Course Faculty

Course Director

Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS
Director of Bariatric Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Associate Directors

Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., MD
Medical Director
Physicians East Bariatrics
Greenville, North Carolina

Julie Kim, MD, FACS
Co-Director, Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine

Faculty

Deborah Abeles, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center

Meghan Ariagno, RD
Registered Dietitian
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center

David Cummings, MD
Professor of Medicine
Deputy Director, Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
University of Washington

Paul Davidson, PhD
Behavioral Director
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine

William Gourash, MSN, CRNP
Research Coordinator & Nurse Practitioner
Minimally Invasive Bariatric & General Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Isaac Greenberg, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Weight Management Center
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA

Kerri Hawkins, MS, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center

Kara Lydon, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center

Samer Mattar, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Indiana University Advanced Laparoscopic Fellowship Program
Medical Director, IU Health Bariatric & Medical Weight Loss

Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Leon C. Hirsch Professor
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
Chief, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Stephanie Power, PhD
Clinical Psychiatrist
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine

Bobbie Lou Price, RN, BSN
Bariatric Program Coordinator
Physicians East Bariatrics
Greenville, North Carolina

David Sarwer, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery
Director of Clinical Services
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Philip Schauer, MD
Chief of Minimally Invasive General Surgery
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Sajani (Sunny) Shah, MD
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine