Dr. Naji Alamuddin
Chair of Education Committee
Dr. Naji Alamuddin is a consultant endocrinologist, diabetologist, and obesity specialist at King Hamad University Hospital, Associate Professor in Medicine at RCSI Bahrain, and Adjunct at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
He received his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Master in Translational Research from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed an internal medicine residency at Pennsylvania Hospital, and fellowship in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He then joined the faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania as an assistant professor in medicine.
He is board certified in internal medicine, endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. He is on the maintenance of certification committee for the American Board of Obesity Medicine. He is currently enrolled in a Master of Education for Health Professionals at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Alamuddin’s research focuses on the treatment of obesity, involving behavioral, pharmacological, and surgical approaches. He is primarily interested in understanding metabolic changes associated with weight loss and bariatric surgery. He has worked on complex mechanistic human studies from conception to implementation, and has extensive research experience in the fields of lipid metabolism and obesity. Dr. Alamuddin was previously awarded an NIH K12 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program award. He has published in high impact journals including Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Obesity, and Obesity Surgery.