Interested in applying to an Obesity Medicine Fellowship program?

Click here to access the OMFC Standard Application.

Email your application and all required materials directly to the programs where you wish to apply. Send one additional standard application to the OMFC Coordinating Director, Stacy Schmidt, PhD: stacy@omfellowship.org. See the below list of programs accepting the OMFC Standard Application. Priority application deadline for fellows starting July 2022 is November 1, 2021.* Offers will be extended starting December 6, 2021.** Programs will accept applications until the position is filled.

To complete your application, please include (in addition to the OMFC Standard Application):

Curriculum Vitae
Personal Statement including description of career plans
Transcripts of National Board Exams
Recent photo
Three letters of recommendation (from the director of your residency program, a recent supervisor other than your residency program director, and one additional letter from a clinical supervisor who can attest to your abilities). It is preferred that the letters come from the writer directly.

**Individual programs may choose to accept applications after the deadline, if necessary, and may request additional information from applicants.*

**Obesity Medicine fellowship programs do not participate in the Medical Specialties Matching Program; therefore, it is likely that some programs will make offers after December 6, as many candidates apply to multiple programs.

Program Status for 2022 Fellow Positions

last updated: 12/7/21 at 10:45pm ET

Institution	Fellow status
Boston University School of Medicine:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Brigham & Women's Hospital:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Cleveland Clinic:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Geisinger Medical Center:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Harvard Medical School/MGH:	Position filled
Johns Hopkins Medicine:	Position filled
MetroHealth System:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Nationwide Children's Hospital:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
New York University Langone Health:	Not accepting applications for 2022
Northwell Health:	Currently Accepting Applications
University of Alabama at Birmingham:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
University of Colorado School of Medicine:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
University of Minnesota Masonic Children's:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
University of Tennessee Health Science Ctr.:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
University of Texas McGovern Med. School:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
University of Toronto Sinai Health:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
University of Utah:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Vanderbilt University Medical Center:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Wake Forest School of Medicine:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
Weill Cornell Medicine:	Unfilled/Awaiting response
West Virginia University:	Unfilled/Awaiting response

Programs accepting the OMFC Standard Application:

Click + to see application details and eligibility requirements for each program.

Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Dong Wook Kim, MD: Dongwook.kim@bmc.org
- Administrative Coordinator: Latoya Moorer: Latoya.Moorer@bmc.org
Eligibility Requirements
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited 3-year internal medicine residency program
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA considered for exceptional candidates)
- Massachusetts State medical license, which must be obtained in advance of start date.

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Caroline Apovian: capovian@partners.org
- Administrative Coordinator: James McCarthy, jmccarthy54@bwh.harvard.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited 3-year Internal Medicine program
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA not considered)
- Massachusetts State medical license, obtained in advance of start date.

Cleveland Clinic

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Marcio Griebeler, MD: GRIEBEM@ccf.org
- Associate Program Director: Scott Butsch, MD: butschw@ccf.org
- Administrative Coordinator: Janine Keough: keoughj@ccf.org
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Pediatrics
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA considered)
- Ohio State medical license, obtained in advance of start date.

Geisinger Medical Center

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Jennifer Franceschelli Hosterman, DO: JFranceschelli1@geisinger.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Chelsea Mensch: CEMensch@geisinger.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Med-Peds residency program (other accredited programs may apply)
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA not considered)
- Pennsylvania State medical license, which must be obtained in advance of the start date

Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts General Hospital

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD: LMKaplan@mgh.harvard.edu
- Administrative Coordinator:Nitya Kadambi: NKadambi@mgh.harvard.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited 3-year internal medicine or pediatrics residency program
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA considered)
- Massachusetts State medical license, which must be obtained in advance of start date.

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Send Required Application Materials to:
- Program Director: Kimberly Gudzune, MD, MPH: gudzune@jhu.edu
- Assistant Program Director: Selvi Rajagopal, MD, MPH: srajago7@jhu.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Julie Kurtz: jkurtz10@jhmi.edu
Required Application Materials:
- OMFC Standard Application
- Completed Johns Hopkins GIM training application
- Obesity Medicine Fellowship Track Selection and Area of Interest form
- Curriculum vitae
- Copies of college, medical school and any advanced degree (e.g., master's degree) program transcripts. Please note that copies of these are sufficient; original transcripts are not required
- One-page personal statement(s)
  - One-page personal statement of interest in obesity medicine (all applicants)
  - One-page personal statement of research interests (clinician-investigator track applicants only)
- Letters of recommendation
  - Two letters of recommendation for clinician track applicants
  - Four letters of recommendation for clinician-investigator track applicants
  - These letters should be sent by the authors directly to the Obesity Medicine Fellowship Coordinator: Julie Kurtz
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine or Med-Peds
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in Internal Medicine
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder
- Maryland State medical license, obtained in advance of start date

MetroHealth System

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Eileen Seeholzer: eseeholzer@metrohealth.org
- Program Co-director: Katherine Lyons: klyons@metrohealth.org
- Administrative Coordinator: Anita Gonzalez: agonzalez@metrohealth.org
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine or Pediatrics
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (only H1B VISAs will be considered)
- Ohio State medical license, obtained in advance of start date.

