Editorial Board
Former World Obesity Federation president Donna Ryan joins the Editorial Board
Dr. Donna Ryan, one of the leading figures in obesity medicine, joins the MBS Digest Editorial Board as Obesity Medicine Editor. She brings decades of clinical research, guideline writing and outcome trial leadership to the board that ranks each week’s articles.
Obesity Medicine Editor
Donna H. Ryan, MD
Professor Emerita at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Dr. Ryan led clinical research there as Associate Executive Director from 1990 to 2012 and served as Executive Director from 2017 to 2018. She has been President of The Obesity Society and of the World Obesity Federation.
She co-chaired the NHLBI panel that developed the guidelines for the evaluation and management of obesity, has co-chaired the steering committee of SELECT, the semaglutide cardiovascular outcome trial, since 2018, and was Associate Editor in Chief of Obesity for nine years. Her honors include The Obesity Society’s George Bray Founder’s Award and George Blackburn Award, and the Obesity Action Coalition’s Health Care Provider of the Year.
2 obesity societies led as President
22 years leading clinical research at Pennington
9 years as Associate Editor in Chief of Obesity
In her words
“I am looking forward to working with my colleagues to draw attention to what is happening of note in our very exciting and very volatile field of obesity research and treatment. The MBS Digest is a great opportunity and I am honored to be asked to join.”
Each week the board ranks the candidate articles in four sections by vote. Editors also bring in articles and write signed commentary. The full board is listed at mbs-digest.com/editorial-board
