CORE

Speakers

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN

• Associate Professor of Medicine
  Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition
  Boston University School of Medicine
• Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
  Boston University Medical Center
  Boston, MA

Daniel H. Bessesen, MD

• Chair, Education Committee
  The Obesity Society
• Professor of Medicine
  Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
  University of Colorado Denver
• Chief of Endocrinology
  Denver Health Medical Center
  Denver, CO

John P. Foryet, PhD

• Professor, Department of Medicine
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, TX

Gary Foster, PhD

• Professor of Medicine and Public Health
• Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education
  Temple University
  Philadelphia, PA

Ken Fujioka, MD

• Director, Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center
  Endocrinology Division
  Scripps Clinic Del Mar
  La Jolla, CA

Christopher Gardner, PhD

• Associate Professor,
  Stanford Prevention Research Center
  School of Medicine
  Stanford, CA

Steven B. Heymsfield, MD

• Executive Director
  Pennington Biomedical Research Center
  Baton Rouge, LA

John Jakicic, PhD

• Professor
  Physical Activity & Weight Management
  University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, PA

Robert F. Kushner, MD

• Professor, Department of Medicine
  Feinberg School of Medicine
  Northwestern University
  Chicago, IL

Melinda Sothern, PhD

• Section Director/Professor of Research/Clinical Exercise Physiologist
  School of Public Health
  LSU Health Sciences Center
  New Orleans, LA