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Dr. Cheskin is Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Principal Investigator of the Mason Cohort: Health Starts Here study, and an adjunct professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  He received his medical degree from Dartmouth, and postdoctoral training at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was recently elevated to George Mason Distinguished University Professor, which is the highest achievement attainable for university faculty.

He has dedicated his career to research, education, and program building to enhance people’s diets and combat obesity. He founded the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, a multidisciplinary clinical research and treatment program.  His work has impacted the problem of obesity through innovative treatment programs, and in community-based participatory research among the underserved in urban areas.  He also developed mHealth tailored to the behavioral characteristics of the recipient to combat obesity.

He is the author of ~250 peer-reviewed journal articles and 8 books.

Publication

• Y Wang, MA Beydoun, J Min, H Xue, LA Kaminsky, LJ Cheskin, International journal of epidemiology 49 (3), 810-23.
• Y Wang, X Chen*, Y Song, B Caballero, LJ Cheskin, Kidney international 73 (1), 19-33.
• KR Fontaine, MS Faith, DB Allison, LJ Cheskin, Archives of family medicine 7 (4), 381.
• , JL Unick, RH Neiberg, PE Hogan, LJ Cheskin, GR Dutton, R Jeffery, et al. Obesity 23 (7), 1353-6. .
• , Y Wang, J Min, J Khuri, H Xue, B Xie, LA Kaminsky, LJ Cheskin JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8 (4), e15400. doi: .
• A Acosta, S Streett, MD Kroh, LJ Cheskin, KH Saunders, M Kurian, Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology 15 (5), 631-649. e10. .
• . NS Farrag, LJ Cheskin, MK Farag, Advances in pediatric research 4:8. doi: .
• , M Lin*, Z Mahmooth*, N Dedhia, R Frutchey, CE Mercado*, DH Epstein, The American journal of medicine 128 (8), 896-904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.013  
• . LJ Cheskin, LF Donze, JAMA 286 (17), 2160-2160. doi:10.1001/jama.286.17.2160-JMS1107-4-1.
• WL Bennett, RF Wilson, A Zhang, E Tseng, EA Knapp, H Kharrazi, Annals of internal medicine 168 (11), 791-800..

Research Interest: 

• Obesity
• Nutrition
• Behavior change
• Exercise

Honors and Awards

• Physician Nutrition Specialist Award, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, 2004-2006.
• Listee, Who’s Who in America, 2010-date.
• Top Doctors: U.S. News & World Report, 2012- date. .
• Top Doctors: Baltimore Magazine, 2018, 2022, 2023. .

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Physicians, (FACP)
• Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology (FACG)
• Fellow, The Obesity Society (FTOS);
• Chair, Clinical Affairs Committee, 2011- 2013.
• Graduate and Professional Education Committee, American Society for Nutrition, 2009 – 2012.

Degrees

MD, medicine, Dartmouth Medical School