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"The Scientific Advisory Board is an important step in the evolution of Medifast as we continue to enhance our program's medical backing," said Michael S. McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, Medifast, Inc. "The Board is also an opportunity to further validate our brand's clinical presence and stature in the industry."
The work of this cross-disciplinary group builds on Medifast's heritage of medically sound approaches to weight loss, and the incorporation of leading-edge clinical research into the company's products and programs. Medifast's Scientific Advisory Board consists of scientific and medical experts with backgrounds in a variety of topics, including weight management and nutrition.
The Scientific Advisory Board: Lawrence J. Cheskin, M.D., FACP Founder and Director The Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center
Associate Professor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Medical Institutes
Gastroenterologist and Obesity Expert Homer Chin, M.D.
Medical Director for Clinical Information, Systems Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Clinical Professor, Medical Informatics, Oregon Health & Science University
Medical Informatics Expert Miriam Cohen, M.D., FACC Heart Associates Cardiologist Assistant Professor of Cardiology University of Maryland Medical School Cardiology Expert Alison Duncan, Ph.D., RD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Health and Natural Sciences, University of Guelph
Functional Foods Expert Scott Kahan, M.D., MPH Attending Physician The George Washington University Weight Management Center Instructor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Preventive Medicine and Obesity Specialist Debra Miller, Ph.D. Director of Nutrition, The Hershey Company Phytonutrient Expert Varsha Vaidya, M.D.
Director, Obesity Psychiatry Program, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and School of Medicine
Obesity Psychiatry Expert
For more than 25 years, Medifast has been prescribed by healthcare practitioners as a safe and effective program that has been clinically proven to yield significant weight loss of two to five pounds per week. Since 1980, 15,000 physicians from across the country have trusted Medifast to provide their patients with the highest quality, nutritious weight-loss and disease-management solutions.
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