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This is the 2017 course faculty. 2018 course faculty not yet available.

Featured Guest Speakers

  • Nadia N. Ahmad, MD, MPH

    Diplomate ABOM
    Medical Director
    Obesity Medicine Institute
    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
  • Christopher Gardner, PhD

    Professor of Medicine
    Stanford Prevention Research Center
    Stanford University
  • Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD

    Professor of Surgery
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • 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
  • Rekha B. Kumar, MD

    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 
  • 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
  • Joshua Sharfstein, MD

    Associate Dean, Public Health Practice & Training
    Professor of the Practice
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Gitanjali Srivastava, MD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Medical Director of Obesity Medicine
    Director, Center for Obesity Medicine
    Florida Hospital Celebration Health
  • Devika Umashanker, MD

    Fellow in Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Amanda Velazquez, MD

    Nutrition and Obesity Medicine Fellow
    Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition
    Boston Medical Center / Boston University
  • 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

Harvard Medical School Faculty

  • W. Scott Butsch, MD, MS

    Diplomate ABOM
    Assistant in Medicine
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • 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
  • Pieter A. Cohen, MD

    Practicing Internist
    Cambridge Health Alliance
    Assistant 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
  • Sue Cummings, MS, RD

    Coordinator of Clinical Programs and Services, MGH Weight Center
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Jeffrey S. Flier, MD

    Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Steven K. Grinspoon, MD

    Director, Program in Nutritional Metabolism
    Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • Ida J. Hatoum, ScD, ScM, MMSc

    Instructor in Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Alison G. Hoppin, MD

    Associate Director for Pediatric Services
    MGH Weight Center
    Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
    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
  • Sriram Machineni, MD

    Diplomate ABOM
    Assistant in Medicine
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Medicine
    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
  • Mary-Elizabeth Patti, MD

    Director, Hypoglycemia Clinic
    Joslin Diabetes Center
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Edward M. Phillips, MD

    Director, Outpatient Medical Services
    Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network
    Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    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