Leadership

C.O.R.E. includes twelve of the leading research and treatment centers involved in the management of overweight and obesity in the U.S. Each C.O.R.E. center is directed by nationally recognized experts in obesity management and a C.O.R.E. coordinator.

Click on the individual center for more details:

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• John Foreyt, PhD
Phone: (713) 798-3839
Fax: (713) 798-4888

• Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD, FADA
  Phone: (713) 798-5764
  Fax: (713) 798-4888


• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
• George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD
• Caroline M. Apovian, M.D.
• Coordinator Susan Morreale, CHES
  Phone: (617) 667-2604
  Fax: (617) 667-2608


• Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• Philip Schauer, MD
• Coordinator Ron Gambino, RN, BSN, MPA
  Phone: (216) 444-4794
  Fax: (216) 445-1586


• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Michael D. Jensen, MD
• Coordinator Kelly Dunagan
  Phone: (507) 266-0505
  Fax: (507) 284-5745


• Minnesota Obesity Research Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Charles J. Billington, MD
• Coordinator Heidi Hoover, MS, RD
  Phone: (612) 725-2004
  Fax: (612)727-5997


• Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Robert Kushner, MD
• Phone: (312) 503-6817
  Fax: (312) 503-6743


• Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
• George Bray, MD
• Coordinator Carole Lachney, MS
  Phone: (225) 763-3176
  Fax: (225) 763-3045
• Donna Ryan, MD
• Coordinator Janice Warren
  Phone: (225) 763-2514
  Fax: (225) 763-3193


• Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
• Robert Ross, PhD
• Coordinator Diane Davies, MSc
  Phone: (613) 533-6000, ext 74451
  Fax: (613) 533-2009


• St Lukes'-Roosevelt Medical Center, New York, NY
• Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
• Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, CDE (NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene)
• Coordinator Betty Kovacs, MS, RD
  Phone: (212) 523-8440
  Fax: (212) 523-8103


• UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Los Angeles, CA
• Dave Heber, MD, PhD
• Coordinator Susan Bowerman, MS, RD
  Phone: (310) 206-1987
  Fax: (310) 206-5264


• University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
• James O. Hill, PhD
• Daniel Bessesen, MD
• Holly Wyatt, MD, C.O.R.E. Program Director
  Phone: (303 315-9004
• Coordinator Kim Gorman, MS, RD
  Phone: (303) 315-9036
  Fax: (303) 315-9976


• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
• Thomas A. Wadden, PhD
  Phone: (215) 898-7314
  Fax: (215) 898-2878

Send comments or questions to
C.O.R.E. Program Director Dr. Holly Wyatt.