A CU Medicine provider.
My training in obesity medicine, women’s health, nutrition and integrative medicine allows me to take a unique approach to improving the health and wellness of my patients.
In my spare time I enjoy running, hiking, cooking, and reading.
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Qualifications and experience
- Specialties
- Internal Medicine, Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - Nutrition, Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - Obesity, Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - Weight Loss and Dieting, Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Wellness and Prevention - Exercise and Physical Fitness , Food, Nutrition and Metabolism, Wellness and Prevention, Obesity Medicine, Women's Health , Women's Health - Menopause, Pharmacotherapy for Weight Loss
- Gender
- Female
- Languages spoken
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English
Spanish
- Education
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Internship
Brigham and Women's Hospital Program (2006)
Fellowship
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program (2012)
Medical School
Harvard Medical School (2005)
Residency
Brigham and Women's Hospital Program (2008)
Undergraduate
Stanford University (CA) (1995)
Graduate
Cyprus Int'l Institute for the Environment and Public Health with Harvard School of Public Health (2011)
Graduate
Stanford University (1997)
- Clinical interest for patients
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My clinical interests include obesity, diabetes prevention and treatment, women's health, integrative medicine, and postpartum health.
- Research interest for patients
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I am an Associate Professor of Medicine with research expertise in clinical trials, including the prevention and treatment of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. My current research focuses on clinical trials of weight loss medications, the reversal of metabolic syndrome through lifestyle intervention, testing an imaging-led intervention to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease. disease, and testing a comprehensive menopause intervention.
- Insurance
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