Course Directors
Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Chief, Bariatric Surgery
Director, Obesity Consult Center
Tufts Medical Center
Kenneth G. MacDonald, Jr., MD, FACS
Director, Southern Surgical Associates
Greenville, North Carolina
Michael Tarnoff, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts Medical Center
Course Faculty
Ricardo Cohen, MD
Director, The Center for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
Hospital Sao Camilo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
William Dailey, III, Esquire
Sloane and Walsh, PLLP
Boston, Massachusetts
Kimberly Gerber, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine
Isaac Greenberg, PhD
Behavioral Director
Obesity Consult Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts Medical Center
Kerri Hawkins, RD
Registered Dietician
Tufts University School of Medicine
Daniel M. Herron, MD
Chief, Section of Bariatric Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Kelvin Higa, MD
President American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Valley Surgical Specialists
Fresno, California
Lee Kaplan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief of Research, Gastroenterology
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Director, Weight Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Marjory Kaplan, EdD
Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine
Julie Kim, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts Medical Center
Harry Pino, PhD
Exercise Physiologist
Assistant Clinical Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Jamie Ponce, MD
Dalton Surgical Group, PC
Dalton, Georgia
Bobby Lou Price, RN, BSN
Bariatric Program Coordinator
The Brody 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
James W. Saxton, Esq.
Co-Chair of Stevens & Lee's Health Care Department and Chair of the firm's Health Care Litigation Group
J. Stephen Scott, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of Missouri – Columbia
Director of Bariatrics
DePaul Health Center
Bridgeton, Missouri
Christopher Sorli, MD
Director, Endocrine Services
Billings Clinic
Billings, Montana
Charles Stemple, D.O., M.B.A.
National Medical Director
Transplant/Bariatric Services
Humana
Sasha Stiles, MD
Medical Director
Obesity Consult Center
Tufts Medical Center
Emily Wong-Swartz, MHSA, LHRM, RD, LD/N
Chair Support Group Committee ASMBS
Bariatric Specialty LLC
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Gloria Yu, RD
Registered Dietician
Tufts University School of Medicine
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