Robert Kushner MD, MS

Dr. Robert F. Kushner, MD, MS, is a Professor of Medicine and Medical Education in the Division of Endocrinology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Director of the Northwestern University Center for Lifestyle Medicine in Chicago, IL. After finishing a residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University, he went on to complete a post-graduate fellowship in Clinical Nutrition and earned a Master's degree in Clinical Nutrition and Nutritional Biology from the University of Chicago.

Dr Kushner is past President of The Obesity Society (TOS), the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists (ABPNS), and a founder and past Chair of the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM). He was awarded the 2016 Clinician-of-the-Year Award by The Obesity Society, the John X Thomas Best Teachers of Feinberg Award at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2017, and the Friend Award by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Weight Management Group in 2020.