Program Faculty

Meet our faculty.

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Course Directors

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Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD

  • Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

  • Founding Director, Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine

  • Professor of Medicine and Chief, Section on Obesity Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

  • Director, The Obesity and Metabolism Institute

  • Founding Director Emeritus, MGH Weight Center Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Past President, The Obesity Society

  • Chair, Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council

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Caroline M. Apovian, MD

  • Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

  • Founding Co-director, Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine

  • Co-director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness

  • Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  • Past President, The Obesity Society

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Richard Rothstein, MD

  • Joseph M. Huber Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Invited Course Faculty

Information for the 2026 faculty available soon!