Louis Aronne
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Louis J. Aronne, M.D. is an American physician and author who is an internationally recognized obesity specialist. He is widely relied upon and quoted in the news media as an expert in the field of weight research. He is perhaps most widely known for diagnosing David Letterman
’s heart problem in 2000. His recent book The Skinny on Losing Weight Without Being Hungry is a NY Times
best-seller
.
to parents of Italian descent. He is married with two children, Allison and Louis. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from Trinity College in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science
in Biochemistry. In 1981, he graduated from The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine. He is board certified
in Internal Medicine
.
He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Weill-Cornell Medical College and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
. He is Director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program, which he founded in 1986. It is a multidisciplinary obesity research and treatment program affiliated with New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Aronne is a past president of The Obesity Society, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians
and of the New York Academy of Medicine
. He edited and was chairman of the National Institutes of Health
’s Practical Guide to the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. He was a reviewing member of the Department of Health and Human Services
and Food and Drug Administration’s publication, Guidance for the Clinical Evaluation of Weight-Control Drugs. Dr. Aronne also helped develop the VA MOVE Program, currently the largest weight program in the country. Dr. Aronne is an Associate Editor
of the research journal, Obesity. He has been a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration
and the Federal Trade Commission
. He has authored more than 60 publications, book chapters, abstracts, and books on obesity. He has been the Principal or Co-Investigator of over 30 clinical trials.
In 2008, Dr. Aronne founded the Cardiometabolic Support Network (CMSNonline.com), a treatment program to treat obesity and obesity-related illnesses. This web and phone-based program provides evidence-based instruction that integrates medical care
with healthy lifestyle in an efficient, cost effective
, and accessible manner. It provides a network of support and scientific education resources for both patients and health care providers. The goal of CMSNonline.com is to reduce costs related to the treatment of obesity and obesity related illnesses by delivering an integrated medical program which involves the patient’s primary care physician
and a program-provided registered dietitian through scalable web technology.
. Dr. Aronne’s core belief is that obesity is a progressive disorder, of the weight regulating mechanisms which in many cases leads to a deterioration in fullness and satiety leading to a “feed-forward” phenomenon in which appetite is stimulated, rather than inhibited by eating which results from leptin
resistance. It is thus deserving treatment by a trained, specialized physician. His medical philosophy hinges on the tenet that patients are prevented from losing weight in many cases by physical resistance mechanisms including an increase in levels of ghrelin
and a reduction in levels of leptin which have now been well documented. His goal is to treat people with weight problems in much the same way cardiologists treat patients with heart disease-using all of the tools needed in order to prevent other health problems from developing. He firmly believes that unless physical aspects of weight regulation are controlled, weight will be regained and that changes in diet have physical effects on appetite and weight regulation. The final stage of the fullness mechanism breakdown is a condition Dr. Aronne calls “fullness resistance”, which is the delayed or nonexistent sensation of fullness.
Dr. Aronne’s approach towards weight loss is to diagnose and treat sleep disorder
s and review medications his patients are taking. He has found that many patients take common medications that neither they, nor their doctor realize cause weight gain
. He substitutes these with weight neutral or weight reducing medications.
, co-hosting more than 650 episodes of Getting Healthy, a nightly call-in
show covering a broad variety of topics in health, nutrition, and medicine from 1993-96.
His other television and radio appearances include The Charlie Rose Show
, The Today Show, Dateline NBC
, 20/20, 48 Hours
, and most other national news program
s. In 2001 and 2002, Dr. Aronne appeared on and developed the CBS Early Show
’s Weight Off series. He put ABC News
staff and viewers on a diet on ABC’s Good Morning America
in another long-term series. He is widely relied upon and quoted in the news media as an expert in the field of weight research including The New York Times
, The Wall Street Journal
, People
, Newsweek
, USA Today
, Good Housekeeping
, Redbook
, Allure
, and Cosmopolitan
. He is a regular contributor to Woman’s Day, Men’s Health
, Medizine, and SheZoom.com.
in 1983 and Eliot Hochstein Teaching Award from Cornell University
in 1990. He has been a faculty member of the Alpha Omega Alpha
medical honor society
since 1990. He has been regularly ranked in Castle Connolly’s and New York Magazine
’s Best Doctors in NY as a specialist in obesity and internal medicine.
