Interested in applying to an Obesity Medicine Fellowship program?

Click here to access the OMFC Standard Application.

Email your application directly to the programs where you wish to apply. See the below list of programs accepting the OMFC Standard Application. Applications will be accepted July 15 - December 2, 2020.* Offers will be extended starting December 2nd - January 15, 2021.**

To complete your application, please include:

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 extend their deadline, if necessary, and may request additional information from applicants.*

**Obesity Medicine fellowship programs do not participate in the Medical Specialties Matching Program; therefore, some offers may be made after the deadline.

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: James McCarthy: James.McCarthy@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 not considered for 2021)
- Massachusetts State medical license, which must be 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: Linda Ludrosky: LUDROSL@ccf.org
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)
- 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 or Family Medicine 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 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: gudzune@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
- 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:
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.

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York University Langone Health

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

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.ed
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: Julian 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 or Family Medicine
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in completed specialty
- US citizenship or permanent residency/green card holder
- 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 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 Baptist Health

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.

West Virginia University

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Laura Davisson, MD: ldavisson@hsc.wvu.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Hailey Foglio: hmfoglio@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