David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
UCLA Center for Human Nutrition
900 Veteran Ave Rm 1-2-213
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1742

Telephone:(310)206-1987
E-mail: dheber@mednet.ucla.edu
Website link:
Accepting new patients: YES
Areas of Clinical Interest: Obesity and nutrition in cancer prevention and treatment

Harvard Medical School, 1973
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1978
Present Position and Location: Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Director, UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles, CA; Program Director and Principal Investigator ,UCLA Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, Nutrition and Obesity Training Program, and Center for Dietary Supplements Research in Botanicals.

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, 1969, Alpha Omega Alpha 1973, Best Doctors in America 2000 and 2001, Who’s Who in America 2000, Researcher Award CaPCure (Association for the Cure of Prostate Cancer), Member-California Cancer Research Council, Member- National Cancer Institute Nutrition Implementation Committee, Chair, Center Directors’ Meeting Centers for Dietary Supplments Research, 2000, Principal, Centers for Obesity Research and Education, Program Chair, North American Association for the Study of Obesity, 2000.

Scientific Interests: Gene-Nutrient Interaction in Cancer, Actions and Interactions of Phytochemicals, Treatment and Prevetion of Obesity and Obesity-Associated Diseases including Diabesity and Heart Disease.

Participation in ASCN Affairs: Mentor AMSA/ASCN Nutrition Internships, Chair, Nutrition Education Committee 1988-1995, Member Physician Member Task Force; Chair, Symposium on Nutrition and Cancer at Annual Meetings 1997, 2001.

Certification Date: 11/17/2001
Expiration Date: 11/17/2011
Certificate Number: 1010076