Full Name
Katherine Saunders
Job Title
Obesity Physician, Co-Founder
Company
Weill Cornell Medicine, FlyteHealth
Speaker Bio
Dr. Katherine H. Saunders is a physician innovator and an internationally recognized expert in obesity medicine. She co-founded FlyteHealth, a software and clinical services company that provides evidence-based, cost-effective cardiometabolic treatment to employers and health systems throughout the US.
Dr. Saunders received her undergraduate degree Phi Beta Kappa/Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College and her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she became a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her residency training in internal medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine. She was the first clinical fellow in obesity medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and one of the first obesity medicine fellows in the country.
She is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Her TED talk has encouraged half a million individuals to think differently about obesity. Dr. Saunders hosts the Weight Matters podcast with Dr. Louis Aronne, and she regularly speaks at international conferences. She has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and she has been featured in many national media outlets. She is a regular guest on podcasts, radio and TV shows. Dr. Saunders is a member of Weill Cornell Medicine’s voluntary faculty, founded the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association Board of Directors’ Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee, and sits on Weill Cornell Medicine Board of Fellows’ Committee for Research and Entrepreneurship. She is chair of The Obesity Society’s Communications Committee and a member of the American Diabetes Association of New York’s Community Leadership Board. Recent awards and recognition include the Women at Weill Investment Competition, Brown Brothers Harriman 22 Women to Watch in 2022, Medika Life Top 30 Influencers Transforming Wellness, the Health Innovators’ Top Health Innovators to Watch, and New York Super Doctors.
Dr. Saunders received her undergraduate degree Phi Beta Kappa/Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College and her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she became a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her residency training in internal medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine. She was the first clinical fellow in obesity medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and one of the first obesity medicine fellows in the country.
She is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Her TED talk has encouraged half a million individuals to think differently about obesity. Dr. Saunders hosts the Weight Matters podcast with Dr. Louis Aronne, and she regularly speaks at international conferences. She has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and she has been featured in many national media outlets. She is a regular guest on podcasts, radio and TV shows. Dr. Saunders is a member of Weill Cornell Medicine’s voluntary faculty, founded the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association Board of Directors’ Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee, and sits on Weill Cornell Medicine Board of Fellows’ Committee for Research and Entrepreneurship. She is chair of The Obesity Society’s Communications Committee and a member of the American Diabetes Association of New York’s Community Leadership Board. Recent awards and recognition include the Women at Weill Investment Competition, Brown Brothers Harriman 22 Women to Watch in 2022, Medika Life Top 30 Influencers Transforming Wellness, the Health Innovators’ Top Health Innovators to Watch, and New York Super Doctors.
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