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Comprehensive Program on Obesity Team
Through NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Program on Obesity, a team of researchers, clinicians, and administrators works together to advance the study and treatment of obesity.
Our Team
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Brian D. Elbel, MPH, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Melanie R. Jay, MD
Co-Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Silvia Curado, PhD, MSc
Program Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
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Courtney Abrams, MA
Acting Administrative Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
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Holly F. Lofton, MD
Clinical Lead and Fellowship Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Medicine
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Mary J. Messito, MD
Director of Pediatric Studies, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
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Sally Vanegas, PhD
Research Program Manager, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
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Christine J. Ren-Fielding, MD
Chief of Bariatric Surgery Initiatives, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Professor, Department of Surgery
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Yindalon Aphinyanaphongs, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Benedict Guzman, MS
Data Scientist
Akash Gujral, MS
Research Associate
Gabriela Valverde
Research Coordinator
Elkay Jose
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Gabrielle Maranga
Research Manager
Shanna A. Tucker, MD
Clinical Fellow, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Teaching Assistant, Department of Medicine
Affiliated Faculty
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Jose O. Aleman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
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Clancy Blair, MPH, PhD
The Bezos Family Foundation Professor of Population Health, Department of Population Health
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Marie Bragg, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
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Laurie M. Brotman, PhD
The Bezos Family Foundation Professor of Early Childhood Development, Department of Population Health
Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Kenneth D. Carr, PhD
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
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Lung-Chi Chen, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
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Carolyn Dimitri, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, NYU
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Edward A. Fisher, MD, PhD, MPH
The Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
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Ira J. Goldberg, MD
The Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr. Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
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Rachel S. Gross, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health
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Richard B. Hayes, DDS, MPH, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health
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Sean P. Heffron, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
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Richard E. Heyman, PhD
Professor, Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, NYU College of Dentistry
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Nadia S. Islam, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
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Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Psychiatry
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Julia Lane, PhD
Professor, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Aisha Langford, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
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Huilin Li, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
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Susan Kohl Malone, PhD, MSN
Assistant Professor, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
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Devin Mann, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Gail D. Melkus, EdD, ANP, FAAN
Vice Dean for Research and the Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
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Kathryn J. Moore, PhD
The Jean and David Blechman Professor of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Professor, Department of Cell Biology
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Elisabetta Mueller, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology
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Anna Nolan, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
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Olugbenga G. Ogedegbe, MD, MPH
The Dr. Adolph and Margaret Berger Professor of Medicine and Population Health, Department of Medicine
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Ricardo M. Osorio Suarez, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
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Zhiheng Pei, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology and Medicine
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Jennifer Pomeranz, MPH, JD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Policy and Management, NYU School of Global Public Health
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Ravichandran Ramasamy, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
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Narges Sharif Razavian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Radiology
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Margaret E. Rice, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience and Physiology
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Ann Marie Schmidt, MD
The Dr. Iven Young Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
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Antoinette M. Schoenthaler, EdD
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Mark D. Schwartz, MD
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Azizi A. Seixas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Psychiatry
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Mary A. Sevick, ScD
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Donna Shelley, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor, Department of Population Health
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Amy Michelle Smith Slep, PhD
Professor, Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, NYU College of Dentistry
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Tanya M. Spruill, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Lorna E. Thorpe, MPH, PhD
Chair, Department of Population Health
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Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health
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Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
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Andrea B. Troxel, ScD
Professor, Department of Population Health
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Aristotelis Tsirigos, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
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Alexandra Ursache, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
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Kathleen Woolf, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, NYU
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Shonna Yin, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health
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Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquot
Professor, Department of Population Health