Our Center for Weight Management and Wellness team consists of world-class experts in both surgical and non-surgical weight management techniques and is supported by a professional staff of dietitians, physician assistants, and psychologists who specialize in caring for weight loss patients. Under the co-directorship of Caroline Apovian, MD, Ali Tavakkoli, MD, and Christopher Thompson, MD, our mission is to help our patients discover the weight loss method that best fits their personal goals and lifestyle so they can achieve a healthier life through successful and long-term weight management.
Our surgical providers see patients at several of our locations, as noted below.
Watch this brief video to get to know some of the providers on the surgery team.
Chief, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery; Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Seeing patients at Boston and Jamaica Plain.
See Dr. Tavakkoli's Profile See Dr. Tavakkoli's Profile
Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Seeing patients at Boston and Foxborough.
See Dr. Nimeri's Profile See Dr. Nimeri's Profile
Bariatric Surgeon
Seeing patients at Boston and Foxborough.
See Dr. Shikora's Profile See Dr. Shikora's Profile
Bariatric Surgeon
Seeing patients at Weymouth and Pembroke.
See Dr. Ghushe's Profile See Dr. Ghushe's Profile
Bariatric Surgeon
Seeing patients at Boston and Jamaica Plain.
See Dr. Robinson's Profile See Dr. Robinson's Profile
Bariatric Surgeon
Seeing patients at Boston and Westwood.
See Dr. Sheu's Profile See Dr. Sheu's Profile
Bariatric Surgeon
Seeing patients at Jamaica Plain.
See Dr. Spector's Profile See Dr. Spector's Profile
Bariatric Surgeon
Seeing patients at Jamaica Plain and Foxborough.
See Dr. Tsai's Profile See Dr. Tsai's Profile
Bariatric Surgeon
Seeing patients at Boston and Jamaica Plain.
See Dr. Vernon's Profile
Director of Endoscopy; Director of Bariatric Endoscopy; Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Associate Director of Bariatric Endoscopy
Associate Physician, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Director of Endoscopic Innovation
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Psychologists
Mark Gorman, PhD
Director of Behavioral Services, Weymouth
Bariatric Psychologist
Physician Assistants
Beth Anderson, PA-C
Bariatric Program Manager, Weymouth
(617) 732-8882
Colleen Booth, PA-C
Medical Weight Management PA
(617) 525-3597
Sandy Falcon, PA-C
Chief GGI Surgery PA, General & GI Surgery
General & GI Surgery PA
(617) 732-8882
Jennifer Lynn Geremia, PA-C
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy PA
617-732-6389
Sandra Lynn Hornig, PA-C, MS
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy PA
617-525-3597
Yali Lu, PA-C
General & GI Surgery PA
(617) 732-8882
Corinne Mahoney, PA-C
General & GI Surgery PA
(617) 732-8882
Robert Matthews, PA-C
General & GI Surgery PA
(617) 732-8882
Jordan Seroka, PA-C
Medical Weight Management PA
(617) 525-3597
Erin Margaret Smolka, MSPAS, PA-C
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy PA
617-525-3597
Brenna Westover, PA-C
Medical Weight Management PA
(617) 525-3597
Nurses
Taylor Deasy, NP
Medical Weight Management
Dietitians
Meghan Ariagno, MBA, RD
Bariatric Program Manager
(617) 732-5472
Kelley Bradshaw MS, RD, LSD
Senior Clinical Dietitian
Ema Barbosa Brown, MPH, MPH, RD, LDN
Senior Clinical Bariatric Dietitian
Shannon Burke MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Dietitian
Amanda Lavasseur, MS, RD, CSOWM, LDN
Senior Clinical Bariatric Dietitian
Claire LeBrun, MPH, RDN, LDN
Senior Clinical Bariatric Dietitian
Julia Lloyd, MPH, RD, LDN, CDCES
Senior Dietitian
Lindsay Miamen, RD, CSOWM
Nutrition Coordinator and Senior Clinical Bariatric Dietitian
Catherine Page, Med, RD, LDN, CDE
Senior Clinical Bariatric Dietitian
Maresa Weems MPH, RDN, LDN
Senior Clinical Bariatric Dietitian
Billing and Insurance Coordinator
617-732-5580
Assistant to Eric Sheu, MD
(617) 732-6337
Assistant to Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD
(617) 525-8570
Assistant to Neil Ghushe, MD
(781) 534-7706
Assistant to David Spector, MD
(617) 983-4887
Assistant to Malcolm Robinson, MD
(617) 732-8272
Assistant to dietitians/psychologists
(617) 732-8884
Assistant to Ashley Haralson Vernon, MD
(617) 732-6337
Assistant to Scott Shikora, MD
(617) 525-8570
Assistant to Thomas Tsai, MD
(617) 983-4512
Assistant to Christopher C. Thompson, MD, and Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH
(617) 732-5882
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