Almyra Ayos

Salsa Instructor

Kate Bednarz, RD

Mark Bessler, MD

Director, Obesity Program, NYPH

Javier Broch

Director, CUMC Administration

Steven Corwin, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, NYPH

Richard Deckelbaum, MD

Director, Institute of Human Nutrition

Beverly Diamond, Ed.D

Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center

Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico

Elsa-Grace Giardina, MD

Director, Center for Women’s Health

Henry Ginsberg, MD

Director, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Ira Goldberg, MD

Chief, Division of Preventative Medicine, CUMC

Lee Goldman, MD

Dean, Health and Biomedical Sciences and

Faculty of Medicine, CUMC

Kenneth Haber

Vice President, Patient Support and Accommodations, NYPH

Robert Kelly, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, NYPH

Louise Merriman, MS, RD

Clinical Nutrition Manager, NYPH

Maudene Nelson, MS, RD

Teaching Faculty, Institute for Human Nutrition

Herbert Pardes, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer, NYPH

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD

Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition

Director, New York Obesity Center

Carmen Rodriguez

Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Paulette Schneider

Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Megan Spyres

Yoga Instructor

Joseph Tenenbaum, MD

Chief, Medical Service at the Allen Pavilion

Michael Zaccagnino

Vice President, Patient Support & Customer Service, NYPH

Additional support has been provided by the departments of Security,

Facilities Management and Housekeeping

We thank our volunteers and dietetic interns who have developed

 materials and helped in program planning.