Course Faculty
Course Director
Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Bariatric Surgery
Associate Director Obesity Consult Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts Medical Center
Associate Director
Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., MD
Director
Southern Surgical Associates
Greenville, North Carolina
Julie Kim, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts Medical Center
Faculty
Meghan Ariagno, RD
Registered Dietitian
Tufts Medical Center
John Baker, MD, FACS
President - ASMBS
Bariatric Surgeon
Baptist Health Medical Center
Lindsay Dowd, RNP
Business Operations Manager
Weight and Wellness Center
Tufts Medical Center
Margaret Furtado, MS, RD, LDN
Dietitian, Bariatric Surgery
Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery
Isaac Greenberg, PhD
Behavioral Director
Obesity Consult Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts Medical Center
Kerri Hawkins, MS, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian
Tufts University School of Medicine
Neil Hutcher, MD, FACS
Bariatric Surgeon
Commonwealth Surgeons, Ltd.
Rayford Kruger, Jr, MD
General Surgeon
Wareham Surgical Associates
Ann Marie Melanson, RNP
Research Nurse
Tufts Medical Center
Ketna Patel, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Tufts Medical Center
Stephanie Power, PsyD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine
Bobbie Lou Price, RN, BSN
Bariatric Program Coordinator
Southern Surgical Associates
Aurora Pryor, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, General Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine
Raul Rosenthal, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Ohio State School of Medicine and University of South Florida
Medical Director of The Bariatric Institute and Section Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Mitchell Roslin, MD
Chief of Obesity Surgery
Lenox Hill Hospital
Edward Saltzman, MD
Chief, Division of Clinical Nutrition
Assistant Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
David Sarwer, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery
Director of Clinical Services
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Sajani Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine