Pharmacotherapy Work Group Membership Work Group #3 Work Group Facilitators: David Atkins, MD, MPH Todd Semla, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, AGSF Director, Health Services Research and Development Pharmacy Specialist Program (HSR&D) Pharmacy Benefits Management Department of Veterans Affairs Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL Washington, DC Work Group Members: Donna Ames, MD William Timothy Garvey, MD Staff Psychiatrist Physician, GRECC VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Birmingham VA Medical Center Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN Sciences Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics University of Alabama, Birmingham Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition Boston University School of Medicine Chester Bernie Good, MD, MPH Physician, Division of General Medicine Louis Aronne, MD VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Professor of Metabolic Research Comprehensive Weight Control Center Christopher MD Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Physician, Primary Care Service VA Connecticut Healthcare System Charles Billington, MD Physician, Primary Care Service Line Miriam Smyth, PhD Minneapolis VA Medical Center Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Research Baltimore VA Medical Center Laurel Copeland, PhD, MPH Research Health Scientist Thomas Wadden, PhD Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System Director, Center of Weight and Eating Disorders Temple, TX University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine U. Inge Ferguson, DO, FACOI Susan Yanovski, MD MOVE Weight Management Physician Co-Director, NIDDK, Office of Obesity Research VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD
Pharmacotherapy Work Group Membership Work Group #3 Work Group Facilitators: David Atkins, MD, MPH Director, Health Services Research and Development Program (HSR&D) Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC Todd Semla, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, AGSF Pharmacy Specialist Pharmacy Benefits Management Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL Work Group Members: Donna Ames, MD Staff Psychiatrist VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition Boston University School of Medicine Louis Aronne, MD Professor of Metabolic Research Comprehensive Weight Control Center Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Charles Billington, MD Physician, Primary Care Service Line Minneapolis VA Medical Center Laurel Copeland, PhD, MPH Research Health Scientist Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System Temple, TX U. Inge Ferguson, DO, FACOI MOVE Weight Management Physician VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System William Timothy Garvey, MD Physician, GRECC Birmingham VA Medical Center Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition Sciences University of Alabama, Birmingham Chester Bernie Good, MD, MPH Physician, Division of General Medicine VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Christopher MD Physician, Primary Care Service VA Connecticut Healthcare System Miriam Smyth, PhD Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Research Baltimore VA Medical Center Thomas Wadden, PhD Director, Center of Weight and Eating Disorders University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Susan Yanovski, MD Co-Director, NIDDK, Office of Obesity Research National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD