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Office
3550 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone+1 267-426-9721Fax+1 267-426-3960
Summary
- I am a board certified Pediatrician, Physician Nutrition Specialist, and, Obesity Medicine Specialist. I trained at Dartmouth College (undergrad)Tufts University School of Medicine, and University of Pennsylvania ( Master's of Science in Clinical Epidemiology), with Fellowship training at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I am the Medical Director of the Adolescent Bariatrics Arm of the Healthy Weight Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and am an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Perelman Medical School, University of Pennsylvania.
My research focuses on the psychosocial determinants of childhood obesity in racial/ethnic minorities as well as effectiveness of digital health interventions in adolescents with obeisty in the clinical and community settings.
Education & Training
- Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
- NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2007 - 2024
- MA State Medical License 2002 - 2010
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 94 citationsInfluence of stress in parents on child obesity and related behaviors.Elizabeth Prout Parks, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Reneé H. Moore, Nicolas Stettler, Brian H. Wrotniak
Pediatrics. 2012-11-01 - 85 citationsAntibiotic Exposure During the First 6 Months of Life and Weight Gain During ChildhoodJeffrey S. Gerber, Matthew Bryan, Rachael K. Ross, Carrie Daymont, Elizabeth Prout Parks
JAMA. 2016-03-22 - 27 citationsPerspectives on Stress, Parenting, and Children’s Obesity-Related Behaviors in Black Families:Elizabeth Prout Parks, Anne E. Kazak, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Lisa M. Lewis, Frances K. Barg
Health Education & Behavior. 2016-01-05
Press Mentions
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