Nationwide Children's Hospital (Pediatric)

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Ihuoma Eneli, MD: Ihuoma.Eneli@nationwidechildrens.org
- Program Coordinator: Tara Casper: Tara.Casper@nationwidechildrens.org
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completion of residency in an ACGME accredited Pediatrics or Medicine/ Pediatrics program
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder. International applicants considered
- Ohio state medical license, which must be obtained in advance of fellowship start date

New York University Langone Health- NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2022-23

NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2022-23!

Send Application to:
- Program Coordinator, Elkay Jose: ObesityMedicineFellowship@nyulangone.org
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completion of residency in an ACGME accredited Internal Medicine, Family Practice, or Medicine/ Pediatrics program
- Board Eligible for a NYS medical license or Board Certified in appropriate medical specialty
- New York State medical license, which must be obtained in advance of fellowship start date

Northwell Health

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Send Application to:

- Administrative Coordinator: Julie Burge: jburge@uabmc.edu

Eligibility Requirements:

- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine or Family Medicine or OBGYN or PMR or Psychiatry
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder, VISA applicants will be considered
- Alabama state medical license, obtained in advance of start date.

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Dan Bessesen, MD: Daniel.Bessesen@cuanschutz.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Kristy Truesdale: Kristy.Truesdale@cuanschutz.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited program, preferably Internal Medicine or Family Medicine although others will be considered
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder

University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital (Pediatric)

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Claudia Fox, MD, MPH lusc0001@umn.edu
- Program Coordinator: Valerie Cole cole0430@umn.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completion of residency in an ACGME accredited Pediatrics or Medicine/ Pediatrics program
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA not considered)
- Minnesota medical license, which must be obtained in advance of fellowship start date

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Send Application to:
- Program Director: David Rometo, MD: rometoda@upmc.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Lorrie A. Fox: johnsonla2@upmc.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine residency program
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA not considered)
- PA state medical license, obtained in advance of start date

University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Pediatric)

University of Texas McGovern Medical School

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Deborah Bade Horn, DO: deborah.b.horn@uth.tmc.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Rena Leslie: rena.hardage@uth.tmc.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program.
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA not considered)
- Texas State medical license, which must be obtained in advance of start date.

University of Toronto Sinai Health (Pregnancy Obesity Medicine- Canada)

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Cynthia Maxwell, MD, FRCSC (OBGYN & MFM), RDMS, DABOG, DABOM: cynthiadr.maxwell@sinaihealth.ca
- Administrative Coordinator: Sandy Kaplansky: POMSFellowship@sinaihealth.ca
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada) recognized program in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- There are no citizenship requirements

University of Utah

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Juliana Simonetti, MD: Juliana.Simonetti@hsc.utah.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Jamie Smith: Jamies.Smith@hsc.utah.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 Visa considered)
- Utah State medical license

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine/Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Gitanjali Srivastava, MD: gitanjali.srivastava@vumc.org
- Administrative Coordinator: Jan Botts Hicks: jan.hicks@vumc.org
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited 3-year Internal Medicine or Pediatrics program
- Completion of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Parts I, II, III
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card (J1 VISA not considered)
- TN state medical license, which must be obtained in advance of start date
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Jessica Bartfield, MD: jbartfie@wakehealth.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Jennifer Hinson: jhinson@wakehealth.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA not considered)
- North Carolina State medical license, obtained in advance of start date.

Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Leon Igel, MD: lei9004@med.cornell.edu
- Program Co-director: Beverly Tchang, MD: bgt9001@med.cornell.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Tony Nepomuceno: ton2005@med.cornell.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program.
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA considered if advanced notice given ~1yr)
- New York State medical license, which must be obtained in advance of start date.

West Virginia University

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Laura Davisson, MD: ldavisson@hsc.wvu.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Rebecca Elmo: relmo@hsc.wvu.edu
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed residency in ACGME accredited Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder (J1 VISA not considered)
- West Virginia State medical license, obtained in advance of start date.

If you have any issues with the application or general questions, please contact:

Stacy Schmidt, PhD

Coordinating Director

Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council

stacy@omfellowship.org