Director, Pediatric Clinical Obesity Program
Manage Pediatric Clinical Obesity research portfolio including consortium for
observational longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery in adolescents (Teen-LABS,
ancillary study to adult LABS), participate in initiatives relevant to pediatric obesity
from other ICs such as the Provider Survey on Practice Behaviors Related to Energy
Balance from the Prevention Branch of NCI, coordinate efforts with program officers
with pediatric obesity grants in other Institutes and Centers
M.D., New York University (1972- 1976)
Residency, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY (1976 – 1979)
Fellowship, Pediatric Ambulatory Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY (1979 –
1980)
Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mount Sinai Hospital, New
York, NY (1980-1982)
Board Certified in Pediatrics
Board Certified in Pediatric Endocrinology
Clinical Faculty in Pediatric Endocrinology at:
Beth Israel Medical Center (NY, NY) with Mount Sinai School of Medicine
appointment (1982 – 1988)
Children’s Hospital of New Jersey (Newark, NJ) with University of Medicine &
Dentistry of NJ appointment (1988- 1992)
Presbyterian Hospital & St. Luke’s –Roosevelt Hospital (NY, NY) with Columbia
University Physicians & Surgeons appointment (1992 -2005)
Clinical Research:
Body Composition Unit of the Obesity Research Center of St. Luke’s – Roosevelt /
Columbia University (NY, NY): NIH and other funding for pediatric studies in healthy
subjects and patients with various conditions including obesity (1995 – 2005)
Medical Officer, NIDDK (June 2005 – present)
NIDDK Obesity Research Working Group
NIDDK Clinical Studies Working Group
NIDDK New Investigator Committee
NIDDK Transition Process Committee
Manuscript preparation from data collected at Columbia in collaboration with colleagues
Collaboration with the NICHD intramural Unit on Growth and Obesity
