Faculty

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Gaye Andrews, PhD, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
Bariatric Program Psychotherapist
Lincoln, California

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition
Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Daniel H. Bessesen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Chief of Endocrinology
Denver Health Sciences Medical Center
Denver, Colorado

George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD
S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition
Associate Director, Division of Nutrition
Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine
Chief, Nutrition Metabolism Laboratory
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Steven N. Blair, PED
Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD
Assistant Director
UCLA Center for Human Nutrition
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

George A. Bray, MD
Boyd Professor and Professor of Medicine
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Christopher Case, MD
Staff Endocrinologist Department of Endocrinology
Co-Director, Weight Treatment Center
Jefferson City Medical Group
Jefferson City, Missouri

Alison E. Field, ScD
Associate in Medicine
Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Children’s Hospital Boston
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Anne M. Fletcher, MS, RD, LD
Author: Thin for Life Books and Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off — And What They Wish Parents Knew
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston, Massachusetts

John P. Foreyt, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Kim Gorman, MS, RD, LD
Planning Committee Member
Weight Management Program Director
Center for Human Nutrition
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado

Jo Ann Hattner, MPH, RD
Instructor, Nutrition Course
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
Pediatric Nutrition Specialist
Hattner/Coulston Nutrition LLC
San Francisco, California

John D. Hernried, MD, FACP
Preconference C Program Consultant
Medical Director, Obesity Treatment Center Medical Group
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California

James O. Hill, PhD
Planning Committee Member
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado

Kathy S. James, DNSc, NP
Associate Professor of Nursing
Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science
University of San Diego
San Diego, California
Private Practice, Professional Weight Management
Del Mar, California

Peter Howard Jones, MD, FACP
Co-Director, Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis Clinic
Director, Weight Management Programs
Methodist Wellness Services
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Atherosclerosis and Lipid Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Joyce King, CNM, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University
Atlanta,Georgia

Robert F. Kushner, MD
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Diane LeMont, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
Bariatric Surgery Program Psychologist
Fountain Valley, California

Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, CDE
Director of Obesity and Diabetes Programs
North General Hospital
Harlem, New York

Michael C. Okimura, MD
Medical Director
Medical Weight Management Program
Kaiser Permanente
Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California

Suzanne Phelan, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Brown Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Director, New York Obesity Research Center
New York, New York

Rebecca S. Reeves, DrPH, RD, FADA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Robert Ross, PhD
Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies/Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Ray Seggern
Partner
The Wizard of Ads Group
Austin, Texas

Tracy L. Smith, RD
Managing Behaviorist
Obesity Treatment Center Medical Group
Sacramento, California

Sasha Stiles, MD
Medical Director
Department of Bariatrics
Kaiser Permanente South
San Francisco, California

Julee B. Waldrop, MS, FNP, PNP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Family Health
School of Nursing
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Reginald Washington, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Chief Medical Officer
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
Denver, Colorado

Billie Ann Wilson, PhD, RN
Professor, School of Nursing
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

Kenneth P. Wright, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

Holly Wyatt, MD
Conference Chair
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
Center for Human Nutrition Program Director - CORE
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado