Program Faculty

Meet our faculty.

Course Directors

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

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

Richard Rothstein, MD

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

Invited Course Faculty


Information for the 2024 faculty will be available in late October