The pediatric obesity medicine fellowship medicine program offers two tracks for physicians who have completed residency training for pediatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics or family medicine. We offer a one-year clinician-educator track and a two-year clinician-researcher track.
Our program provides trainees with expertise and clinical experience in pediatric obesity medicine with a primary focus on the evaluation and management of pediatric and adolescent obesity. Fellows will learn how to diagnose genetic causes of obesity as well as treat obesity and its resulting comorbidities through intensive lifestyle interventions, including modifications to nutrition, physical activity and behavior, as well as pharmacotherapy and collaborative subspecialty and surgical care.
Research Interests
- Novel drug therapies for pediatric weight loss
- Genetic disorders with obesity
- Active video gaming
- Culinary medicine
- Pediatric obesity in underserved areas
- Pediatric obesity in primary care
- Mindfulness and pediatric obesity
Program Staff: Obesity Medicine
Program Director
Dr. Han, a pediatric endocrinologist, is medical director of Le Bonheur’s Healthy Lifestyle and Center for Metabolic Research. Her clinical focus includes type 2 diabetes and other disorders associated with obesity, as well as endocrine and metabolic complications associated with brain tumors and brain trauma. She’s received National Institutes of Health funding for her pediatric obesity-related research efforts.
Associate Program Director
Dr. Hare, a general pediatrician, is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She is certified by the American Boards of Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine. She has received National Institutes of Health funding for her obesity-related research efforts in both children and adults.
Associate Program Director
Fellowship Coordinator
Angie Cooper
acoope28@uthsc.edu
901-287-5890