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...
’s heart problem in 2000. His recent book The Skinny on Losing Weight Without Being Hungry is a NY Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
best-seller
Bestseller
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.
Biography
Dr. Aronne was born in Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
to parents of Italian descent. He is married with two children, Allison and Louis. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...
from Trinity College in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in Biochemistry. In 1981, he graduated from The Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
School of Medicine. He is board certified
American Board of Medical Specialties
The American Board of Medical Specialties is a non-profit physician-led umbrella organization for 24 of the 26 approved medical specialty boards in the United States...
in Internal Medicine
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
.
He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Weill-Cornell Medical College and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...
. He is Director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program, which he founded in 1986. It is a multidisciplinary obesity research and treatment program affiliated with New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Aronne is a past president of The Obesity Society, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians
American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians is a national organization of doctors of internal medicine —physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults. With 130,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in...
and of the New York Academy of Medicine
New York Academy of Medicine
The New York Academy of Medicine was founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York City metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform...
. He edited and was chairman of the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
’s Practical Guide to the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. He was a reviewing member of the Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"...
and Food and Drug Administration’s publication, Guidance for the Clinical Evaluation of Weight-Control Drugs. Dr. Aronne also helped develop the VA MOVE Program, currently the largest weight program in the country. Dr. Aronne is an Associate Editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
of the research journal, Obesity. He has been a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
and the Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act...
. He has authored more than 60 publications, book chapters, abstracts, and books on obesity. He has been the Principal or Co-Investigator of over 30 clinical trials.
In 2008, Dr. Aronne founded the Cardiometabolic Support Network (CMSNonline.com), a treatment program to treat obesity and obesity-related illnesses. This web and phone-based program provides evidence-based instruction that integrates medical care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
with healthy lifestyle in an efficient, cost effective
Cost-effectiveness
Cost-effectiveness analysis is a form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes of two or more courses of action. Cost-effectiveness analysis is distinct from cost-benefit analysis, which assigns a monetary value to the measure of effect...
, and accessible manner. It provides a network of support and scientific education resources for both patients and health care providers. The goal of CMSNonline.com is to reduce costs related to the treatment of obesity and obesity related illnesses by delivering an integrated medical program which involves the patient’s primary care physician
Primary care physician
A primary care physician, or PCP, is a physician/medical doctor who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis....
and a program-provided registered dietitian through scalable web technology.
Medical Philosophy
Dr. Aronne supports the creation of a board certified Obesity sub-specialty within the American Board of Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
The American Board of Internal Medicine is a non-profit, independent physician evaluation organization committed to continuously improving the profession for the public good by certifying physicians who practice internal medicine and its sub-specialties...
. Dr. Aronne’s core belief is that obesity is a progressive disorder, of the weight regulating mechanisms which in many cases leads to a deterioration in fullness and satiety leading to a “feed-forward” phenomenon in which appetite is stimulated, rather than inhibited by eating which results from leptin
Leptin
Leptin is a 16 kDa protein hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure, including appetite and metabolism. It is one of the most important adipose derived hormones...
resistance. It is thus deserving treatment by a trained, specialized physician. His medical philosophy hinges on the tenet that patients are prevented from losing weight in many cases by physical resistance mechanisms including an increase in levels of ghrelin
Ghrelin
Ghrelin is a 28 amino acid peptide and hormone that is produced mainly by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the human stomach and epsilon cells of the pancreas that stimulates hunger. Ghrelin levels increase before meals and decrease after meals. It is considered the counterpart of the hormone...
and a reduction in levels of leptin which have now been well documented. His goal is to treat people with weight problems in much the same way cardiologists treat patients with heart disease-using all of the tools needed in order to prevent other health problems from developing. He firmly believes that unless physical aspects of weight regulation are controlled, weight will be regained and that changes in diet have physical effects on appetite and weight regulation. The final stage of the fullness mechanism breakdown is a condition Dr. Aronne calls “fullness resistance”, which is the delayed or nonexistent sensation of fullness.
Dr. Aronne’s approach towards weight loss is to diagnose and treat sleep disorder
Sleep disorder
A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning...
s and review medications his patients are taking. He has found that many patients take common medications that neither they, nor their doctor realize cause weight gain
Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems...
. He substitutes these with weight neutral or weight reducing medications.
Media
Dr. Aronne was one of the founding hosts of the TV Food NetworkFood Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
, co-hosting more than 650 episodes of Getting Healthy, a nightly call-in
Phone in
In broadcasting, a phone-in or call-in is a programme format in which viewers or listeners are invited to air their live comments by telephone, usually in respect of a specific topic selected for discussion on the day of the broadcast. On radio , it is common for an entire programme to be dedicated...
show covering a broad variety of topics in health, nutrition, and medicine from 1993-96.
His other television and radio appearances include The Charlie Rose Show
Charlie Rose (talk show)
Charlie Rose is an American television interview show, with Charlie Rose as executive producer, executive editor, and host. The show is syndicated...
, The Today Show, Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It previously was NBC's flagship news magazine, but now focuses on true crime stories. It airs Friday at 9 p.m. EST and after football season on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.-History:Dateline is historically notable for...
, 20/20, 48 Hours
48 Hours (TV series)
48 Hours is a documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS television network since January 19, 1988. The program originally presented documentaries of various events related to a particular subject occurring within a 48-hour period, and is credited as one of the first to air a "reality show"...
, and most other national news program
News program
A news program, news programme, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current events. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors...
s. In 2001 and 2002, Dr. Aronne appeared on and developed the CBS Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
’s Weight Off series. He put ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
staff and viewers on a diet on ABC’s Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
in another long-term series. He is widely relied upon and quoted in the news media as an expert in the field of weight research including The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal," popularly known as the...
, Redbook
Redbook
Redbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.-History:...
, Allure
Allure (magazine)
Allure is the leading U.S. women’s beauty magazine, published monthly by Condé Nast in New York City. It was founded in 1991 by editor in chief Linda Wells, who has been at the helm of the magazine ever since. From its inception, the magazine has been widely recognized for its intelligent,...
, and Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
. He is a regular contributor to Woman’s Day, Men’s Health
Men's Health (magazine)
Men's Health , published by Rodale Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, United States, is the world’s largest men’s magazine brand, with 44 editions around the world. It is also the best-selling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands. It covers fitness, nutrition, sexuality, lifestyle and other aspects of...
, Medizine, and SheZoom.com.
Books
Dr. Aronne’s first book, Weigh Less Live Longer, from John Wiley & Sons, Inc., was published in 1996. His recent book, The Skinny on Losing Weight Without Being Hungry, from Broadway-Random House, published in March, 2009 is a NY Times best-seller.Honors
Dr. Aronne has won several awards for teaching, including the Leo M. Davidoff Society Prize from Albert Einstein College of MedicineAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a graduate school of Yeshiva University. It is a not-for-profit, private, nonsectarian medical school located on the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus in the Morris Park neighborhood of the borough of the Bronx of New York City...
in 1983 and Eliot Hochstein Teaching Award from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1990. He has been a faculty member of the Alpha Omega Alpha
Alpha Omega Alpha
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, commonly called Alpha Omega Alpha and abbreviated ΑΩΑ or AOA, is a national honor society for medical students, residents, scientists and physicians in the United States and Canada.-History:...
medical honor society
Honor society
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...
since 1990. He has been regularly ranked in Castle Connolly’s and New York Magazine
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
’s Best Doctors in NY as a specialist in obesity and internal medicine.
External links
- https://www.cmsnonline.com
- http://www.weightresearch.net/
- http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Without-Hungry-Ultimate-Success/dp/0767930398/ref=sr_oe_4_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247588276&sr=1-4
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Louis%20J.%20Aronne