Obesity expert and George Washington University faculty member Scott Kahan, MD, MPH has been named Director of the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, a national multi-stakeholder coalition based at the GW School of Public Health.

“Doctors tend to shoo away people who have obesity,” says Dr. Scott Kahan, who was quoted in an Associated Press article published on The Huffington Post.

Dr. Scott Kahan has been invited to speak at a Congressional Briefing. The Briefing, sponsored by the nonprofit Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease and Wellpoint, one of the largest insurers in the U.S., focuses on collaborative efforts to address childhood obesity.

The unexpected loss of Dr. Marilyn Sperling on May 16 has left all of us grieving the absence of a dear friend, trusted colleague and compassionate doctor.