Richard Atkinson, M.D.
Director, Obesity Research
MedStar Research Institute
100 Irving St., NW
Room # EB-4109
Washington, DC 20010

Telephone: (202) 877-2058
E-mail: rla7@medstar.net
Website link:
Accepting new patients: No
Areas of Clinical Interest: Etiology and treatment of obesity and complications, particularly drug treatment of obesity.

Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences;
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (Medicine)
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (Medicine Intern)
Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, CA (Medicine Resident)
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Endocrine Fellow)
Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, CA (Endocrine Fellow)

Faculty Positions:

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine; University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1977 - 1983
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine; University of California at Davis; Davis, California; 1983 - 1987
Professor of Internal Medicine; Chief, Division of Clinical Nutrition; Eastern Virginia Medical School; Norfolk, Virginia; 1987 - 1993
Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences; Director, Beers-Murphy Clinical Nutrition Center; Chief, Section of Clinical Nutrition, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; 1993 - 2003

Activities and Honors:

President, North American Association for the Study of Obesity, 1990-1991
Member, NIDDK National Task Force on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, 1991-1995
Nutrition Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1991-1995;
Chair, 1993-95
President, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, 1994-95
President, American Obesity Association, 1995-Present
Editor, International Journal of Obesity, 2000-Present

Certification Date: 11/17/2001
Expiration Date: 11/17/2011
Certificate Number: 1010086