Helen Katia Delichatsios MD

Dr. Delichatsios is a Clinician-Educator at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has an active Primary Care practice and many students and residents whom she supervises. She has developed teaching tools for patients, students, and physicians on nutrition related topics. Her research interests and publications concern effective nutrition and obesity counseling methods in the Primary Care Office. Dr. Delichatsios is a Nutrition Educator at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She led the transition to the new Clinical Nutrition course that started in 2007 with the Medical Education Reform at HMS. On the Nutrition Curriculum Committee, she strives to increase nutrition and obesity education in all four years of medical school and beyond. She teaches faculty development sessions on Nutrition Education, including physician self-health.
A graduate of Cornell University Medical College in 1994, Dr. Delichatsios completed her residency at Cornell New York Hospital in Manhattan. In 2000, she obtained a Masters of Science degree in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. She serves on the editorial board of the Harvard Women's Health Watch monthly newsletter. She is also involved in her town's Wellness Committee to improve the public school lunch program.