This website is designed to be the central hub for those interested or involved in Obesity Medicine fellowships. The Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council (OMFC) was created with a mission: To enhance access to effective obesity care through advanced clinical training of specialized obesity medicine physicians. Our goals are: To support Obesity Medicine fellowship training programs and their primary educational mission, promote an adequate supply of effective specialty training opportunities, and increase the number of subspecialty fellowship-trained obesity medicine physicians.
The OMFC is dedicated to providing the most up-to-date information regarding Obesity Medicine fellowship training, as well as other resources for those interested in learning more about careers in Obesity Medicine.
As the field of Obesity Medicine grows and more fellowships are developed, we believe there should be standardization in what constitutes an Obesity Medicine Fellowship program. The OMFC aims to provide guidance on best practices so that all fellowship programs are sustainable, provide comprehensive training, and prepare the next generation of Obesity Medicine Specialists to combat the obesity epidemic. With the establishment of more fellowship programs, Obesity Medicine can become eligible to be recognized as an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) subspecialty.
OBESITY MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL MEMBERS
The Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council (OMFC) was formed in 2018 and consists of existing Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program Directors and other experts in Obesity Medicine. Given the growing prevalence of obesity and lack of formal training for physicians in Obesity Medicine, this Council formed with a mission to expand specialty training opportunities and increase the fellowship-trained obesity medicine physician workforce. The goals of the OMFC are to support 1) Obesity Medicine Fellowship Programs, 2) Obesity Medicine Fellows, and 3) effective obesity care.
- Director, Fellowship Program in Obesity Medicine and Nutrition at Mass General
- Director, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Founding Director, Fellowship Program in Nutrition and Obesity, Boston Medical Center
- Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Founding Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Weill-Cornell Medicine
- Adjunct faculty, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Founding Director, Fellowship Program in Obesity Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medicine
- Professor of Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medical College
- Director, Fellowship Program in Obesity Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Health
- Assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health
- Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
- Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Program Director, Obesity Medicine/Nutrition Support, Geisinger Medical Center
- Director, NYU Langone Health Clinical Obesity Medicine Fellowship,
- Director, Medical Weight Management Program
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Medicine, NYU Langone Health
- Director, Fellowship Program in Obesity Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology/Metabolism/Diabetes
- Director of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center
- Associate Director of the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center
- Director, Pediatric Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Associate Professor
Pediatrics-Endocrinology
- Director, Fellowship Program in Obesity Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medicine
- Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center (West)
- Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program
- Medical Director, Vanderbilt Obesity Medicine
- Associate Professor, Medicine, Pediatrics, & Surgery
- Director, Fellowship Program at Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine
- Director of the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital Pediatric Weight Management Clinic
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Director, Fellowship Program in Clinical Obesity Medicine & Metabolism, University of Texas
- McGovern Medical School
Medical Director, University of Texas Center of Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance - Assistant professor, Department of Surgery, University of Texas McGovern Medical School
- Director, Fellowship Program in Obesity Medicine and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
- Director, Fellowship Program in Nutrition & Weight Management, Geisinger Health System
- Director, Geisinger Obesity Research Institute
- Professor of Medicine, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
- Board Chairman, American Board of Obesity Medicine
- Director of Programs, American Board of Obesity Medicine
- Medical Director, American Board of Obesity Medicine
CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP
Directors of recognized Obesity Medicine subspecialty fellowship programs