Obesity Summit 2010, Nov. 3-4, Cleveland, OH Obesity Summit 2010, Nov. 3-4, Cleveland, OH
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Faculty

Directors

Philip R. Schauer, MD

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

Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH
 

Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH
Head, Section of Adolescent Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Institute
 

 
Guest Faculty

Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
 
Robert F. Kushner, MD, MS Robert F. Kushner, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Immediate Past President
The Obesity Society
Chicago, IL
Louis Aronne, MD Louis Aronne, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
 
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD
Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
 
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
 
Patrick M. O’Neil, PhD
 
Patrick M. O’Neil, PhD
Director
Weight Management Center
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
 
Nathan A. Berger, MD Nathan A. Berger, MD
Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Oncology
Director, Center for Science, Health and Society
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
 
Sharon A. Ross, PhD, MPH Sharon A. Ross, PhD, MPH
Program Director
Nutritional Science Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Kelly D. Brownell, PhD Kelly D. Brownell, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University
New Haven, CT
 
Donna H. Ryan, MD Donna H. Ryan, MD
President, The Obesity Society
Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
LaDavia Drane, Esq.
 
LaDavia Drane, Esq.
Legislative Counsel
Hon. Marcia Fudge
Cleveland, OH
 
Lynn D. Silver, MD, MPH Lynn D. Silver, MD, MPH
Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York, NY
 
Gary D. Foster, PhD
 
Gary D. Foster, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health
Director, Center for Obesity
Research and Education
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
 
Richard M. Watanabe, PhD Richard M. Watanabe, PhD
Department of Preventive Medicine
Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
 
Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
Director, Massachusetts General
Hospital Weight Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston, MA
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD Bruce M. Wolfe, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Portland, OR

 
Cleveland Clinic Faculty

   
Tara Harwood, MS, RD, LD Judi Bar, E-500 RYT
Lead Yoga Therapist
Lifestyle 180 Program
Laurence Kennedy, MD, FRCP
 
Laurence Kennedy, MD, FRCP
Chairman, Department of
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
 
Gordon G. Blackburn, PhD


Gordon G. Blackburn, PhD
Program Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Heart and Vascular Institute
 
Matthew Kroh, MD
 
Matthew Kroh, MD
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
 
Stacy A. Brethauer, MD
 
Stacy A. Brethauer, MD
Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
John P. Kirwan, PhD, FACSM
 
John P. Kirwan, PhD, FACSM
Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Pathobiology
Digestive Disease Institute
 
Allison Brindle, MD
 
Allison Brindle, MD
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Institute
 
Richard D. Lorber, MD
 
Richard D. Lorber, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Institute
 
Christine Carter-Kent, MD
 
Christine Carter-Kent, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Institute
 
Kate Fox Nagel, MPH
 
Kate Fox Nagel, MPH
Senior Director
Public Health and Research
Office of Government Relations
 
Derrick Cetin, DO
 
Derrick Cetin, DO
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Michael Rocco, MD
 
Michael Rocco, MD
Heart and Vascular Institute
 
Bipan Chand, MD
 
Bipan Chand, MD
Director, Surgical Endoscopy
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
 
Tomasz Rogula, MD
 
Tomasz Rogula, MD
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
 
Karen Cooper, DO
 
Karen Cooper, DO
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Steven E. Nissen, MD, MACC
 
Michael F. Roizen, MD
Chief Wellness Officer
Chairman, Wellness Institute
 
Ariel E. Feldstein, MD
 
Ariel E. Feldstein, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Cell Biology/ Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Institute
 
S. Cristina Rotemberg, MD
 
S. Cristina Rotemberg, MD
Dermatology and Plastic
Surgery Institute
 
Tara Harwood, MS, RD, LD
 
Tara Harwood, MS, RD, LD
Pediatric Dietitian
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Institute
 
Persis A. Sosiak, RN, MPH
 
Persis A. Sosiak, RN, MPH
Program Manager
Public Health and Research
Office of Government Relations
 
Leslie Heinberg, PhD
 
Leslie Heinberg, PhD
Associate Professor,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of
Case Western Reserve University
Director, Behavioral Services
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
 
James B. Young, MD
 
James B. Young, MD
Chairman
Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute
 
Sangeeta Kashyap, MD
 
Sangeeta Kashyap, MD
Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute
Robert S. Zimmerman, MD Robert S. Zimmerman, MD
Director
Cleveland Clinic Diabetes Center
Program Director
Department of Endocrinology
Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute

 

 
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