Advisors (alphabetical)
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Luigi Ambrosio, PhD Special Advisor Director of the Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials and Adjunct Professor of Biomaterials at University of Naples |
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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 |
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Mircea Bucevschi, PhD Scientific Advisor Chief scientist, Exotech Bio Solutions; expert on protein and polymer chemistry and use of biopolymers and biomaterials for medical uses |
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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 |
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Allan Geliebter, PhD Scientific Advisor Senior Attending Psychologist, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital; Pioneer in the gastric balloon field |
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Janine Higgins, PhD Scientific Advisor Nutrition Research Director for the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute (CCTSI) at the University of Colorado Denver |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |