Education Committee

Responsible for planning and coordinating the continuing education courses and other educational activities sponsored by the Society.

Daniel Bessesen, MD (Chair)

University of Colorado, Denver, CO

Caroline Apovian, MD

Boston University, Boston, MA

Harold E. Bays, MD

Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center Inc., Louisville, KY

Charles Billington, MD

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

William T. Donahoo, MD

Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO

Joseph E. Donnelly, EdD

University of Kansas, Lifespan Institute, Lawrence, KS

Christopher Gardner, PhD

Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford, CA

Pamela Kaiser, PhD

Independent, South Orange, NJ

Robert F. Kushner, MD

Northwester University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Robert J. Malcolm, MD

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Ruby Natale, PhD, PsyD

University of Miami, Miami, FL

Lisa Neff, MD

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN

University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Rebecca S. Reeves, DrPH, RD

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Philip R. Schauer, MD

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 

Stephanie Sogg, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Thomas Wadden, PhD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Susan J. Wooford, MD, MPH

The University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Jack A. Yanovski, MD, PhD

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD

Carla M. Maia Do Prado, PhD (Student Member)

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Melissa Nelson Laska (Council Liaison)

University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN