Center for Healthy Weight Team

The Center for Healthy Weight team includes medical, nutrition, public health, psychiatric and research specialists. They come from the world-class medical staff at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine.
 
Every member of the team is dedicated to:

• Preventing obesity in children
• Eliminating the problems caused by obesity
• Restoring or maintaining patient health
• Promoting child and family health and well-being

Doctors, nurses and clinicians from other medical specialties also consult with the Center for Healthy Weight team.

Center for Healthy Weight Director

• Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH, Director

Patient Care

Pediatric Weight Clinic

• Danita Evans-Benke, MSW
• Susan Farrales-Nguyen, RN, MSN, FNP
• Richard Gee, PT
• Lawrence D. Hammer, MD, Director
• Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH
• W. Elizabeth Shepard, MD
• Sophia Yen, MD, MPH
• Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, PhD

Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program

• Ines Campero
• Andrea Chilton, RN
• Blanca Ezquerro
• Esther Levy, MSc
• Elizabeth Sarwar, RN
• Julieta Sharma
• Susana Pearl
• Thea Runyan, MPH
• Cindy Zedeck, MA - Director
  

Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

• Craig T. Albanese, MD, Director
• Sanjeev Dutta, MD, MA
• Susan Farrales-Nguyen, RN, MSN, FNP
• John Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, Associate Director

Research

Basic and Translational Science 

• Gregory S. Barsh, MD, PhD, Director

Clinical Research and Clinical Trials

• Craig T. Albanese, MD
• Lawrence D. Hammer, MD
• James Lock, MD, PhD
• Rebecka Peebles, MD
• Darrell M. Wilson, MD, Director

Prevention Science

• Kathryn Azevedo, PhD
• Joel D. Killen, PhD
• Donna M. Matheson, PhD
• Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH, Director
• Dana Weintraub, MD

Public Policy Research

• Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
• Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH
• Fernando S. Mendoza, MD, MPH
• Paul Wise, MD, MPH, Director

Community Programs

Community Programs 

• Candace Roney, Director

Training and Professional Education

Pediatric Weight Control Program Training Institute

• Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH
• Cindy Zedeck, MA

Advocating for Public Policy Change

Advocating for Public Policy Change

• Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Co-Director
• Sherri Sager, Co-Director
• Sophia Yen, MD, MPH