Meet Our Team | Overview
Our team of experts work with children and their families to provide the knowledge and support they need to maximize the chance for long-term health and well-being.
The Boston Children's Hospital Bariatric Program Team - 2018
Physicians
Read more about Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD
Medical Director, Adolescent Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Brian Carmine, MD, FACS
Surgical Director, Department of Surgery
Read more about Camilla Richmond, MD, MA
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Nirav Desai, MD
Affiliate Staff, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Donald T. Hess, MD, FACS
Surgeon, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
Read more about Luise Pernar, MD
Attending, Department of Surgery
Read more about Margaret Stefater-Richards, MD, PhD
Medical Director, EMPOWER Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Jason (Yanjia) Zhang, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Consultants
Read more about Melissa Crocker, MD, MBA
Clinical Chief, Endocrinology; Director, Type 2 Diabetes Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Amy Fleischman, MD, MMSc
Director, Optimal Wellness for Life (OWL) Program; Director, Clinical Operations, Division of Endocrinology; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Tracy K. Richmond, MD, MPH
Director, Eating Disorder Program; Director, STEP Program; Co-Director, ARFID Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Dennis Rosen, MD
Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Testing Lab; Senior Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Pulmonary Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Sarah deFerranti, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Ambulatory Cardiology; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Program
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Amy Desrochers DiVasta, MD, MMSc
Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Carolyn R. Rogers-Vizena, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Psychologist
Read more about Marcus F. Cherry, PhD
Associate Chief, Outpatient Psychological Services; Senior Attending Psychologist, Outpatient Psychiatry Service; Senior Attending Psychologist, Adolescent Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Nursing
Read more about Annemarie Fayemi, MS, RN, PNP-PC, CBN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
Dietitians
Read more about Amina Grunko, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Leslie Mattimore, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Clinical Social Workers
Read more about Julie Belmont, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Department of Surgery
Read more about Mary-Bianca Mattocks, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Department of Surgery
Patient Experience Representatives
Annick Renaudin
Patient Experience Representative, Department of Surgery