Obesity Medicine Fellowship

Unparalleled Obesity Medicine Education. Compassionate Obesity Medical Care.

 

Our goal is to help you become an outstanding Obesity Medicine Physician with the expertise to deliver high quality Obesity Medicine care to all patients, especially the most vulnerable.

Program Highlights

  • Robust, multimodal Obesity Medicine curriculum
  • Experienced, accessible faculty with more than 20 years of clinical expertise in Obesity Medicine
  • Integrated, multidisciplinary care model that provides fellows with comprehensive clinical training in the management of medically and socially complex patients

Program Overview

Academic Setting

The MetroHealth System Obesity Medicine Fellowship offers a rigorous and comprehensive clinical training experience designed to prepare physicians for the evolving field of obesity medicine. Based within the Internal Medicine Department of our county safety-net health system, the fellowship provides extensive exposure to the evidence-based management of obesity and its related comorbidities across diverse patient populations.

Fellows develop expertise in delivering compassionate, high-quality care to patients with complex medical and social needs. Through collaboration with an experienced multidisciplinary team, trainees gain practical experience navigating a variety of healthcare delivery and reimbursement models while learning to develop individualized, patient-centered treatment plans. This integrated approach equips fellows with the knowledge, clinical skills, and systems-based understanding needed to provide comprehensive obesity care in a wide range of practice settings.

Obesity Medicine Training

The training spans one academic year and includes clinical rotations in adult obesity medicine, pediatric obesity medicine, and related subspecialties, including bariatric surgery, nutrition, behavioral health, sleep medicine, endocrinology, hepatology, and cardiology. 

Fellows will develop proficiency in all aspects of weight management including lifestyle and behavioral modification, pharmacotherapy, treatment of related medical comorbidities, and pre-operative and post-operative management of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Fellows also complete a faculty-led Obesity Medicine curriculum during their year.

Scholarship and Learning Opportunities

Fellows develop, complete, and share with their colleagues a complete faculty-mentored academic project in quality improvement and/or population health. They also participate in Obesity Medicine educational instruction for residents and medical students.

Fellows will have the opportunity to attend at least one national conference of a society focused on obesity medicine and will be strongly encouraged to submit work for peer-reviewed presentation.

Fellows are expected to take the American Board of Obesity Medicine Exam during or at the completion of their fellowship year. Additionally, faculty mentorship will focus on assisting fellows with career planning and advancement of academic and professional goals.