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Dr. Golden is the CEO, Chief Clinical Officer and Family Nurse Practitioner at NP From Home, LLC, in Munds Park, Arizona and NP Obesity Treatment Clinic in Flagstaff, Arizona. Dr. Golden earned her doctoral degree with an emphasis on health policy and evidence-based practice at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. She served as the Chair for the TOS Clinical Practice Section. Dr. Golden has presented at conferences regionally, nationally, and internationally. She is the author of several book chapters and books, including Treating Obesity in Primary Care. Her research has been published in periodicals including the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Education Today, Obesity, Population Health Management, and Postgraduate Medicine. Dr. Golden is the recipient of several honors and awards, including the 2024 AANP Sharp Cutting Edge Award, 2023 America’s Top NP Award, and 2021 Steelman-Seim Educator Award for Excellence in Academics from the Obesity Medicine Association.

Dr. Butsch is the Director of Obesity Medicine in the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. He is a former Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and worked at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Weight Center from 2007-2017. He completed a clinical nutrition fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was one of two inaugural fellows to complete subspecialty fellowship in obesity medicine, first established at the HMS/MGH in 2007. He is a Fellow of The Obesity Society.

Karli Burridge is a Physician Associate and Fellow of the Obesity Medicine Association with over 13 years of experience working in obesity management, in both the surgical and medical management of obesity. She is the founder and CEO of Gaining Health, which provides resources and education for clinicians who want to incorporate obesity care into their clinical practice. She is also the Director of Clinical Education, and obesity specialist at Healthy4Life in Naperville, IL.

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, FTOS is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Obesity Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Director of the Dartmouth Weight and Wellness Center, and Director of the Boston Course in Obesity Medicine. He was previously the founding director of the MGH Weight Center and director of the Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Kaplan has served in numerous advisory and leadership roles, including as the chair of the U.S. Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council, recent member of the NIDDK Advisory Council of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the 2019-2020 president of The Obesity Society. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Harvard University and his PhD degree in molecular biology and MD degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, all with distinction. He completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in gastroenterology and liver diseases at MGH and a post-doctoral fellowship in genetics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr. Kaplan’s research has focused on the role of the gastrointestinal tract in the regulation of appetite, energy balance and metabolic function, the mechanisms of action of bariatric and metabolic surgery, and the genetic determinants and predictors of response to obesity treatments. He is the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific and medical publications.

Karli Burridge is a Physician Associate and Fellow of the Obesity Medicine Association with over 13 years of experience working in obesity management, in both the surgical and medical management of obesity. She is the founder and CEO of Gaining Health, which provides resources and education for clinicians who want to incorporate obesity care into their clinical practice. She is also the Director of Clinical Education, and obesity specialist at Healthy4Life in Naperville, IL.

Dr. Jeremy McConnell is board certified in Family, Sleep and Obesity Medicine. He has practiced Obesity Medicine for 24 years, and is a Master Fellow of the Obesity Medicine Association. He is in private practice in Bradenton and Sarasota, Florida.

Leigh Perreault is an endocrinologist and Associate Professor of Medicine striving to transform our current approach to weight management and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Perreault graduated from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the University of Colorado where she has remained on faculty for the past 22 years.

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, FTOS is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Obesity Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Director of the Dartmouth Weight and Wellness Center, and Director of the Boston Course in Obesity Medicine. He was previously the founding director of the MGH Weight Center and director of the Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Kaplan has served in numerous advisory and leadership roles, including as the chair of the U.S. Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council, recent member of the NIDDK Advisory Council of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the 2019-2020 president of The Obesity Society. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Harvard University and his PhD degree in molecular biology and MD degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, all with distinction. He completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in gastroenterology and liver diseases at MGH and a post-doctoral fellowship in genetics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr. Kaplan’s research has focused on the role of the gastrointestinal tract in the regulation of appetite, energy balance and metabolic function, the mechanisms of action of bariatric and metabolic surgery, and the genetic determinants and predictors of response to obesity treatments. He is the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific and medical publications.

Jaime Almandoz, MD, MBA is Medical Director of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Weight Wellness Program and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Almandoz is board certified in Obesity Medicine, Endocrinology and Internal Medicine. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Almandoz completed Internal Medicine Residency and Endocrinology Fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic and a fellowship in Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases at UT Southwestern.

Michelle Look, MD,FAAFP is board certified in family, sports and obesitymedicine and is in private practice at San Diego Sports Medicine Weight and Wellness. Dr. Look received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Family Practice residency at Sharp healthcare and a Sports Medicine fellowship at San Diego Sports Medicine. After 23 years in primary care sports medicine, she has recently transitioned her practice to full time obesity medicine.

Dr. Golden is the CEO, Chief Clinical Officer and Family Nurse Practitioner at NP From Home, LLC, in Munds Park, Arizona and NP Obesity Treatment Clinic in Flagstaff, Arizona. Dr. Golden earned her doctoral degree with an emphasis on health policy and evidence-based practice at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. She serves as the Chair for the TOS Clinical Practice Section. Dr. Golden has presented at conferences regionally, nationally, and internationally. She is the author of several book chapters and books, including Treating Obesity in Primary Care. Her research has been published in periodicals including the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Education Today, Obesity, Population Health Management, and Postgraduate Medicine. Dr. Golden is the recipient of several honors and awards, including the 2024 AANP Sharp Cutting Edge Award, 2023 America’s Top NP Award, and 2021 Steelman-Seim Educator Award for Excellence in Academics from the Obesity Medicine Association.

Dr. Butsch is the Director of Obesity Medicine in the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. He is a former Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and worked at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Weight Center from 2007-2017. He completed a clinical nutrition fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was one of two inaugural fellows to complete subspecialty fellowship in obesity medicine, first established at the HMS/MGH in 2007. He is a Fellow of The Obesity Society.

Dr. Susan Bowlin received her DNP from the University of Texas at Arlington with a focus on increasing access to obesity care with innovative program development. She has focused her career on preventative care with the last decade specifically devoted to the treatment of the chronic disease of obesity.