FELLOW SPOTLIGHT
Current and Former Obesity Medicine Fellows
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer: Primary Care Physician, Baystate Medical Practices Wilbraham Adult Medicine
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer: Physician, Nutrition and Weight Management, Geisinger Medical Center
njbressler@geisinger.edu
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center
Primary Board Certification:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2020-21)
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Pediatrics
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Program Director, Obesity & Nutrition Fellowship Program at Geisinger Medical Center
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Geisinger Medical Center
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Obesity Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medicine; Director Medical Weight Management Program; Fellowship Director, Clinical Obesity Medicine Fellowship; Clinical and Education lead, Comprehensive Program for Obesity, NYU Langone Health
hollylofton@gmail.com
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Gastroenterology
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Gastroenterologist, Bethlehem, PA
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Physician, Diabetic & Metabolic Wellness Center, New Braunfels, TX
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Obesity Medicine and Physician Nutrition Specialist
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Metabolic Medicine Center, Morristown, NJ
viproudan5@gmail.com
Residency: Med-Peds
Primary Board Certification: Medicine and Pediatrics
Current Employment: Fellow: 2021-22
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Obesity Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Medical Director for bariatric and weight management center for Edward Health Ventures, Edward-Elmhurst Hospital System in Illinois.
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center
Primary Board Certification:
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center
Primary Board Certification:
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Obesity Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Specialist, Intellihealth/Flyte
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kajal-zalavadia-md/
Fellowship Training Institution: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Physician, AHN Comprehensive Weight Management Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Sr. Medical Advisor, Obesity Product Development at Eli Lilly and Company
Primary board: Family Medicine
Residency: University of Chicago (NorthShore)
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Undergraduate: Emory University
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-ahn-11502679/
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer:
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Specialist, Associate Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program, Cleveland Clinic
Primary Board Certification: Pediatrics
Secondary Board Certification: Internal medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
fstanford@mgh.harvard.edu
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2020-21)
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Director, University of North Caroline Medical Weight Clinic
Primary Board Certification: Pediatrics
Secondary Board Certification: Pediatric endocrinology
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer: Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Attending in the division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Assistant in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
smalhotra1@mgh.harvard.edu
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2021-22)
Primary Board Certification: Pediatrics
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Physician/Adolescent Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Primary Board Certification: Med-Peds
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Program Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program; Associate Professor, Medicine, Pediatrics, & Surgery; Medical Director, Vanderbilt Obesity Medicine; Co-Director, Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer: Staff Physician Assistant Medical Director, Global Education and Care; Weight Management and Clinical Nutrition Specialist-Joslin Diabetes Center; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Founder & Medical Director, NUMEO Medical
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (Fellowship: Stanford Medical Center)
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Medical director of weight management and metabolic health clinic, Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
katayounl@hotmail.com
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Physician, Boston Medical Center
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer: Assistant Professor, Division of Nutrition, Dept. of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
pornpoj.pra@mahidol.edu
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship, University of Utah
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
ABOM Diplomate: No
Current Position & Employer: Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Division of Endocrinology; University of Tennessee Methodist Physicians Multi Specialty Practice, Memphis, TN and CNS Healthcare, Memphis, TN
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Bariatric Medicine Physician at West LA Comprehensive Bariatric Center and Primary Care Physician at Southern California Kaiser Permanente
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (021-22)
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Program Director, Obesity Medicine and Nutrition Fellowship at Boston Medical Center
Primary Board: Internal Medicine
Residency: McGill University
Medical School: Taibah University
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Director of Medical Weight Management at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
- Primary Board: General Surgery
- Fellowship: UCSF in Transplant Surgery
- Residency: Johns Hopkins
- Medical School: University of Michigan
- Undergrad: University of Michigan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babak-orandi-238206157/
Fellowship Training Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2021-22)
Fellowship Training Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer:
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Undergrad: Dartmouth College
Med school: Weill Cornell Medical College
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical College
