Advisors (alphabetical)
![]() | Luigi Ambrosio, PhD Special Advisor Director of the Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials and Adjunct Professor of Biomaterials at University of Naples |
![]() | Caroline 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, 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, 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 |
![]() | James 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 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, PhD Scientific Advisor Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Obesity Research Center at the University of Cincinnati; Discovered fundamental mechanisms of satiation |











