Obesity Institute Leadership

Christopher Still, DO, Director of Geisinger’s Obesity Institute, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Penn State. At Geisinger, he is an Associate Physician for Internal Medicine and the Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management.

Obesity Institute Members

There are a variety of Geisinger physicians and scientists with significant interest and expertise in the clinical, epidemiological, and translational research aspects of obesity. Though not exhaustive, the following includes a list of current institute members.

• Christopher Still, DO, GI/Nutrition: Genetics of Obesity; Behavioral Change; Nutrition, Diabetes
• Karen Bailey, MD, Pediatric Surgery: Pediatric Obesity
• William Cochran, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology: NASH Study
• Glenn Gerhard, MD, Weis Center: Genetics of Obesity
• James Hartle, MD, Nephrology: Nephrolithiasis Study
• Nicholas Inverso, MD, GI: NASH Study
• Sharon Larson, PhD, Center for Health Research: Pediatric Obesity
• Michele Maroon, MD, Dermatology: Skin Manifestations of Obesity
• Tooraj Mirshahi, PhD, Weis Center: Molecular Analysis of Obesity
• William Mourad, MD, GI: NASH Study
• Jennifer Nichols, DO, Gynecology: PCO Study
• Evan Norfolk, MD, Nephrology: GFR Study
• Anthony Petrick, MD, Bariatric Surgery: NASH/Reflux Disease
• Anwer Qureshi, MD, Cardiology: Cardiovascular Aspects of Obesity
• Janet Robishaw, PhD, Weis Center: Animal Models of Obesity
• Margaret Rukstalis, MD, Center for Health Research: Nutrition, Addiction
• Kim Skelding, MD, Cardiology: Cardiovascular Aspects of Obesity
• Walter “Buzz” Stewart, PhD, MPH, Center for Health Research: Epidemiology of Obesity
• William Strodel, MD, Bariatric Surgery: NASH/Iron Overload
  
• Taher Yahya, MD, Nephrology: GFR Study
• Craig Wood, Biostatistics
• Edward Woods, MD, CV Surgery: Cardiovascular Aspects of Obesity