David Heber, MD, PhD, FACP, FACN
He is the Director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He is also Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition in the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Heber is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in Clinical Nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition.
He directs the NIH Clinical Nutrition Research Unit and the NIH Nutrition and Obesity Training Grants at UCLA.
Dr. Heber is a Director of the American Board of Nutrition and past chair of the Education Committee of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition.
He has written over 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 25 book chapters, and a book by Excerpta Medica entitled, Dietary Fat, Lipids, Hormones and Tumorigenesis.
Dr. Heber is included in the fourth listing of The Best Doctors in America, based on a survey of over 35,000 doctors throughout the nation.
His main research interests are obesity treatment and nutrition for cancer prevention and treatment
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