Deborah Horn, DO, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School
Medical Director, Center for Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance
UTHealth Houston

John Jakicic, PhD
Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Physical Activity and Weight Management

Ethan Lazarus, MD
Private Practice, Clinical Nutrition Center, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Senior Clinical Instructor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Immediate Past President, Obesity Medicine Association
Delegate, American Medical Association

Carel Le Roux, MD
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
Imperial College London

Michelle Look, MD, FAAFP, DABOM
San Diego Sports Medicine Weight and Wellness Center
Family Practice-Sports Medicine-Obesity Medicine Physician
Tournament Team Physician, Independent Concussion Consultant, World Rugby
Team Physician, USA Rugby

Jeremy McConnell, MD
Private practice, Florida Sleep Specialists

Leigh Perreault, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Colorado 

Eran Segal, PhD
Professor of Computer Science
Weizmann Institute of Science 

Christopher Still, DO
Professor of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine 

Krista Varady, PhD
Professor of Kinesiology and Nutrition
University of Illinois, Chicago

Sean Wharton, MD
Medical Director, Wharton Medical Clinic

Harvard Medical School Faculty

Jennifer Ahn, MD
Clinical Fellow, Mass General Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Alexander Blood, MD, MSc
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Paul Copeland, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Kathleen Corey, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Fatty Liver Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

Wesley Dutton, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Lindsay Fourman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mark Gorman, PhD
Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Cornelia Griggs, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Susan Himes, PhD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Michelle Lai, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, NAFLD Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Joshua Landreneau, MD
Clinical Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Gail O'Brien, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Shirly Ramchandani, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Klara Rosenquist, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Eric Sheu, MD, PhD
Chief, Section of Bariatric and Foregut Surgery
Associate Program Director, Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Amandeep Singh, MD, PhD
Bariatric Endoscopy and Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Vibha Singhal, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric Program, Mass General Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital