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Clinical Director, NCCO
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
An internationally recognized expert in the care of overweight and obese patients, Dr. Kushner helps patients manage their weight with state-of-the art approaches including diet, exercise, behavioral change, pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery. He is past President of The Obesity Society (TOS), the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists (ABPNS) and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). Dr. Kushner serves on the editorial boards of two prominent journals, Obesity and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. He has authored numerous articles, reviews, books and book chapters. Among his recent books are Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Toolkit, the American Medical Association’s Assessment and Management of Obesity, Dr. Kushner’s Personality Type Diet, Treatment of the Obese Patient and Fitness Unleashed: A Dog and Owner’s Guide to Losing Weight and Gaining Health Together. Dr. Kushner received his medical degree from the University of Illinois, completed his residency in internal medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, completed a post-graduate fellowship in clinical nutrition at the University of Chicago Hospitals and received his master’s degree in clinical nutrition and nutritional biology at the University of Chicago. Areas of specialty
nutrition, obesity, peri-operative care of the bariatric surgical patient, lifestyle medicine, life patterns approach to weight loss For more, read http://www.medicine.northwestern.edu/scripts/bio.pl?pid=400 http://www.counselingoverweightadults.com
Recent Publications
Sharma AM, Kushner RF. A proposed clinical staging system for obesity. Int J Obes 33:289-195, 2009. Kushner RF, Sujak M. Prevention of weight gain in adult patients with type 2 diabetes treated pioglitazone. Obesity 17:1017-1022, 2009. Shikora SA, Bergenstal R, Bessler M, Brody F, Foster G, Frank A, Gold M, Klein S, Kushner R, Sarwer DB. Implantable gastric stimulation for the treatment of clinically severe obesity: results of the SHAPE trial. SOARD 5;31-37, 2009. Kushner RF, Choi SW. Prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle patterns among overweight and obese adults. Obesity 18;1160-1167, 2010. Tang JW, Kushner RF, Thompson J, Baker DW. Physician counseling of young adults with rapid weight gain: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Family Practice 11:31, 2010 Kushner RF. Tackling Obesity. Is primary care up to the challenge? Commentary. Arch Intern Med 170(2):212-123, 2010. Kushner RF, Neff L. Bariatric surgery – a key role for registered dietitians. Editorial.J AM Diet Assoc 110(4):524-526, 2010. Kushner RF. Understanding obesity by asking the right questions. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 53(1):148-151, 2010. Neff LM, Kushner RF. Emerging role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in the treatment of obesity.Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome an Obesity:Targets and Therapy 3:263-273, 2010 Ryan DH, Kushner R. The state of obesity and obesity research. JAMA 304:1835-1836, 2010 Kushner RF, Kushner N, Jackson Blatner D. Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Tool Kit. American Dietetic Association, Chicago, IL, 2009. Kushner RF. Obesity and Nutrition, Chapter 36. In: Waldman SA Terzic A, Eds., Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Principles to Practice. Sanders Publ., Philadelphia, PA, 2009, pp 549-556. Kushner RF. Assessment of the Obese Individual, Part A. In: Nonas CA, Foster GD, Eds., Managing Obesity. A Clinical Guide, 2nd Edition. American Dietetic Association, Chicago, IL, 2009, pp 3-10. Kushner RF. Obesity and Therapeutic Approaches to Weight Loss, Chapter 4. In: Toth PP, Cannon CP. Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting. Humana Press, New York, NY, 2010, pp 91-106. Recent Honors
Elected to Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) Board of Directors, 2011 American Dietetic Association (ADA) National Honors and Award recipient as honorary member, 2010 |
