Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH, FACE, is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCLA Medical Center and a fellow of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He is also in the first cohort of scholars at UCLA who completed the program in 1978 and is a board certified internist specializing in endocrinology and metabolism, with an emphasis on obesity and eating disorders. While a scholar, he trained in endocrinology, earned an MPH, and established an out patient obesity study clinic at UCLA Medical Center. There Dr. Vash implemented randomized, controlled clinical trials to test the effects of a very low calorie diet, in the form of either an amino acid solution or carbohydrate solution, on weight loss results, cost, and safety. He is a past president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians and served on the North American Society Board for the Study of Obesity (NASSO). Dr. Vash works in private practice with patients suffering from obesity and eating disorders and has lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally, on the medical management and treatment of obesity. In addition, he has been an invited expert witness to speak before a U.S. Senate sub committee and the FTC concerning medical weight loss issues and the safety and impact of commercial weight loss programs.
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