Biographical Sketch
Leslie Heinberg, PhD, M.A., is Director of Behavioral Services for the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and is a staff member of the Neurological Institute and the Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute. She is a nationally recognized expert in body image with substantial research and clinical experience in obesity and eating disorders among children, adolescents and adults.
Dr. Heinberg is a member of the Eating Disorders Research Society, an invited, limited membership society for the top researchers in the eating disorders field and chairs the body image special interest group for the International Academy of Eating Disorders. She has served as a principal investigator or co-investigator on 3 NIH-funded projects addressing body image.
Further, Dr. Heinberg has served as a principal investigator, co-investigator or consultant on 4 NIH-funded projects focusing on lifestyle change for reducing or preventing obesity. Her clinical interests include obesity, bariatric surgery, eating disorders and disorders of body image.
Specialty Interests
body image, eating disorders, health psychology, Obesity, obesity
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to approve the public disclosures of their scientific
collaborations with industry. As of 10/24/2008 the review
process regarding Dr. Heinberg’s disclosure had not been
completed. Patients should feel free to contact their doctor
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