Our Multidisciplinary Expert Team
The Center for Weight Loss at Cedars-Sinai employs a highly integrated, multidisciplinary team of specialists that provides personalized patient care with the best possible outcomes. Team members include:
- Weight loss surgeons who specialize in minimally invasive surgical techniques
- Internists who specialize in obesity and nutrition
- Registered dietitians
- Physical therapists
- Certified Bariatric Nurses
- Anesthesiologists
- Mental health professionals with expertise in eating disorders
- Respiratory therapists
Program Leadership
 Edward Phillips, MD, FACS Director, Center for Weight Loss; Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery; Chief, Division of General Surgery; Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center; Surgeon, Colorectal Cancer Program |  Scott A. Cunneen, MD, FACS Co-Director, Center for Weight Loss |
 Adrienne Youdim, MD Director of Medical Weight Loss, Center for Weight Loss |  Ted Khalili, MD, FACS Director of Bariatric Surgery |
 Sergey Lyass, MD General Surgery |  Gregg K. Nishi, MD, FACS Bariatric Surgery |
- Farzin M. Feizbakhsh, MD, General Surgery
- Gary N. Furman, MD, Medical Coordinator, Center for Weight Loss*
- Philippe J. Quilici, MD, FACS, General Surgery
- Alexander S. Tovar, MD, General Surgery
