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Boston Children's Hospital Bariatric Program Team - 2018

The Boston Children's Hospital Bariatric Program Team - 2018

Physicians

Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD

Medical Director, Adolescent Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Brian Carmine, MD, FACS

Surgical Director, Department of Surgery

Camilla Richmond, MD, MA

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nirav Desai, MD

Affiliate Staff, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Donald T. Hess, MD, FACS

Surgeon, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

Luise Pernar, MD

Attending, Department of Surgery

Margaret Stefater-Richards, MD, PhD

Medical Director, EMPOWER Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Jason (Yanjia) Zhang, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Consultants

Melissa Crocker, MD, MBA

Clinical Chief, Endocrinology; Director, Type 2 Diabetes Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Amy Fleischman, MD, MMSc

Director, Optimal Wellness for Life (OWL) Program; Director, Clinical Operations, Division of Endocrinology; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Tracy K. Richmond, MD, MPH

Director, Eating Disorder Program; Director, STEP Program; Co-Director, ARFID Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dennis Rosen, MD

Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Testing Lab; Senior Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Pulmonary Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sarah deFerranti, MD, MPH

Chief, Division of Ambulatory Cardiology; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Gena Heidary, MD, PhD

Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Program

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Amy Desrochers DiVasta, MD, MMSc

Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Carolyn R. Rogers-Vizena, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Psychologist

Marcus F. Cherry, PhD

Associate Chief, Outpatient Psychological Services; Senior Attending Psychologist, Outpatient Psychiatry Service; Senior Attending Psychologist, Adolescent Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Nursing

Annemarie Fayemi, MS, RN, PNP-PC, CBN

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery

Dietitians

Amina Grunko, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Leslie Mattimore, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Clinical Social Workers

Julie Belmont, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Department of Surgery

Mary-Bianca Mattocks, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Department of Surgery

Patient Experience Representatives

Annick Renaudin

Patient Experience Representative, Department of Surgery

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