27^th Global Obesity Meeting

Daniel W. Jones received his medical education and internal medicine training at The University of Mississippi Medical Center where he now serves as Professor of Medicine and the Director of Clinical and Population Science for the Mississippi Center for Obesity Research. He has served as Dean of the School of Medicine (2003-2009) and Chancellor of The University of Mississippi (2009-2015). He is Past President of the American Heart Association (2007-2008).

Internal Medicine, Clinical Science, Obesity

Dr. Gonzalez is an Associate Professor of Sports Medicine at New York Medical College. He is a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine where he is on track to receive his 'degree of fellow' next year. He has presented research in key Sports Medicine topics nationally and internationally.

Obesity, Sports Medicine, Family Medicine

Dr. Zhou received his Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of California, Irvine. He performed postdoctoral work at the University of Washington and the Rockefeller University before joining the faculty of the University of Kentucky. Dr. Zhou is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences and the Director of Center for Metabolic Disease Research at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Zhou also holds an Adjunct Faculty position at the Rockefeller University.

Nutrition

Dr. Gitanjali Srivastava is an obesity medicine specialist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine, pediatrics and obesity medicine, and is the founder of Florida Hospital’s clinical weight loss program. Dr. Srivastava earned her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her residency in the combined internal medicine and pediatrics program at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and received advanced training in obesity medicine and clinical nutrition during her fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Srivastava has special interest in obesity medicine, energy expenditure and balance, maternal-fetal programming as it relates to pregnancy and obesity, anti-obesity medications, obesity pharmacotherapy and pediatric weight management. Throughout her medical training and career, Dr. Srivastava has taught an unprecedented amount and presented on both a national and international level in obesity medicine, provided medical services and education to both patients and medical students, held numerous committee and board positions and volunteered her expertise toward numerous community service and medical outreach projects. Her impressive honors and professional affiliations further prove her dedication to the field of medicine. While completing her fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Srivastava spear-headed the first American Board of Obesity Medicine Curriculum for Fellows and The Blackburn Board Review Component. She served as Chair-Elect (2013-2014) and Chair of the Clinical Management Section of The Obesity Society for 2014-2015.

Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine

Dr. Uma Koduri is an internist in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is affiliated with Jack C. Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Osmania Medical College NTR UHS and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

General internal, cardiology, infectious disease, medical oncology, Obesity

Vaclav Bunc has completed his PhD from Technical University Prague in 1970 in Applied Physics. Currently he is the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Charles University.

Obesity, Physical Education