Interested in applying to an Obesity Medicine Fellowship program?

Click here to access the OMFC Standard Application.

Send 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.*

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.*

Programs accepting the OMFC Standard Application:

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 considered only for truly exceptional applicants).
- Massachusetts State medical license, which must be obtained in advance of start date.

Geisinger Medical Center

Send Application to:
- Program Director: Jennifer Franceschelli Hosterman, DO: JFranceschelli1@geisinger.edu
- Administrative Coordinator: Pamela Murray: pamurray2@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
- 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.

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 Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital (Pediatric)

**only accepting applications for 2022 academic year

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
- 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
- PA state medical license, obtained in advance of start date

University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Pediatric)

University of Texas McGovern Medical School

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
- 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
- North Carolina 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