Nutrition researcher studying diet, body composition, insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function, and metabolic-disease risk.
- diet and metabolism
- body composition and fat distribution
- insulin sensitivity
- beta-cell function
- type 2 diabetes risk
- Credentials
- PhD
- Current role
- University Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition Sciences; Director, Metabolism Core Laboratory
- Institution
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- Patient access
- Research profile only
Official profiles provide faculty and research contacts, not an individual patient-care booking route.
Registered dietitian on the Johns Hopkins Adult Epilepsy Diet Center team, where the published care pathway includes individual diet counseling.
- adult ketogenic diet therapy
- modified Atkins diet therapy
- one-to-one diet counseling
- Credentials
- R.D.
- Current role
- Registered dietitian, Adult Epilepsy Diet Center
- Institution
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Patient access
- Program contact route
She is listed on the adult center’s extended team. Patients see the dietitian through the center’s consultative clinic rather than through a direct individual booking page.
Disclosure context: A 2019 Johns Hopkins study disclosure reported consulting for Nutricia and Vitaflo and lecturing for Nutricia. This is a historical disclosure and does not establish a current relationship.
Consultant paediatric neurologist focused on complex epilepsy and ketogenic diet therapy, and clinical lead of the GOSH Ketogenic Diet Service.
- complex pediatric epilepsy
- ketogenic diet therapy
- drug-resistant epilepsy
- Credentials
- MRCPH, MSc, MD Res
- Current role
- Consultant Paediatric Neurologist; clinical lead, GOSH Ketogenic Diet Service
- Institution
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London, UK
- Patient access
- Referral pathway
GOSH says referrals to its ketogenic diet service are made by a child’s paediatrician or paediatric neurologist. The service lists her as clinical lead and publishes a team contact route.
Pediatric neurologist and medical director of CHOP’s Dietary Treatment Program, with listed expertise in intractable epilepsy and ketogenic diet therapy.
- pediatric epilepsy
- dietary treatment of neurologic disorders
- ketogenic diet therapy
- intractable epilepsy
- Credentials
- MD
- Current role
- Medical Director, Dietary Treatment Program; Attending Physician; Associate Professor of Neurology
- Institution
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Patient access
- Referral pathway
CHOP directs families to its Dietary Treatment Program and offers second-opinion consultation. Patients must first be seen by a CHOP epilepsy specialist before starting dietary treatment.
Nutrition researcher who leads randomized trials of dietary patterns, including low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, and plant-based diets, and studies cardiometabolic and microbiome outcomes.
- randomized human nutrition trials
- low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets
- plant-based dietary patterns
- cardiometabolic outcomes
- diet and the microbiome
- Credentials
- PhD
- Current role
- Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine; Professor-Research, Stanford Prevention Research Center; leader, Nutrition Studies Research Group
- Institution
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- Location
- Stanford, CA
- Patient access
- Research profile only
The official profile provides a research-faculty contact. Its listed nutrition trials are not recruiting, and it provides no clinical-practice booking route.
Endocrinology and nutrition researcher studying how dietary composition affects metabolism, body weight, and chronic-disease risk, including low-glycemic and low-carbohydrate approaches.
- diet and body-weight regulation
- low-glycemic diets
- low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets
- carbohydrate-insulin model
- chronic-disease risk
- Credentials
- MD, PhD
- Current role
- Co-director, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center; Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Nutrition
- Institution
- Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Patient access
- Research profile only
The official research profile calls him an endocrinologist and clinic founder but provides no individual appointment route. This listing does not state that he accepts patients.
Physiology and neuroscience researcher studying metabolic therapies, including ketogenic supplements and drugs, in seizure, environmental, and preclinical disease models.
- ketone metabolic therapies
- seizure disorders
- CNS oxygen toxicity
- environmental physiology
- preclinical metabolic research
- Credentials
- PhD
- Current role
- Associate professor and research scientist of molecular pharmacology and physiology; Research Scientist, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
- Institution
- University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine; Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
- Location
- Tampa, FL
- Patient access
- Research profile only
USF provides academic contact information but no patient-care or appointment pathway.
