Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine
President of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director Bariatric Surgical Program, Humber River Regional Hospital
Assistant Professor-Department of Medicine, Queen's University

Dr. Stephen Glazer is a board certified specialist from the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. In April 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgical Program at Humber River Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in redeveloping their comprehensive bariatric surgical program. In that year, the bariatric surgical program was nominated as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada. In 2012 Dr. Glazer was appointed as a the Director of the only hospital-based Medical Bariatric Program for the Greater Toronto Area, which has enjoyed great growth and development due to the significant contributions of its multidiscipline team members. Dr. Glazer's commitment to the Obesity Epidemic is further displayed by his participation in many committees through the Ontario Bariatric Network and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong interest in program development, quality care initiatives, and physician education. He has personally been involved in direct patient care of over thousands of bariatric patients in the attempt to facilitate weight loss for improved overall health. His research interests include perioperative risk assessment and management as well as sleep apnea in the morbidly obese. He is also the president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons.

Raed Jad Hawa, MSc, MD, FRCP(C), DABSM, DABPN, DFAPA, DFCPA
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Deputy Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network
American Board Certification in Psychiatry
Subspecialty Certification in Sleep Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine (C/L Psychiatry)
Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine
Diplomate American Board of Obesity Medicine
Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association
Distinguished Fellow Canadian Psychiatric Association

Dr. Raed Jad Hawa is a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine , the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with subspecialty qualification in Psychosomatic Medicine and Sleep Medicine.  He is the deputy Psychiatrist-in-Chief at UHN and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. He has multiple teaching and educational awards at the local, national and international level and has published in the areas of medical education and interaction between psychiatric disorders, bariatric surgery, and sleep disorders.

Kristine Steffen, PharmD., PhD
Professor/Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy
College of Health Professions
North Dakota State University

Director of Biomedical Research
Center for Biobehavioral Research/Sanford Research

Kristine Steffen holds Pharm.D. and Ph.D. degrees. She is a Professor at North Dakota State University, and she is the Director of Biomedical Research at Sanford Center for Biobehavioral Research, both in Fargo, North Dakota. Dr. Steffen conducts NIH-funded research on eating disorders, obesity, and bariatric surgery. Dr. Steffen's major areas of research interest are currently focused on the relationship between the gut microbiome and weight regulation in obesity and after bariatric surgery, pharmacokinetic changes following bariatric surgery, and the development of alcohol and other substance use disorders following bariatric surgery.

Richard E. Boles, PhD 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Children's Hospital Colorado 

Dr. Richard Boles is a pediatric psychologist with specialization in child behavior and nutrition. He earned his doctoral degree in clinical child psychology from the University of Kansas and completed his residency and fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Boles is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition and also a member of the Section of Developmental Pediatrics / JFK Partners serving as Associate Director of Research.  

Clinically, he provides individual and group outpatient services in the Lifestyle Medicine Weight Management Clinic and Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr. Boles is currently federally funded to conduct basic and patient-oriented research on pediatric obesity with specific interests in low-resource, minority populations and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and has served on NIH/NIDDK study section since 2013.

Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE, FRCP(C)
Vice President, Education
Clinician Scientist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Professor & Vice-Chair, Education
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Psychosocial Director,
TWH Bariatric Surgery Program
University Health Network

Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and the Director of the Bariatric Surgery Psychosocial Program at the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network. He is a Clinician Scientist and Vice President of Education at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He is Vice-Chair, Education for Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is also the Co-Chair of ECHO Ontario Mental Health, which is a provincial hub-and-spoke knowledge network.

Dr. Sockalingam has >170 peer-reviewed publications and is the co-editor of the books, "Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity", a comprehensive summary of an integrated approach to the assessment and managing psychosocial care in severe obesity, and a newly released book by Cambridge University Press, "Psychological Care in Severe Obesity: A Practical Approach". He has funding from CIHR and other peer-reviewed agencies examining psychosocial outcomes related to obesity care, psychological treatments for obesity and exploring the construct of food addiction. He is the co-principal investigator on a large multi-site CIHR funded to evaluate the long-term outcomes of telephone-based cognitive behavioural therapy after bariatric surgery. Dr. Sockalingam is a co-author on the upcoming 2020 Canadian Obesity Guidelines.s

Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine
President of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director Bariatric Surgical Program, Humber River Regional Hospital
Assistant Professor-Department of Medicine, Queen's University

Dr. Stephen Glazer is a board certified specialist from the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. In April 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgical Program at Humber River Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in redeveloping their comprehensive bariatric surgical program. In that year, the bariatric surgical program was nominated as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada. In 2012 Dr. Glazer was appointed as a the Director of the only hospital-based Medical Bariatric Program for the Greater Toronto Area, which has enjoyed great growth and development due to the significant contributions of its multidiscipline team members. Dr. Glazer's commitment to the Obesity Epidemic is further displayed by his participation in many committees through the Ontario Bariatric Network and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong interest in program development, quality care initiatives, and physician education. He has personally been involved in direct patient care of over thousands of bariatric patients in the attempt to facilitate weight loss for improved overall health. His research interests include perioperative risk assessment and management as well as sleep apnea in the morbidly obese. He is also the president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons.