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4th Annual Obesity Summit - Sept 9-11, 2009, Cleveland, OH4th Annual Obesity Summit - Sept 9-11, 2009, Cleveland, OH4th Annual Obesity Summit - Sept 9-11, 2009, Cleveland, OH
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Faculty

Co-Directors

Obesity Summit Director  

Philip R. Schauer, MD

Philip R. Schauer, MD
Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Cleveland Clinic

Industry Day Co-Director  

Lee R. Wrubel, MD

Lee R. Wrubel, MD
General Partner
Foundation Medical Partners
Rowayton, CT
Special Speaker  
Delos Cosgrove, MD Delos Cosgrove
CEO and President
Cleveland Clinic

 
Guest Faculty

. Caroline Apovian, MD
Director, Nutrition and Weight Management Center
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Kenneth Fujioka, MD Kenneth Fujioka, MD
Director of the Nutrition & Metabolic Research Center
Department of Endocrinology
Scripps Clinic
San Diego, CA
 
Louis Aronne, MD Louis Aronne, MD
Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Program
Clinical Associate Professor
Weill Cornell Medical College
Ithica, NY
 
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Surgical Director, Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens
Director, Center for Bariatric Research and Innovation
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
 
Richard Atkinson, MD Richard Atkinson, MD
Director, Obetech Obesity Research Center
Richmond, VA
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
 
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Bryce Klontz
Global Marketing Director, Metabolics
Covidien
North Haven, CT
 
S. Bryn Austin, ScD S. Bryn Austin, ScD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Director of Fellowship Research Training
Department of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Children’s Hospital Boston
Boston, MA
 
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Walter Lindstrom, Jr. Esq
Obesity Law and Advocacy Center
Chula Vista, CA
 
Nathan A. Berger, MD Nathan A. Berger, MD
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Oncology
School of Medicine
Director, Center for Science, Health and Society
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
 
Truls Østbye, MD, PhD
 
Truls Østbye, MD, PhD
Department of Community and Family Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
 
Daniel Bessesen, MD
 
Daniel Bessesen, MD
Chief of Endocrinology
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, CO
 
Stuart A. Randle, MBA
 
Stuart A. Randle, MBA
President and CEO
GI Dynamics, Inc
Lexington, MA
 
George Bray, MD
 
George Bray, MD
Chief, Division of Clinical Obesity and Metabolism
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
 
Eric Ravussin, PhD
 
Eric Ravussin, PhD
Chief, Division of Health and Performance Enhancement
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
 
Hubert Chen, MD
 
Hubert Chen, MD
Senior Director, Clinical Research
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
San Diego, CA
 
Donna Ryan, MD Donna Ryan, MD
Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
 
Timothy Church, MD, PhD, MPH
 
Timothy Church, MD, PhD, MPH
John S. McHenry Endowed Chair in Health Wisdom
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
 
B. Timothy Walsh, MD
 
B. Timothy Walsh, MD
Director, Eating Disorders Research Unit
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
 
Pierre-Yves Crémieux, PhD
 
Pierre-Yves Crémieux, PhD
Department of Economics
University of Quebec at Montreal
Montreal, Canada
Managing Principal, Analysis Group
Boston, MA
 
Walter Willett, MD, PhD, MPH Walter Willett, MD, PhD, MPH
Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Chair, Department of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA
 
Gary D. Foster, PhD Gary D. Foster, PhD
Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education
Professor, Medicine and Public Health
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
 
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD Bruce M. Wolfe, MD
Professor of Surgery
Orgeon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

 
Cleveland Clinic Faculty

Charles Bae, MD


Charles Bae, MD
Staff, Quality Review Officer
Sleep Center
Neurological Institute
 
Wendy Kirby, RD
 
Wendy Kirby, RD
Registered Dietitian
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
 
Stacy Brethauer, MD
 
Stacy Brethauer, MD
Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
John Kirwan, PhD
 
John Kirwan, PhD
Deprtment of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Digestive Disease Institute
Department of Pathobiology
Lerner Research Institute
 
Derrick Cetin, DO
 
Derrick Cetin, DO
Community Internal Medicine
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
Michael McMillan
 
Michael McMillan
Executive Director, Market and Network Services
 
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Bipan Chand, MD
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute


 
Cindy Moore, RD, LD
 
Cindy Moore, RD, LD
Director, Nutrition Therapy
Digestive Disease Institute
 
Leslie Cho, MD
 
Leslie Cho, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart and Vascular Institute
 
Kate Nagel, MPH
 
Kate Nagel, MPH
Director, Department of Public Health and Research
 
Karen Cooper, DO
 
Karen Cooper, DO
Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
Steven E. Nissen, MD, MACC
 
Steven E. Nissen, MD, MACC
Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart and Vascular Institute
 
Jeffrey Goldberg, MD
 
Jeffrey Goldberg, MD
Section Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
OB/GYN & Women’s Health Institute
 
Michael F. Roizen, MD
 
Michael F. Roizen, MD
Chief Wellness Officer
Chairman, Wellness Institute
 
Leslie Heinberg, PhD
 
Leslie Heinberg, PhD
Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
Ellen Rome, MD, MPH
 
Ellen Rome, MD, MPH
Section Head, Adolescent Medicine
Pediatrics Institute
 
Oliver Henkel, Jr.
 
Oliver Henkel, Jr.
Chief Government Relations Officer
Department of Government Relations
 
Sylvia Rotemberg, MD
 
Sylvia Rotemberg, MD
Department of Plastic Surgery
Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Institute
 
Sangeeta Kashyap, MD
 
Sangeeta Kashyap, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
James Young, MD
 
James Young, MD
Chairman, Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
Laurence Kennedy, MD, FRCP
 
Laurence Kennedy, MD, FRCP
Chairman, Department of Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Metabolism
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
Robert Zimmerman, MD Robert Zimmerman, MD
Interim Chairman and Program Director
Department of Endocrinology
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
 
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