Disclosure context: USF says his laboratory receives support from unnamed industry partners, along with government agencies, foundations, and donors. USF also records him as an inventor on ketone-related patents assigned to the university.
Neurologist and epileptologist who established a ketogenic diet clinic at Mass General and directs its Pediatric Epilepsy Service.
- pediatric epilepsy
- ketogenic diet therapy
- tuberous sclerosis complex
- epilepsy surgery
- infantile spasms
- Credentials
- MD, PhD
- Current role
- Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Service; Professor in Neurology; neurologist and epileptologist
- Institution
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Patient access
- Not accepting new patients
The current Mass General Brigham profile says she is not accepting new patients. It lists care for pediatric and adult age groups but should not be presented as a new-patient booking option.
Pediatric neurologist focused on childhood seizures and non-drug treatments, including ketogenic diet therapy, modified Atkins diet therapy, and neurostimulation.
- pediatric epilepsy
- ketogenic diet therapy
- modified Atkins diet therapy
- infantile spasms
- neurostimulation
- Credentials
- MD
- Current role
- Director, Pediatric Ketogenic Diet Center; Director, Child Neurology Residency Program; Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
- Institution
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Patient access
- Direct official pathway
The official provider profile says he is accepting new patients, sees infants through adolescents, and participates in telemedicine. The center publishes a pediatric appointment number.
Pediatric neurologist who cares for children with epilepsy, including drug-resistant seizures, and has a special interest in ketogenic diet therapy and surgical evaluation.
- drug-resistant pediatric epilepsy
- ketogenic diet therapy
- epilepsy surgery evaluation
- infantile spasms
- neurostimulation
- Credentials
- MD
- Current role
- Pediatric neurologist and epilepsy specialist; Associate Professor of Neurology
- Institution
- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Patient access
- Direct official pathway
The UCSF provider profile offers appointment and referral routes and notes that telehealth visits are available.
Dietitian on the GOSH Ketogenic Diet Team for epilepsy. The service calculates and monitors individualized diets for referred children.
- pediatric ketogenic diet therapy
- drug-resistant epilepsy
- individual diet calculation and monitoring
- Credentials
- RD
- Current role
- Epilepsy ketogenic dietitian, GOSH Ketogenic Diet Team
- Institution
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London, UK
- Patient access
- Program contact route
She is listed as an epilepsy dietitian on the current GOSH team contact sheet. Patients enter the service through clinician referral and are then assigned dietitian appointments.
Human nutrition researcher studying physiological adaptation to carbohydrate-restricted diets, nutritional ketosis, insulin resistance, and exercise performance.
- carbohydrate-restricted diets
- nutritional ketosis
- insulin resistance
- controlled feeding studies
- exercise and performance nutrition
- Credentials
- PhD, RD
- Current role
- Professor, Department of Human Sciences; Kinesiology program faculty
- Institution
- The Ohio State University
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- Patient access
- Research profile only
The Ohio State faculty profile provides academic contact information and no personal clinical-booking route.
Disclosure context: Ohio State identifies him as a co-founder of Virta Health; Virta lists him as its former Chief Science Officer. Ohio State also reports that Virta received a sub-award under the DOD-funded STAK research project. The sources do not state current equity, compensation, or executive authority.
Exercise and nutrition researcher studying type 2 diabetes, metabolic inflammation, low-carbohydrate diets, nutritional ketosis, and interval training.
- type 2 diabetes
- metabolic inflammation
- low-carbohydrate diets
- nutritional ketosis
- high-intensity interval training
- Credentials
- Ph.D.
- Current role
- Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences; faculty, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
- Institution
- The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
- Location
- Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
- Patient access
- Research profile only
The current UBC profile provides academic and graduate-supervision contacts, not a patient-care booking pathway.
Pediatric epilepsy neurologist and medical director of UCLA’s Ketogenic Diet Therapies Program, with research interests in ketogenic diet and continuous EEG monitoring.
