Advisors (alphabetical)

Luigi Ambrosio, Special AdvisorLuigi Ambrosio, PhD Special Advisor
Director of the Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials and Adjunct Professor of Biomaterials at University of Naples

 

Dr Apovian 82Caroline Apovian, MD Scientific Advisor
Director of the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management at Boston Medical Center; Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine

 

David Feigal 82David Feigal, MD, MPH Special Advisor
Former head of CDRH overseeing approval of all medical devices for the FDA; Former deputy director CDER; Former professor at UCSD

 

Allan Geliebter 82Allan Geliebter, PhD Scientific Advisor
Senior Attending Psychologist, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital; Pioneer in the gastric balloon field

 

Janine Higgins, PhD Scientific Advisor
Nutrition Research Director for the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute (CCTSI) at the University of Colorado Denver

 

Jim Hill 82James Hill, PhD Scientific Advisor
Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, University of Colorado; Past President of The Obesity Society (TOS); Co-author of government guidelines on obesity


Peter Hutt Special Advisor
Senior counsel in the law firm of Covington & Burling, specializing in Food and Drug Law; Chief Counsel for the Food and Drug Administration from 1971-1975; drafted Medical Device Amendments of 1976


Lee Kaplan 82Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD Scientific Advisor
Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, one of the leading obesity clinics in the world; Leading researcher in gastric bypass surgery

 

Dr. Bennett Shapiro Senior Advisor
Dr. Shapiro, Senior Partner and Chairman of PureTech Ventures. Previously was EVP, Worldwide Licensing, Basic, and External Research for Merck. While at Merck, Dr. Shapiro led the research programs that resulted in FDA registration of approximately 20 drugs and vaccines.

 

Stephen Woods 82Stephen Woods, PhD Scientific Advisor
Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Obesity Research Center at the University of Cincinnati; Discovered fundamental mechanisms of satiation