George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD serves as the S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition and Associate Director of the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

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. He is also the Chief of the Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, and Director of the Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine, which are affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a major flagship teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital and New England Deaconess Hospital...

 in Boston, Massachusetts.

He recently published the critically acclaimed weight loss book, "Break Through Your Set Point", with Julie Corliss

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Background

In 1965, Dr. Blackburn received his medical degree from the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

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. He completed his internship and residency at Boston City Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and in 1973, he obtained his doctorate in nutritional biochemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Accomplishments

Dr. Blackburn's laboratory has a priority to investigate the most complex issues dealing with nutrition and health. He has trained over 100 fellows in applied and clinical nutrition and has published widely on various aspects of nutrition, medicine, and metabolism, with over 400 publications to date. He is on the editorial board of and a reviewer for numerous journals including, the Journal of the American Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, International Journal of Obesity. Dr. Blackburn has been most fortunate to be recognized for his contributions to the field of nutrition by being awarded in 1988 the Grace Goldsmith Award by the American College of Nutrition, and was, in 1992, also made an honorary member of the American Dietetic Association. In 1998 he received the Joseph Goldberger award in Clinical Nutrition from the American Medical Association, and was appointed, six years later, an American Society for Nutrition Fellow in recognition of a distinguished career in nutrition.

Published Work

Blackburn GL. Benefits of weight loss in the treatment of obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999;69:347-349

Blackburn GL. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: where nutrition meets medicine for the benefit of health. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003;78:197-198.

Blackburn GL. Weight management expert column-making scientific sense of different dietary approaches, Part 1: meeting dietary needs, achieving weight loss. Expert Viewpoint, Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology. February 26, 2004.

Blackburn GL. Weight management expert column-making scientific sense of different dietary approaches, Part 2: evaluating diets. Expert Viewpoint, Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology. March 9, 2004.

Blackburn GL, Waltman BA. Expanding the Limits of Treatment—New Strategic Initiatives. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005;105:S131-S135.

GL Blackburn, BR Bistrian, Maini BS, Schlamm HT, Smith MF. Nutritional and metabolic assessment of the hospitalized patient. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1977;1:11-22.