Obesity and Eating Disorder

Michael Stark is specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology. His main interest is Gynecological Oncology. He is currently the Scientific and Medical Advisor of ELSAN, a 120 hospital group in France and is a Guest Scientist at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin. He is the President of the New European Surgical Academy (NESA), an international inter-disciplinary surgical organization. In 2011, he was nominated as the Medico Del Anno (Doctor of the Year) in Italy, and is an Honorary Member of the French, Polish, Russian and Italian Gynecological Associations. During the years 1983-2000, he was the Medical Director and Head Of Ob/Gyn Department of the Misgav Ladach General Hospital in Jerusalem, and between 2001 and 2009 the Chairman of all Ob/Gyn Departments of the HELIOS Hospital Group. He was Visiting Professor in universities of Toronto, Moscow, Beijing, Milan, Adana, Uppsala and the Weill-Cornell University Hospital in New York.

Obesity

Richard W M Visser DC, PhD has focused on the pandemic of childhood obesity among various populations, working in consultation with other international experts. He studied the problem and implemented solutions from many perspectives: as a clinical researcher, academic and educator, activist and politician, entrepreneur, concerned citizen and parent. His work has made vital contributions to a greater understanding of the biological, sociological, and psychological factors surrounding childhood obesity. Early in 2008, he was appointed by the Government of Aruba to head the Obesity Task Force, and a year later, he began his four-year term 2009-2013 as Minister of Health, and Sport for Aruba. Today, he continues his innovative approach as CEO of VERA Health and Education.

Obesity

Dr. Takashi Kanematsu received his PhD in Biochemistry from Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan, in 1994. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, TN USA, and, subsequently, served as Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Kyushu University (1997–2008). From 2009, he is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Japan. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Pharmacological Sciences.

Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Dr. Joycelyn Peterson , registered dietetian, completed Nutrition and Dietetics degrees at Loma Linda University (M.P.H., and Dr.PH.), and Johns Hopkins University (post-master’s studies in international nutrition). She is professor and chair of Nutrition and Dietetics Department at Oakwood University, Alabama, USA. She recently published her dissertation in the Annuals of Nutrition Metabolism 8/2011, and is a contributing writer for newspapers and health magazines and has also published two vegetarian cookbooks. Her professional experience includes vegetarian nutrition consultant, and author, public health speaker, and program planner for international and state-wide public health nutrition initiatives, conducting nutrition research at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Her professional experience includes vegetarian nutrition consultant, and author, public health speaker, and program planner for international and state-wide public health nutrition initiatives, conducting nutrition research at the undergraduate and graduate levels

“Dr. A-Kader is currently working as Professor at the University Arizona. A-Kader received his MD degree from the University of Cairo Dr A-Kader t completed his Masters in Pediatrics from the University of Cairo He then worked at the University of New York served as Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Arizona Dr. A-Kader has published several research papers and original articles and chapters in prestigious journal and major textbooks. His publications reflect his research interests in Hepatology and fatty liver. Dr. A-Kader is certified by the Boards of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology and the Board of Nutrition. Dr. A-Kader is also an editorial member and reviewer of several journals.

Dr. A-Kader is interested in the field of pediatric Hepatology specifically in neonatal cholestasis and fatty liver disease..

Mohamed Elkalaawy is a bariatric surgeon and an associate professor of Surgery. He works in the Bariatric and metabolic surgery unit at University College London Hospital in the UK. He has been practicing bariatric surgery since 2005 and currently works in a leading bariatric unit in the UK. Academically, He is a senior Lecturer at the University of London and as Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Alexandria, Egypt where he originally comes from.

Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery