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53 verified obesity and weight doctors practice across California. Each one has an active license we checked, board certifications on record, and a signed, dated attestation that they follow the current guidelines. If you are looking for a good obesity and weight doctor near you, start with the facts on each card rather than star ratings: license verified, board-certified, attestation date, screening date, and no supplement, peptide, or compounded drug sales.
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Weight loss doctor · Camarillo, CA
Board-certified general and bariatric surgeon in Camarillo, California, one of the first surgeons certified in culinary medicine, who spends his public life debunking diet fads and supplement claims with the actual evidence.
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Preventive cardiologist, Cardiologist · San Francisco, CA
UCSF cardiologist and Associate Professor of Medicine specializing in preventive cardiology, with research interests in coronary disease genetics, cardiovascular risk assessment and metabolic disorders such as obesity and fatty liver disease.
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Preventive cardiologist, Lipidologist · Los Angeles, CA
Preventive cardiologist and published researcher who founded Precision Preventive Cardiology, a primarily virtual practice combining evidence-based medical care with nutrition, exercise and stress-management interventions.
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Preventive cardiologist, Cardiologist · San Francisco, CA
Board-certified cardiologist and clinical lipidologist trained at Columbia and NYU who runs Whole Heart Cardiology, a direct-care preventive cardiology practice in San Francisco with telemedicine for patients in California, Florida and New York.
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Cardiologist, Preventive cardiologist · Encinitas, CA
Board-certified general, invasive and preventive cardiologist with San Diego Cardiovascular Associates (Encinitas and La Jolla), with interests in sports cardiology, cardio-oncology, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and medically supervised weight loss; faculty at Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Cardiothoracic surgeon, Lipidologist · Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles physician who trained as a cardiothoracic and general surgeon before founding The Center for Cholesterol Management, now focused on preventive cardiology and cholesterol management, board-certified in both general and thoracic surgery.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · San Francisco, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in San Francisco, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Cardiologist, Preventive cardiologist · Encinitas, CA
Non-invasive cardiologist (MD/PhD, UCLA) with San Diego Cardiovascular Associates who emphasizes preventive measures in treating heart disease; nuclear cardiology and echocardiography.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · Mountain View, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Dr. Joseph C. Chao in Mountain View, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Family medicine doctor · Orange County, CA
Dr. Shannon Connolly is a family medicine physician with Optum in Orange County, California. She served as president of the California Academy of Family Physicians in 2021–2022.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · San Diego, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Internal medicine doctor, Family medicine doctor · San Francisco, CA
Alicia Fernandez is a general internist in San Francisco who has practiced for more than 25 years. She is a professor of medicine at UCSF, sees patients at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, and serves on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which writes national recommendations for preventive care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Cardiologist, Heart failure specialist · Los Angeles, CA
Interim Chief of the UCLA Division of Cardiology, Director of the Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center and Co-Director of the UCLA Preventive Cardiology Program. Holds the Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and has published over 1,400 research studies on heart failure and prevention.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · Chula Vista, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology in Chula Vista, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · Monterey, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Montage Health in Monterey, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · Newport Coast, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Robert S. Greenfield MD in Newport Coast, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Weight loss doctor, Internal medicine doctor · San Diego, CA
Dr. Eduardo Grunvald is an internal medicine doctor at UC San Diego Health who is board certified in obesity medicine. He led the American Gastroenterological Association guideline on medications for adults with obesity and treats weight as a long-term medical condition.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Endocrinologist · Oceanside, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Tri-City Endocrinology in Oceanside, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Preventive cardiologist, Cardiologist · Los Angeles, CA
Director of Preventive Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai's Smidt Heart Institute, Associate Director of the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, and holder of the Anita Dann Friedman Endowed Chair in Women's Cardiovascular Medicine and Research; her research focuses on prevention of heart disease in women.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Endocrinologist · Los Angeles, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Charles R. Drew Med & Science Univ in Los Angeles, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Cardiologist, Interventional cardiologist · Riverside, CA
Board-certified interventional cardiologist with Kaiser Permanente Riverside since 2004 who emphasizes a holistic approach to coronary artery disease built on nutrition, stress reduction and exercise.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · Stanford, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Stanford University, Falk CVRC in Stanford, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · Gilroy, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at South Valley Med & Cardio Med Group Inc in Gilroy, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Geriatrician, Family medicine doctor · Sacramento, CA
Huey Lin is a family medicine doctor and geriatrician at UC Davis Health in Sacramento. She sees patients in a general outpatient practice and teaches residents.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Endocrinologist · Fullerton, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at St Jude Hospital in Fullerton, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · San Francisco, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology in San Francisco, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Cardiologist · Palo Alto, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Cardiologist, Preventive cardiologist · Encinitas, CA
Cardiologist with San Diego Cardiovascular Associates (Tufts MD, UC Davis fellowship) whose clinical emphasis is preventive cardiology with early identification and prevention of atherosclerotic coronary heart disease.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Lipidologist, Family medicine doctor · Tulare, CA
Physician certified in clinical lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, practicing at Miyakawa Medical Group Inc in Tulare, CA. Lipidologists manage cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein(a) with guideline-based care.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
Internal medicine doctor, Family medicine doctor · Sacramento, CA
Elora Negose is a primary care physician at the UC Davis Ambulatory Care Center in Sacramento. She also helps direct the primary care track of the UC Davis internal medicine residency program.
Listed from public sources and screened against our eligibility rules. Not yet claimed or attested to guideline-based care.
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Each provider's license is verified against the national registry, board certifications are recorded, their public presence is screened by a person, and they sign a dated attestation that they follow the current society guidelines for the conditions they treat. Attestations renew every year and a random sample is audited monthly.
No. Ratings are easy to manipulate and say little about whether care follows the evidence. Every card shows facts you can check instead: license verified, board certifications, attestation date, and screening date.
Telemedicine providers must be licensed in the state where you are located during the visit. Use the telemedicine filter in search to see who is licensed for California.
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Ask them. A guideline-based obesity and weight doctor can tell you which society guideline they follow and why each treatment is recommended. Our guideline hubs explain in plain language what good care looks like for each condition, including red flags like supplements or compounded drugs sold as treatment.
Vetting methodology reviewed by Dr. Mohammed Alo, DO, FACC. Listings are paid subscriptions from verified clinicians; payment never changes review outcomes or organic order. Attestations are self-reported and spot audited. This page is informational and not medical advice. How we vet.
