Robert F Kushner

Personal profile

Research Interests

Nutrition and Weight Management, Medical care of the patient with overweight or obesity, Preventive medicine

Medical education in nutrition and obesity

Care of patients who struggle with overweight or obesity

Certifications and Licenses

Internal Medicine

Training Experience

1980	Internship, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
1982	Residency, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
1984	Fellowship, University of Chicago Hospitals

Education/Academic qualification

MD, University of Illinois - Chicago

… → 1979

Research interests

Behavioral Medicine
Nutrition / Dietetics
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Obesity
Preventive Medicine

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Grants 2000 2021

4 Active
16 Finished

Prot#NN9536-4373: Effect and Safety of Semaglutide 2.4 mg Once-Weekly in Subjects with Overweight or Obesity

Kushner, R. F. & Neff, L. M.

DrugDev Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc.

6/29/18 → 6/29/21

Project: Research project

Prot# NN9536-4374: Effect and Safety of Semaglutide 2.4 mg Once-Weekly in Subjects with Overweight or Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Kushner, R. F. & Neff, L. M.

DrugDev Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc.

6/25/18 → 6/25/21

Project: Research project

Prot# APD356-G000-401: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study to Evaluate the Effect of Long-term Treatment with BELVIQ (lorcaserin HCl) on the Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Conversion to Type 2 Diabete

Kushner, R. F.

DrugDev Inc., Eisai, Inc.

8/7/14 → 8/7/20

Project: Research project

Prot #P012-001V: Pivotal Aspiration Therapy with Adjusted Lifestyle (PATHWAY) Study

Kushner, R. F.

Aspire Bariatrics, Inc.

12/7/12 → 12/7/21

Project: Research project

Protocol#G-04: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study Assessing the Effect of Gelesis100 on Body Weight in Overweight and Obese Subjects with and without Type 2 Diabetes

Kushner, R. F.

Medpace, Inc., Gelesis, Inc.

3/7/16 → 3/7/19

Project: Research project

Research Output 1982 2019

12597 Citations
129 Article
64 Review article
14 Comment/debate
10 Editorial
28 More

1 Citation (Scopus)

Aspiration therapy for the treatment of obesity: 4-year results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Thompson, C. C., Abu Dayyeh, B. K., Kushnir, V., Kushner, R. F., Jirapinyo, P., Schorr, A. B., Aronne, L. J., Amaro, A., Jaffe, D. L., Schulman, A. R., Early, D., Stein, A. C., Sharaiha, R., Edmundowicz, S. A., Bohning, J. M., Jensen, M. D., Shukla, A. P., Apovian, C., Kim, D. W., Tran, D. & 8 others, Zarrinpar, A., Ryan, M. B., Young, M., Lowe, A., Haas, M., Goldsmith, H., McCrea, J. & Sullivan, S., Aug 1 2019, In : Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 15, 8, p. 1348-1354 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Randomized Controlled Trials

Obesity

Weight Loss

Therapeutics

Fistula

1 Citation (Scopus)

Development of Obesity Competencies for Medical Education: A Report from the Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative

Kushner, R. F., Horn, D. B., Butsch, W. S., Brown, J. D., Duncan, K., Fugate, C. S., Gorney, C., Grunvald, E. L., Igel, L. I., Pasarica, M., Pennings, N., Soleymani, T. & Velazquez, A., Jul 1 2019, In : Obesity. 27, 7, p. 1063-1067 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Medical Education

Obesity

Benchmarking

Medicine

Education