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This registered dietitian works exclusively with the bariatric surgeons at Â鶹¸ßÇå’s Department of Surgery, educating their patients about the unique nutritional requirements of weight loss procedures, including Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch, Stomach Intestinal Pylorus-Sparing surgery, Adjustable Gastric Band, and Obalon. She also organizes and moderates the Cornell GI Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Program's support group meetings and coordinates quality initiatives for maintaining the center’s Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program designation.

She writes for, and serves on the editorial board of, Bariatric Times, a national, peer-reviewed industry publication. Liz is a reviewer for various journals including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases and Obesity Surgery. She authors book chapters and speaks on the topic of nutrition for various audiences around the country.  She is especially proud to have founded Manhattan’s first “ASMBS Foundation Walk from Obesity” in 2003, and continues to serve on the organizational committee for this event which  raises awareness and funds to help in the fight against the devastating chronic disease of obesity which affects one third of our nation.