Dr. Caroline Apovian

For over 30 years, Dr. Caroline Apovian has held a position at the forefront of the weight-management and nutrition field. One of the world’s premier weight-loss experts, she works as a leading researcher, treatment provider, teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. Her special interests include healthy weight loss methods, medical treatments for obesity, monitoring type 2 diabetes, endothelial cell dysfunction and obesity, and cytokine expression of adipose cells after weight loss treatment in humans.

Dr. Apovian serves as:
• Co-Director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Faculty member, Harvard Medical School
• Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education, International Conference on Practical Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity
• Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine

Her federal government positions include:
• Nutrition consultant to NASA
• Appointed member of the federal government’s panel on the evaluation and treatment of overweight adults

She has served as a manuscript reviewer for:
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Journal of Women’s Health
• International Journal of Obesity

She has published hundreds of papers, reviews, and book chapters on nutrition, obesity, and nutrition support, including for:
• Nutrition
• The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• Obesity Research
• American Journal of Cardiology
• Obesity
• Endocrine Practice
• Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition
• International Journal of Clinical Practice
• Digestive and Liver Disease
• Public Health Nutrition
• Vascular Medicine
• Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
• Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Key Media Appearances:
• Dr. Oz Show
• The Today Show
• USA Today