Nutrition & Weight Management

Our Team

We realize that losing weight is not easy. Emotional support is a key component of our program. Most people need ongoing encouragement and positive feedback to lose weight and keep it off. Our physicians and dietitians have years of experience in caring for overweight people.

Caroline Apovian, MD, FACN
Director of Nutrition and Weight Management Clinic, Nutrition Physician Specialist

Our exceptional Weight Management Program staff is dedicated to the medical and surgical management of obesity.

Nawfal Istfan, MD, PhD
Nutrition Physician Specialist

Lalita Khaodhiar, MD
Endocrinologist, Nutrition Physician Specialist

Dong Wook Kim, MD
Nutrition Physician Specialist

Amanda Powell, MD
Nutrition Physician Specialist

Surgery Team

Stephanie Spaide, MS, RD, LDN
Director, Outpatient Nutrition Services
Areas of interest: Weight Management, Surgical Weight Loss,
Eating Disorders, Gastrointestinal Disorders

Wendy Anderson, MS, RD, LDN
Area of Interest:  Surgical Weight Loss Dietitian

Zong Cheng Liu, MS, RD, LDN
Areas of Interest:  Weight Management, Renal Transplant, Liver Disease, Diabetes

Sharon Gallagher, MEd, RD, LDN
Area of Interest:  Surgical Weight Loss Dietitian

Mitali Shah, MS, RD, LDN
Areas of Interest:  Diabetes and Weight management, Nutrition Research,
Geriatric Nutrition and Nutrition support

Kelly Smallcomb, MS, RD, LDN
Areas of Interest:  Weight Management, Oncology, Diabetes

Anette Vehus, MS, RD, LDN
Areas of Interest:  Weight Management, Cardiac Rehab

Jean Carr, MS, RD, CDE, LDN
Areas of Interest:  Diabetes, Weight Management

Karen Chalmers, MS, RD, CDE
Area of Interest:  Diabetes

Surgery Team

Donald T. Hess, MD, FACS

Brian Carmine, MD

Gloria Shih, NP

Wendy Anderson, MS, RD, LDN
Sharon Gallaher, MEd, RD, LDN

Tyquanda Webster
Program Coordinator