The members of your obesity medicine team will depend on your unique needs. The team members you might see include:
- Obesity medicine specialist: Develops a customized treatment plan to achieve your health goals. Trained in the treatment of obesity, this may be a doctor (American Board of Obesity Medicine-certified) or a nurse practitioner specializing in obesity medicine
- Behavioral health psychologist: Provides treatment for emotional eating with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) groups, body image groups, and food reintroduction
- Care experience navigator: Assists you with all aspects relating to your care experience, including coordination and communication with your care team
- Culinary medicine expert: Teaches you how to prepare whole foods in a nutritious, efficient, and affordable way
- Exercise and movement specialist: Helps you find creative, safe, and enjoyable ways to fit movement into your lifestyle and budget
- Health coach: Introduces and welcomes you to the Weight Center. They help you set and realize personalized lifestyle goals that can affect health, including stress, sleep, food, activity, and self-care
- Registered dietitian: Assists you in reaching your nutritional goals while you are being treated for the disease of obesity
- Specialty pharmacist: Connects you with the weight loss medications you need and assists with insurance coverage
We also partner with other medical specialists, including:
- Bariatric (metabolic) surgeon: Provides surgical care for obesity
- Bariatric endoscopist: Performs minimally invasive, non-surgical weight loss procedures using an endoscope
- Cardiologist: Diagnoses and treats heart conditions
- Endocrinologist: Treats hormone-related disorders of the endocrine system, including diabetes, thyroid disorders, and adrenal disorders
- Gastroenterologist: Diagnoses and treats disorders of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder
- Primary care provider: Cares for chronic and acute conditions and coordinates your healthcare needs
Weight Center providers
Weight Center providers by location
- Bedford, New Hampshire
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Bedford - Lebanon, New Hampshire
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - Nashua, New Hampshire
Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua