DIRECTORY OF PROGRAMS

Programs listed in the directory meet minimum standards established by the Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council and satisfy the requirements to sit for the American Board of Obesity Medicine Exam. To join the Council, send your application to: stacy@omfellowship.org by September 1st. Newly approved programs will join the Council in November each year.  Click here for program guidelines.

OBESITY MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

Program Details: 

  • • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient and inpatient
    • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 8
    • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 90%
    • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 10%
    • Other Rotations: pediatric obesity (elective), weight management in ob/gyn (yes as part of our current clinic initiative), advanced diabetes management (elective with endocrine), sleep medicine (elective rotation), surgery (required rotation), behavioral health, dietician
    • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Structured curriculum,, faculty didactic lectures (part of endocrine weekly conference), OMFC lectures, conferences (OMA/TOS), medical student/resident education
    • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, behavioral health, advanced practitioners, language interpreters, registered nurses, certified medical assistant to room patient
    • Vacation days: 10
    • Sick days: 0
    • Funding for conference attendance: 1 funded conference (that is approved prior to attendance) and 5 paid CME days 
    • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes- 1 abstract submission to conference / research paper submission to journal

Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Program Details: 

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient 
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 4.5
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 100%
  • Other Rotations: pediatric obesity, weight management in ob/gyn, advanced diabetes management, sleep medicine, surgery, behavioral health, dietician
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Structured curriculum, faculty didactic lectures, OMFC lectures, conferences, medical student/resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, behavioral health, advanced practitioners, language interpreters, registered nurses, certified medical assistant to room patient
  • Vacation days: 28
  • Sick days: 0
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1900
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Other details:

  • Faculty hold clinical appointments with Wake Forest University
  • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center is an academic medical center that hosts various residency and fellowship programs- multiple opportunities for collaboration
  • A second campus for Wake Forest Medical School is being built in Charlotte
  • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center hosts 3rd and 4th year medical students from Wake Forest Medical School

 

Boston University School of Medicine/ Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Program Details: 

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient & Inpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 4
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 48%
  • Other Rotations: Nutrition 2%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 2%
  • Other Rotations: Inpatient Nutrition: 48%
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum,Journal club,Conferences,Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians,Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP)
  • Vacation days: 28
  • Sick days: 7
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1250
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Program Details: 

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient and Inpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 4 sessions per week and 1 elective session (optional)
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 80 %
  • Other Outpatient Rotations: Nutrition, Bariatric Surgery, Endobariatric gastroenterology
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 20%
  • Other Inpatient Rotations: Nutrition Support, Bariatric Surgery, Endobariatric gastroenterology
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences
  • Non-physician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP), Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN), Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 20 working days (equivalent to 4 weeks) of vacation leave annually. In addition to the vacation days, fellows are granted an additional 10 working days (equivalent to 2 weeks) specifically for participation in Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities related to Obesity Medicine.
  • Sick days: There are no designated sick days.
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1000
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes, the fellow is required to submit at least one manuscript and must also give a presentation at the Endocrinology Grand rounds during the fellowship. 

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Program Details:

  • What patient care setting does the fellow work in? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 8
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 65%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations:  Nutrition (9%), Endobariatric gastroenterology (2%), Pediatric OM (6%), Lifestyle Medicine (6%), Sleep Medicine (6%). Please note Endocrinology (7%), Surgery (10%), psychology(2%) are built into outpatient OM clinic and not separate rotations 
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum (weekly sessions with other bariatric surgical, health psychological fellows), Journal club (quarterly) Conferences (3/yr) , Medical student or resident education, Obesity LIVE (monthly) virtual case Conf., Obesity medicine mtgs. (weekly), Bariatric and Metabolic institute meetings(quarterly), Endocrine GR (weekly)
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 20
  • Sick days: 0
  • Funding for conference attendance: $2500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes
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Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

Program Details:

  • What patient care setting does the fellow work in? Outpatient and Inpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 3
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 40%
  • Other Outpatient Rotations: Nutrition (40%), Surgery (20%)
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 40%
  • Other Inpatient Rotations: Nutrition (40%), Surgery (20%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum,Conferences,Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians,Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Exercise physiologists,Language interpreters
  • Vacation days: 15
  • Sick days:0
  • Funding for CME or conference attendance: $1500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? No

Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT

Program Details: 

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 8
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 75%
  • Other Rotations: Surgery (25%)
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Conferences, research, and working with medical students interested in Obesity Medicine.
  • Non-physician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Behavioral Psychologist, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN)
  • Vacation days: 21
  • Sick days: 10
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Program Details: 

