Nutrition and Wellness Experts

Christy Tangney, PhD

Nutrition
Christine Tangney is a professor of Clinical Nutrition. She has co-authored over 100 papers and six book chapters. Tangney has presented or lectured at more than 125 conferences. Her expertise is in assessing dietary behaviors of individuals or population samples and seeing how it relates to cardiovascular and cognitive health.

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Frances Lee, NP

Weight Loss ÍÑÒÂÖ±²¥
Frances Lee is a family nurse practitioner who works in the department of bariatric surgery. She works with patients who are looking to lose weight to improve their health and quality of life.

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Joyce Corsica, PhD

Weight Loss Psychology
Joyce Corsica is an expert in family relationships and aging, and services pertaining to weight loss and psychology. Her research focuses on weight management, eating-related issues, evaluation and interventions for bariatric surgery candidates and patients with emotional eating, and evaluation and interventions for behavioral weight loss.

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Joyce Corsica, PhD

Naomi Parrella, MD

Weight Loss and Lifestyle Management
Languages: English, Japanese

Naomi Parrella is a nationally recognized expert in weight loss and lifestyle management. Her highly individualized approach addresses patients’ pre-existing health risks and conditions and lifestyle challenges. She can speak to the latest weight loss medications and diets, and the role of sleep, meditation, relaxation and exercising in improving health.

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Thomas Holland, MD

Lifestyle Medicine| Nutrition and Aging
Thomas M. Holland is a physician and scientist investigating the impact of lifestyle modifications on the chronic diseases of aging. He has expertise in the study of nutrition as it relates to aging, cognition and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.

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Thomas Holland, MD