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This is the faculty from the 2018 program. 2019 faculty not yet available.

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  • Nadia N. Ahmad, MD, MPH

    Diplomate ABOM
    Medical Director
    Obesity Medicine Institute
    Senior Advisor, Obesity Solutions
    Johnson &Johnson Medical Devices – Middle East
    Dubai, UAE
  • Nasreen Alfaris, MD, MPH

    Founding Director, Center for Obesity Medicine
    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Caroline M. Apovian, MD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Co-Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
    Boston Medical Center
    Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
    Boston University School of Medicine
  • Jamy D. Ard, MD

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Prevention
    Wake Forest Baptist Health
  • Louis J. Aronne, MD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Program
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
    Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research 
    Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Joseph Brancale, AB

    Predoctoral Fellow
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Sonia Caprio, MD

    Professor of Pediatrics 
    Yale University School of Medicine
  • Claudia Fox, MD, MPH

    Diplomate ABOM
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Steven B. Heymsfield, MD

    George A. Bray, Jr. Chair in Nutrition
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center
  • Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
    Yale University School of Medicine
  • Scott Kahan, MD, MPH

    Diplomate ABOM
    Director, National Center for Weight and Wellness
    Medical Director, STOP Obesity Alliance
    George Washington University
  • Aaron Kelly, PhD

    Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
    University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Rekha B. Kumar, MD, MS

    Diplomate ABOM
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Robert F. Kushner, MD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Professor of Medicine
    Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University 
  • Sriram Machineni, MD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Director, Medical Weight Clinic
    University of North Carolina Medical Center
  • Jonathan Purnell, MD

    Professor of Medicine
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
    School of Medicine
    Oregon Health Sciences University
  • Kenneth Resnicow, PhD

    Irwin Rosenstock Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education
    University of Michigan School of Public Health
  • Richard I. Rothstein, MD

    Chair, Department of Medicine
    Joseph M. Huber Professor
    Geisel School of Medicine
    Dartmouth College
  • Donna M. Ryan, MD

    Professor Emeritus
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center
  • Gitanjali Srivastava, MD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Fellowship Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
    Boston Medical Center
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Boston University School of Medicine 
  • Thomas A. Wadden, PhD

    Director, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
    Albert J. Stunkard Professor of Psychology
    Perelman School of Medicine
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Wayne L. Westcott, PhD

    Director of Exercise Science
    Quincy College
  • Michele Yuen, MBBS

    Director of Weight and Wellness Centre
    Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital
    Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor
    The University of Hong Kong

Harvard Medical School Faculty

  • W. Scott Butsch, MD, MS

    Diplomate ABOM
    Assistant in Medicine
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Carlos A. Camargo, MD, DrPH

    Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Sanjiv Chopra, MBBS

    James Tullis Firm Chief, Department of Medicine
    Senior Consultant in Hepatology
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Paul M. Copeland, MD, MPhil

    Diplomate ABOM
    Physician, MGH Weight Center
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Mark J. Gorman, PhD

    Director, Behavioral Sleep Medicine
    Psychologist, MGH Weight Center
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Psychology
    Harvard Medical School
  • Steven K. Grinspoon, MD

    Director, Program in Nutritional Metabolism
    Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Director, Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition Institute
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Suzanne J. Koven, MD

    Primary Care Physician
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Sonali Malhotra, MD

    Fellow, Obesity Metabolism and Nutrition Institute
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Harvard Medical School
  • Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD

    Chief, Division of Endocrinology
    Boston VA Medical Center
    Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • James E. Mojica, MD

    Director, Spaulding Sleep Center
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Edward M. Phillips, MD

    Director, Outpatient Medical Services
    Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
    Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Harvard Medical School
  • M. Agostina Santoro, PhD

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Harvard Medical School
  • Philip J. Saylor, MD

    Assistant in Medicine
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD

    Director, Medical Chronobiology Program
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA

    Diplomate ABOM
    Assistant in Medicine
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Medicine and Pediatrics
    Harvard Medical School
  • Thomas W. Storer, PhD

    Director, Exercise Physiology Laboratory
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Visiting Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Ali Tavakkoli, MBBS

    Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Harvard Medical School