Faculty

This is the faculty from the 2024 course. 

2025 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

Jamy D. Ard, MD, FTOS
Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Prevention and Internal Medicine
Vice Dean for Clinical Research
Wake Forest School of Medicine

Justin Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Cancer Metabolism Program, 
Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University 

Christina Chow, PhD
Head of Research, Emerald Lake Safety

Greg Curtis, MD
Physician, Obesity Medicine
VP, Clinical Experience, knownwell
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Daniel J. Drucker, MD
Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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

Carolynn Francavilla Brown, MD, FOMA
Owner and Founder, Green Mountain Partners for Health
Founder, HelpYourPatientsLoseWeight.com

Christopher Gardner, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center
Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Stanford Diabetes Research Center

Timothy Garvey, MD
Associate Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Adam H. Gilden, MD, MSCE
Associate Director, Obesity Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Steven Heymsfield, MD
Professor, Metabolism & Body Composition 
Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University 

Deborah Bade Horn DO, MPH, MFOMA
Medical Director, Center for Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance
Program Director, UT Fellowship in Clinical Obesity Medicine
University of Texas, Houston

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

Ethan Lazarus, MD, FOMA
Physician and Owner, Clinical Nutrition Center
Immediate Past-President, Obesity Medicine Association
Delegate, American Medical Association House of Delegates
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine

Jeremy McConnell, MD
Private practice, Florida Sleep Specialists

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

Jesse Richards, DO
Director of Obesity Medicine and Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma

Sarah Ro, MD
Director, UNC Physicians Network Weight Management Program
University of North Carolina
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Elizabeth K. Speliotes, MD, PhD, MPH, FAASLD
Keith Henley MD Collegiate Professor of Gastroenterology
Director, Precision Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan

Grant M. Tinsley, PhD, CSCS,*D
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management
Director, Energy Balance & Body Composition Laboratory
Texas Tech University

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

Harvard Medical School Faculty

Jennifer (Yoon Ji) Ahn, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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

Romit Bhattacharya, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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

Sreevidya Bodepudi, DO
Obesity Medicine Fellow, Harvard Medical School

David Boyce, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Outpatient Surgery Center at Mass General Waltham

Karan R. Chhabra, MD MSc
Fellow, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Andrew Chan, MD, MPH
Daniel K. Podolsky Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

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

David Eisenberg, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Culinary Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

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 

Jacob Mirsky, MD, MA, DipABLM
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Healthy Lifestyle Program

Gail O'Brien, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Interim Medical Director, Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Christopher Palmer, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Metabolic and Mental Health Program, McLean Hospital

Shirly Ramchandani, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jennifer Rosenblum, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Klara Rosenquist, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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

Amandeep Singh, MD, PhD
Bariatric Endoscopy and Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty 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