- pediatric epilepsy
- ketogenic diet therapy
- continuous EEG monitoring
- adolescent epilepsy care
- Credentials
- MD
- Current role
- Medical Director, UCLA Ketogenic Diet Therapies Program; Director, Pediatric EEG Laboratory
- Institution
- UCLA Health
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Patient access
- Direct official pathway
The UCLA Health profile says she is accepting new patients and provides appointment and second-opinion routes. The diet program requires a neurologist referral for its initial consultation.
Independent scientist and retired NIH investigator known for controlled feeding studies and mathematical models of energy intake, metabolism, and body-weight regulation.
- controlled human feeding trials
- energy intake and body-weight regulation
- mathematical modeling of metabolism
- ultra-processed food research
- comparative dietary physiology
- Credentials
- Ph.D.
- Current role
- Independent scientist; retired former Chief, NIDDK Integrative Physiology Section
- Institution
- Kevin Hall PhD, LLC; formerly NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
- Location
- Not published
- Patient access
- Research profile only
NIDDK explicitly marks his former lab material as historical and says he has retired. No official source reviewed provides a clinical-care pathway.
Disclosure context: A 2026 Columbia University CME program lists his current affiliation as Kevin Hall PhD, LLC. It does not identify clients, activities, or compensation.
Neurologist and epileptologist whose clinical and research work includes ketogenic therapies for adults with epilepsy, GLUT1 deficiency syndrome, and status epilepticus.
- adult epilepsy
- ketogenic diet therapies
- GLUT1 deficiency syndrome
- status epilepticus
- epilepsy surgery evaluation
- Credentials
- MD
- Current role
- Director, Adult Epilepsy Diet Center; Professor of Neurology
- Institution
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Patient access
- Direct official pathway
The official profile says she sees new patients for second-opinion consultations and ketogenic therapies. The Adult Epilepsy Diet Center publishes a dedicated appointment route.
Disclosure context: A 2019 Johns Hopkins study disclosure reported consulting for Nutricia and Sage Therapeutics and grants from Nutricia and Vitaflo. This is a historical disclosure and does not establish a current relationship.
Registered dietitian on UCLA’s Ketogenic Diet Program team, which monitors children and adults receiving dietary therapy for medically refractory epilepsy.
- ketogenic diet therapy
- pediatric and adult epilepsy
- nutrition monitoring
- Credentials
- RD
- Current role
- Registered dietitian, UCLA Ketogenic Diet Program
- Institution
- UCLA Health
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Patient access
- Program contact route
She is listed on the UCLA program team. The program requires a neurologist referral for an initial consultation and does not offer direct individual booking with its dietitians.
Neuroscientist studying adenosine, metabolism, and brain activity, including mechanisms through which ketogenic diet therapy may affect seizures.
- adenosine and brain activity
- metabolism and brain health
- mechanisms of ketogenic diet therapy
- seizure research
- Credentials
- Ph.D.
- Current role
- Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Applied Science; faculty in Neuroscience and Psychology
- Institution
- Trinity College
- Location
- Hartford, CT
- Patient access
- Research profile only
The official faculty profile provides an academic office contact and no patient-care or appointment route.
Internal medicine and obesity medicine physician whose clinical research includes low-carbohydrate ketogenic, low-glycemic, and reduced-calorie dietary approaches.
- obesity medicine
- medical weight management
- low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets
- low-glycemic diets
- dietary intervention trials
- Credentials
- MD, MHS
- Current role
- Internal medicine doctor; medical weight management specialist; Professor of Medicine
- Institution
- Duke Health
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Patient access
- Direct official pathway
Duke Health says he is accepting new adult patients and publishes appointment numbers for the Lifestyle and Weight Management Center and Duke Outpatient Clinic.
Disclosure context: Duke’s current faculty disclosure lists outside activities with CVS Caremark Corp and Novo Nordisk. The institutional record does not describe the activity type or compensation.
Registered dietitian on the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Ketogenic Diet Center team, which provides supervised dietary therapy for children with epilepsy.
- pediatric ketogenic diet therapy
- diet education
- individual diet monitoring
- Credentials
- R.D.
- Current role
- Registered dietitian, Pediatric Ketogenic Diet Center
- Institution
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Patient access
- Program contact route
She is listed on the pediatric center’s extended team. Access is through the center’s record-review and appointment process, not a direct individual booking page.