Our Center for Weight Management and Wellness Team

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.

Surgical Team

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.

Ali Tavakkoli, MD

Chief, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery; Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness

Seeing patients at Boston and Jamaica Plain.

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Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri, MBBCH

Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Seeing patients at Boston and Foxborough.

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Neil D. Ghushe, MD

Bariatric Surgeon

Seeing patients at Weymouth and Pembroke.

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Malcolm Kenneth Robinson, MD, FACS

Bariatric Surgeon

Seeing patients at Boston and Jamaica Plain.

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Eric G. Sheu, MD, PhD

Bariatric Surgeon

Seeing patients at Boston and Westwood.

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David Spector, MD

Bariatric Surgeon

Seeing patients at Jamaica Plain.

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Thomas C. Tsai, MD, MPH

Bariatric Surgeon

Seeing patients at Jamaica Plain and Foxborough.

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Ashley Haralson Vernon, MD

Bariatric Surgeon

Seeing patients at Boston and Jamaica Plain.

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Endoscopy Team

Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, AGAF, FASGE, FACG

Director of Endoscopy; Director of Bariatric Endoscopy; Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness

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Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH, ABOM

Associate Director of Bariatric Endoscopy

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Nayna Lodhia, MD

Associate Physician, Center for Weight Management and Wellness

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Marvin Ryou, MD

Director of Endoscopic Innovation

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Steven Nathaniel Steinway, MD, PhD

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy

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Medical Team

Caroline M Apovian, MD

Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness

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