Weight Center Team

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