Our Multidisciplinary Expert Team
The Center for Weight Loss at Cedars-Sinai employs a highly integrated, multidisciplinary team of specialists that provides personalized patient care with the best possible outcomes. Team members include:
- Weight loss surgeons who specialize in minimally invasive surgical techniques
- Internists who specialize in obesity and nutrition
- Registered dietitians
- Physical therapists
- Certified Bariatric Nurses
- Anesthesiologists
- Mental health professionals with expertise in eating disorders
- Respiratory therapists
Program Leadership
 Edward Phillips, MD, FACS Director, Center for Weight Loss; Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery; Chief, Division of General Surgery; Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center; Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program; Surgeon, Colorectal Cancer Program |  Scott A. Cunneen, MD, FACS Co-Director, Bariatric Surgery; Member, Center for Weight Loss |
 Adrienne Youdim, MD Director of Medical Weight Loss, Center for Weight Loss |  Ted Khalili, MD, FACS Director of Bariatric Surgery |
 Farzin M. Feizbakhsh, MD General Surgery |  Sergey Lyass, MD General Surgery |
 Gregg K. Nishi, MD, FACS Member, Center for Weight Loss, General Surgery |  Thomas Rosko, MD Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Services |
- Gary N. Furman, MD, Medical Coordinator, Center for Weight Loss*
- Julian Gold, MD, Anesthesiology
Other Participating Team Members
- Alexis Peraino, MD Internal Medicine - candidate participant**
- Leo Treyzon, MD, MS Gastroenterology - candidate participant**
