Dr. Osama Hamdy
Medical Director, Obesity Clinic Program and Inpatient Diabetes Program, Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston , United States Of America
Biography
Dr. Hamdy is the Medical Director of the Obesity Clinical Program, Clinical Investigator and Director of Inpatinet Diabetes Management at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His clinical research focuses on the short- and long-term effects of lifestyle modification on metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors, body fat distribution and inflammation markers in obese individuals with diabetes. Dr. Hamdy and colleagues’ research led to the first discovery that obese adults who lost 7% of their initial weight had significant improvement of their vascular endothelial function. This improvement may eventually prevent progression of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. Dr. Hamdy is a co-investigator of several landmark studies; including the the major NIH-funded Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) Study.
Dr. Hamdy founded the “Weight Achievement and Intensive Treatment-Why WAIT?” program and the YOU-Turn program, the world’s first clinical practice weight management programs for obese patients with diabetes. Why WAIT showed long-term significant improvement in diabetes control, lipid, kidney and liver profiles together with significant improvement in quality of life and physical fitness. Participants were also able to cut their diabetes medications by ~50% and cut 44% on diabetes related cost (DRC)/year and 27% of total health care cost (HCC)/year. Dr. Hamdy received NIH support to develop a Why WAIT model for primary care physicians.
Dr. Hamdy also chaired the task force that developed the Joslin Nutrition Guidelines and is member of the Nutrition Committee of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist (AACE) that developed many of the current guidelines for nutrition and obesity management. Dr. Hamdy is also co-chaired the global task force that developed the Transcultural Diabetes Nutrition Alogrithm (tDNA). This culturaly orinted medical nutrition therapy algorithm is adpated for appication worldwide and country-specific for patinets with diabetes and prediabetes. As well-respected diabetelogist and clinical researcher who practiced in 4 countries over the last 30, he is leading an effort to improve the quality of dibates care for patinets admitted to the hospitals through implementing an integrated model of care.
Dr. Hamdy has more than 150 peerreviewed original articles, reviews, chapters, conference abstracts and proceedings. He is on the editorial board of US Eendocrinology, Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy and 2-times section editor of the Current Diabetes Report. He is a member of the editorial review board of many scentific medical journals including JAMA, Diabetes Care, Obesity Research and the Expert Opinions.