John La Puma MD
Director, Santa Barbara Institute for Medical Nutrition and Healthy Weight
Santa Barbara, CA
Professional summary
John La Puma MD FACP is an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease. He is a board certified specialist in Internal Medicine, and Director of the Santa Barbara Institute for Medical Nutrition and Healthy Weight. He is formerly a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, and Professor of Nutrition at Kendall College of Culinary Arts. Dr. La Puma is also the Director and Founder of Chef Clinic, a lifestyle-focused wellness group and weight management practice; founder and inventor of GlutenFreeQuiz.com, a screening program for celiac disease, and cofounder of ChefMD and ChefMD.com. A New York Times best-selling author, PBS TV Host of "Eat and Cook Healthy", and Lifetime TV host of "ChefMD", he sees patients in Santa Barbara, California.
Specialties and Interests
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Nutrition,
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Obesity,
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Medical Ethics,
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Alternative Medicine,
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Cooking,
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Stress Management,
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Childhood obesity
Contact
Education
Universities
Baylor College of Medicine
MD
University of California, Santa Barbara
BA, Creative Studies
Postgraduate Training
University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics
West LA VAMC/University of California, Los Angeles
Licenses/Certifications
Professional Cooking
Board Certified, Internal Medicine
Mentors
Mark Siegler, MD FACP
Experience
Professor of Nutrition
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Honors and Awards
Award of Excellence
Memberships
Member
Fellow
Publications
Articles
"Physicians' personal intake and prescription of weight loss products: are we practicing what we preach?"
"Meals at medical specialty society annual meetings: a preliminary assessment."
"A nutritional analysis of an airline meal."
"Community-based research: not just for pharmaceuticals."
"Financial ties as part of informed consent to postmarketing research. Attitudes of American doctors and patients."
"Community hospital ethics consultation: evaluation and comparison with a university hospital service."
"The Patient Self-Determination Act."
"Is there a doctor in the house? An analysis of the practice of physicians' treating their own families."
"Medical staff privileges for ethics consultants: an institutional model."
Disclosure or Conflict of Interest
Dr. La Puma wrote and earns royalties from ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, Ethics Consultation: A Practical Guide, and from The RealAge Diet and Cooking the RealAge Way, both with Dr. Michael Roizen. He has equity interests in these and the URLs above.
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