PLENARY SESSION: Impact of Obesity Beyond Diabetes

Obesity and Brain

Thomas Ransom, MSc, MD, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism 
Department of Medicine 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Dr. Thomas Ransom is a staff Endocrinologist with the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism at the Nova Scotia Health Authority in Halifax.  He is from Toronto where he earned an undergraduate and graduate degrees in Nutrition with a focus on diet’s effects on diabetes and lipids.  He completed his Internal Medicine in Toronto and moved to Halifax to do his fellowship in Endocrinology, as well as a one year research fellowship.  At present Dr. Ransom is sharing the lead in a Nova Scotia Health Authority Obesity Initiative, as well as research interests in Obesity, Insulin Resistance and in hospital management of diabetes.