Daniel Weghuber MD

Daniel Weghuber, MD, is an alumnus of Vienna Medical School. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at Paracelsus Medical School (PMU) in Salzburg, Austria. Clinically, he is head of the Department of Pediatrics, specializing in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and Pediatric Endocrinology. He is particularly interested in the treatment of obesity and associated comorbidities including diabetes mellitus, fatty liver and other liver diseases, and phenotypes of preclinical atherosclerosis.

Other areas of interest include orthopedic and psychological comorbidities, interdisciplinary diagnostics, mitochondrial genetics, lifestyle, and pharmacological treatment as well as interdisciplinary as bariatric surgery of children and adolescents with obesity. In addition, he is involved in several training and educational activities of health care professionals on a national and international level regarding obesity management. He is the Past President of the European Childhood Obesity Group.