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 5-6
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 100%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations: Based on Fellow’s Interest 
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education, Weekly clinical conference, Presenting at Obesity Medicine Review course
  • Non-physician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 20
  • Sick days: 0
  • Funding for conference attendance: funding is variable
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 6
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 75%
  • Other Rotations: Nutrition (2.5%), Surgery (5%), Endobariatric gastroenterology (2.5%), Exercise physiology, physical therapy, or physiatry (2.5%), Behavioral Health (5%), Cardiology (2.5%), electives: Sleep Medicine (2.5%), Menopause clinic (2.5%) 
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 15
  • Sick days: 15
  • Funding for conference attendance: $2500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 5
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 70%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations: Nutrition (10%), Surgery (5%), Other-need specific (15%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 20
  • Sick days: 10
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1000
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH (Pediatric)

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient & Inpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 5
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 30%
  • Other Inpatient Rotations: Surgery (70%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 22
  • Sick days: 7
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

New York University Langone Health, New York, NY

Northwell Health/Hofstra University, New York, NY

 

Program Details:

  • What patient care setting does the fellow work in? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 4
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 75%
  • Other Rotations: GIM Clinic (25%)
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 20
  • Sick days: 0
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1000/year
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 5 sessions per week and 1 elective session
  • What % of the time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 100%
  • Other Rotations: Pediatric and adolescent, advanced diabetes management, behavioral health, metabolic and bariatric surgery, sleep medicine, hepatology, research rotation
  •  What % of the time in Inpatient OM Clinic: None
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity curriculum, OMFC lectures, TOS monthly grand rounds, Journal club, endocrine grand rounds, obesity board review, Obesity LIVE monthly virtual case conference, medical student and resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Behavioral therapists, Exercise Physiologist, Psychologists, Social workers, language interpreters, RNs, LPNs, Clinic managers, Clinic Staff.
  • Vacation days: 22
  • Sick days: 14
  • Funding for conference attendance: $2000
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters): Fellows must do 2 journal clubs and 1 Endocrinology grand round. Participation in QI project or research project

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

 

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient   
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 6
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 80%
  • Other Rotations: Surgery (5%), Endobariatric Gastroenterology (5%), Sleep Medicine (5%), Other electives (5%)
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Conferences, Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days:14
  • Sick days:0
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

 

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work?  Outpatient and Inpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 6-8 sessions/week
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 80%
  • Other Rotations: Bariatric Surgery, Endobariatric gastroenterology, cardiology, sleep medicine, lifestyle medicine externship 
  • Non-physician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP), Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN), Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, optional endocrinology and internal medicine conferences
  • Vacation days: 15 days
  • Sick days: 10 days
  • Funding for conference attendance:  $1200
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes, the fellow is strongly encouraged to attend The Obesity Society (TOS), present at TOS, submit at least one manuscript, and also give a presentation at the Grand Rounds during the fellowship.
  • Does the applicant need to be licensed in the state of Florida? Yes, they need a FL license and DEA# prior to the start of fellowship.

University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN (Pediatric)

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = ½ day or 4hrs): 4 (fellow's own schedule), 2 (faculty's schedule)
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 80%
  • Other Rotations: Bariatric Surgery, Sleep Clinic, Lipid Clinic, Type 2 Diabetes clinic, Child Psychiatry, Adult OM, Adult Bariatric Surgery
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? didactics, journal club, conferences, resident education, board review questions 1:1 with faculty
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, physical therapists, psychologists, social worker
  • Vacation days: 20
  • Sick days: (vacation days are used)
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient and Inpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 7
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 50%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 10%
  • Other Rotations: Nutrition (5%), Hepatology (5%), Psychiatry (5%), Sleep Medicine (5%), Pediatrics (5%), bariatric surgery (15%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Relevant endocrine, GI division/fellow lectures
  • Non-physician personnel available for support: Physician Assistants, Dietitians, Exercise Physiology
  • Vacation days: 15
  • Sick days: 5
  • Funding for conference attendance: $3000
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes (QI and/or research project)

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN (Pediatric)