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Clinical Assistant Prof. of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine; Co-Founder, Intellihealth, Inc./Flyte Medical, PC.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-saunders-md-711a8122/
Primary Board: Internal Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Undergrad: Cornell University
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-schmitz-315242245/
Fellowship Training Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine, Obesity Medicine & GI
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Gastroenterology
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Fellow
Fellowship Training Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2020-21)
Fellowship Training Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine, Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Fellowship Training Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine, Obesity Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Medical Director, Medical Weight Loss at Hartford HealthCare Medical Group
Fellowship Training Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
Primary Board Certification: Pediatrics
Secondary Board Certification: Pediatric Endocrinology
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2021-22)
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Primary Board Certification: Family Medicine
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Clinical Obesity Medicine & Metabolism
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Obesity Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Physician, Abrazo Medical Group
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Primary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thuyvan-hoang-a52894197/
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Clinical Obesity Medicine & Metabolism
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Primary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Clinical Obesity Medicine & Metabolism
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer:
Fellowship Training Institution: New York University Langone Health
Primary Board Certification: Family Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Lifestyle Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2021-22)
Fellowship Training Institution: New York University Langone Health
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Nephrology fellow at Penn Medicine
Fellowship Training Institution: New York University Langone Health
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Fellowship Training Institution: New York University Langone Health
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2020-21)
- Primary Board certification- Internal Medicine
- Residency- Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT in Internal Medicine and Chief Year Internal Medicine at Griffin Hospital
- Medical School: Nishtar Medical University, Multan, Pakistan
- Undergrad: Government Degree College for Women, Multan, Pakistan
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/aisha-khan-59abb8a8/
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2020-22
Fellowship Training Institution: Wake Forest Baptist Health
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Obesity Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Physician, Wake Forest Weight Management Center
mmocock@wakehealth.edu
Fellowship Training Institution: Wake Forest Baptist Health
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
Fellowship Training Institution: Wake Forest Baptist Health
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Endocrinology
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Specialist and Endocrinologist, Pinehurst Medical Clinic
Fellowship Training Institution: Wake Forest Baptist Health
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
ABOM Diplomate: Yes
Current Position & Employer: Duke Primary Care North Hills, Raleigh, NC
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
Primary Board Certification: General Pediatrics
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
Primary Board Certification:
Secondary Board Certification:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
Fellowship Training Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
- Primary Board: Internal Medicine
- Residency: University at Buffalo- Catholic Health/Sisters
- Med School: King Saud University
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/firghom
Fellowship Training Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Current Position & Employer: Obesity Medicine Specialist, Vanderbilt University
Undergrad: Miami University (Ohio)
Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Current Position & Employer: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nakuljbhardwaj/
Primary Board: Internal Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Undergrad: University of Virginia
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacey-chae-md-52b699246/
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Primary Board Certification: Family Medicine
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
Primary Board: Family Medicine
Residency: UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Undergrad: Carnegie Mellon University
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/john-taormina-843985244
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Primary Board Certification: Preventive Medicine
Secondary Board Certification: Lifestyle Medicine
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2020-21
Primary Board Certification: Pediatrics
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
Primary Board Certification: Family Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine at Rush
Medical school: American University of the Caribbean
Undergrad: University of Nevada Las Vegas
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/summer-azmat-6474ba1b0?original_referer=
Fellowship Training Institution: MetroHealth System
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Secondary Board Certification:
ABOM Diplomate:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow (2021-22)
Primary Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
Fellowship Training Institution: University of Toronto Sinai Health
Primary Board Certification: Ob/Gyn
Secondary Board Certification:
Current Position & Employer: Fellow 2021-22
- Primary Board: Preventive Medicine
- Secondary Board: Lifestyle Medicine
- Residency: University of California, San Diego
- Medical School: University of New Mexico
- Undergrad: Texas Tech University
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-s-79062923
Primary Board: Family Medicine
Residency: Firelands Regional Medical Center
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Undergrad: Ohio State University
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austensmithdo/