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Zoobia W. Chaudhry M.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her areas of expertise include obesity and preventive medicine. Dr. Chaudhry is board-certified in Internal Medicine and a diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She received her medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical College. After completing residency training at University of Iowa – Des Moines, she joined the general internal medicine faculty at Johns Hopkins. From a research perspective, Dr. Chaudhry published several peer-reviewed articles in the field of obesity, diabetes and preventive care. Her areas of expertise include medical management of obesity the treatment of obesity-related diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes. She also understands the holistic nature of losing weight and works with colleagues who are experts in nutrition and behavioral therapy. She believes in providing patients with knowledge and offering them the most up-to-date therapeutic options.

Dr. Hussein Elbadawi is an endocrinologist in the department of internal medicine in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University. Dr. Elbadawi completed an internal medicine residency at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington Massachusetts followed by a combined clinical and translational fellowship at Wayne State University in Endocrinology, Diabetes & metabolism. He then joined the faculty as the assistant program director of the endocrinology fellowship program. He is board certified in internal medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine as well as a certified clinical densitometrist.

He is a clinical assistant professor of medicine and very involved in medical education. He is very passionate about educating the next generation of health care providers about obesity and related metabolic diseases. He has been instrumental in modifying the medical school curriculum to include obesity as a topic introduced early in physiology and pathophysiology courses. He started the Obesity & lipids clinic in the division of endocrinology to train interested residents and fellows to serve a unique underserved obese patient population.

He is affiliated with the Detroit Medical Center, the Children’s Hospital of Michigan and Karmanos Cancer Institute where he was recognized as an obesity medicine specialist in addition to his role as an endocrinologist.

Dr. Elbadawi’s research activity revolves around brown adipose tissue and its response to hormones and catecholamines. He is a member of the Obesity Society, The Endocrine Society, The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and The American Thyroid Association. He actively participates in local and institutional programs aiming at raising awareness of local community members to envision obesity as a disease.

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Dr. Kim completed his internship and residency in medicine at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, IL and was selected as Chief Resident at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, IL. He completed his fellowship training in clinical nutrition at Columbia University Medical Center and additional fellowship training in nutrition and obesity at Boston Medical Center (BMC) in Boston, MA. Dr. Kim is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition.

His current responsibilities include clinical care and teaching in the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at BMC. As a full-time member and attending physician in the BMC clinical nutrition program, Dr. Kim is a part of a multidisciplinary team whose task is to diagnose and treat malnourished and morbidly obese patients with multiple co-morbidities. He leads the Nutrition Support Service team and manages the consults for patients with severe malnutrition, multiple nutritional deficiencies and feeding difficulties. In the Nutrition and Weight Management Center, Dr. Kim evaluates and treats patients with obesity, including management of patients before and after bariatric surgery.

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Dr. Matkovic is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, where she also completed her residency. She is currently working as an Investigative Physician at the World Trade Center Monitoring and Treatment Program where her focus is on managing and preventing chronic disease and cancer in this special population.  She is currently a subinvestigator on a clinical trial which is investigating lifestyle intervention to reduce body weight and systemic inflammation among World Trade Center responders with PTSD.

Dr. Marsha Novick is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Multidisciplinary Weight Loss Program at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. She graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago and completed her residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is board certified in family medicine and has been a Diplomate of the Board of Obesity Medicine since 2004. Before moving to Central Pennsylvania, Dr. Novick was the Medical Director of the Seacoast Weight & Wellness Center, a weight loss clinic for adults and children in Exeter, New Hampshire. For the last 9 years, she has worked at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital in the Division of the Pediatric Multidisciplinary Weight Loss Program, teaching medical students and residents about obesity care and helping thousands of obese children, adolescents and their families with weight management. She serves on the Pennsylvania AAP’s Pediatric Obesity Evaluation, Treatment & Prevention in the Community Setting Advisory Committee and the AAP’s Section for Obesity.

Dr. Jennifer Rajkumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and is employed at the Northwell Health’s Center for Weight Management. She is board certified in Family Medicine and is a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the Obesity Medicine Association. She received her undergraduate degree from George Mason University and an M.D. at Virginia Commonwealth University prior to completing her residency training in Family Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University’s affiliated Riverside Health System. She is passionate about chronic disease prevention, nutritional and culinary education, and evidence-based treatment of clinical obesity.

Dr. Mary Sessums is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.  She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and completed medical school at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.  Afterwards, she completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.  She then remained at Mayo Clinic Florida to complete a Chief Resident year.  Dr. Sessums is currently practicing obesity medicine, with a special interest in caring for patients who have previously had difficulty accessing medical treatment for obesity. 

Reshmi Srinath, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, and is the director of the Mount Sinai Weight and Metabolism Management Program.

 Her interest in metabolism, nutrition, and prevention of metabolic disease started in college as a Division 1 tennis player and led her to pursue a career in medicine and specialize in Endocrinology. She graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine with a merit scholarship. She then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, and fellowship training in Endocrinology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, before moving to New York to join Mount Sinai. 

As a faculty member, her expertise is in the prevention and treatment of obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic complications. She is also involved in supervising students, residents and fellows both inpatient and in clinics, as well as preparing current fellows for the Endocrinology board exam.

Dr. Adrienne Youdim is well-recognized for her expertise in the areas of nutrition, obesity medicine and preventative medicine. Formerly the Medical Director of the Cedars Sinai Center for Weight Loss, she has partnered with hundreds of patients helping them achieve their goal of better health through good nutrition. Dr. Youdim specializes in medical weight loss, medical nutritional therapy and nutritional and metabolic support of bariatric surgery patients.

Dr. Youdim is board certified and diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists and the American Board of Obesity Medicine as well as Fellow of the American College of Physicians. She is currently Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Dr. Youdim received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as a well as a fellowship specializing in nutrition and bariatric medicine.

Dr. Youdim has lectured extensively at the local and national level and has served on numerous professional committees and societies including serving as president of the Bariatric Section of the Obesity Society. Her published works include the Clinical Practice Guidelines in the Nutritional and Perioperative Care of the Bariatric Surgery Patient among other publications in peer reviewed journals such as Endocrine Practice, Obesity, Journal of Surgery and Obesity Related Diseases, Journal of Immunology and Bariatric Times. She has also edited several chapters in Nutrition and Obesity.