University of Texas Health Houston, Houston, TX

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 6
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 75%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations: Nutrition (5%), Surgery (5%), Exercise physiology (2%), Other rotations (13%): Clinical research, Sleep medicine, Endocrinology, Pediatric Obesity, Private practice setting
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education. In charge of teaching a medical student blue book extracurricular course including managing set up, administrative tasks, arranging speaker, given 3/6 of the talks.
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 12
  • Sick days: 12
  • Funding for conference attendance: $4000
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 6
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 60%
  • Other Rotations available: 40% distributed among the following: Medical nutritional therapy, pediatric obesity, advanced diabetes management, bariatric surgery, behavioral health, kinesiology, physical therapy, Outpatient endocrinology, inpatient endocrinology, and reproductive endocrinology, hepatology, advanced metabolic research.
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Structured curriculum, tutorial core curriculum series, endocrine grand rounds, clinical and research conferences, medical student/resident education.
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, behavioral health, kinesiologists, advanced practitioners, language interpreters, registered nurses, certified medical assistants, and clinic clerks.
  • Vacation days: 16
  • Sick days: 12
  • Funding for conference attendance: $3500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 8
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 60%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations (approximations--amount of time varies depending on fellow interest): Nutrition (2%), Surgery (10%), Endobariatric gastroenterology (2%), Exercise physiology, physical therapy, or physiatry (1%), Endocrinology (10%), Cardiology (10%), Hepatology (1%), Transplant nephrology/hepatology (1%), Sleep Medicine (1%), Pediatric Obesity Medicine (2%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Optional Culinary Medicine certificate, Conferences, Endocrine Grand Rounds and didactics
  • Non-physician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists or social workers, Language interpreters
  • Vacation days: 30
  • Sick days: 14
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? No

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine/Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 5
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 90%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations: Nutrition (1%), Surgery (4%), Endocrine or other specialties can be chosen (5%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP), Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN), Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 21
  • Sick days: 12
  • Funding for conference attendance: As much as needed, no cap
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 6
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 85%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations: Endocrinology (10%), Cardiology (5%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum,Conferences,Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists or social workers
  • Vacation days: 21
  • Sick days: 0
  • Funding for conference attendance: $0
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient 
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 8
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 95%
  • Other Rotations: Nutrition (1%), Surgery (1%). Endobariatric Gastroenterology (1%), Fatty liver clinic (1%), Exercise physiology (1%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Exercise physiologists
  • Vacation days: 20
  • Sick days: 5
  • Funding for conference attendance: fully fund all expenses to 2 conferences
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 8
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 70%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations: 1/2 day/week, can vary based on interest:  Surgery, Pediatric medical weight management/bariatric surgery, Endobariatric gastroenterolgy, Exercise physiology, endocrinology, cardiology
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Journal club, Conferences, Medical student or resident education, participate in joint conferences with endo fellows, GI fellows, and sleep fellows
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP), Nurses, Exercise physiologists, Therapists, psychologists, or social workers
  • Vacation days: 24
  • Sick days: 18
  • Funding for conference attendance: $1500
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

COMBINED OBESITY PROGRAMS

University of Toronto Sinai Health (Pregnancy Obesity Medicine)

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient & Inpatient
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 4
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 40%
  • What % of time in Inpatient OM Clinic: 0%
  • Other Rotations: Obstetric Surgery (40%), Endocrinology (10%), Cardiology (10%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Formal obesity medicine didactics curriculum, Conferences, Medical student or resident education
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP), Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Therapists, psychologists or social workers, Language interpreters
  • Vacation days: 14
  • Sick days: 7
  • Funding for conference attendance: $2000
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

Weill Cornell Medical Center (Obesity Medicine & Bariatric Endoscopy)

Program Details:

  • In what patient care setting does the fellow work? Outpatient 
  • Clinical Sessions per week (1 session = 1/2 day or 4hrs): 10
  • What % of time in Outpatient OM Clinic: 50%
  • Other Rotations: Endobariatric Gastroenterology (50%)
  • What educational activities do your fellows participate in? Research in basic science, education, translational science, patient care, or population health, Publication of peer-reviewed or non-peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, textbooks, or abstracts, Participation or presentations at grand rounds, conferences, or webinars, Service on professional committees, Creation of curricula, evaluation tools, didactic educational activities, or electronic educational materials
  • Nonphysician personnel available for support: Dietitians, Advanced practitioners (e.g., PA, NP),Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN),Exercise physiologists
  • Vacation days: 20
  • Sick days: 5
  • Funding for conference attendance: fully fund all expenses to 2 conferences
  • Is there a requirement for academic productivity (e.g., scholarship activities, publications, posters)? Yes

To manage your program listing contact Stacy Schmidt, PhD at: stacy@OMFellowship.org