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/Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA
Senior Vice President, Weight Loss
MD, Internal Medicine and in Pediatrics
Dr. Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA is a physician specializing in obesity medicine.
He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois and subsequently attended medical school at Loyola University — The Stritch School of Medicine.
He completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and in Pediatrics at Banner University- Phoenix, and Phoenix Children's Hospital. He received post-residency training in Obesity Medicine and is one of about 7,000 physicians in the U.S. certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
In 2006, Dr. Primack co-founded Scottdale Weight Loss Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he began practicing full-time obesity medicine. Scottsdale Weight Loss Center has grown since then to six obesity medicine clinicians in four locations around the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area.
From 2019–2021, he served as president of the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), a society of over 5,400 clinicians dedicated to clinical obesity medicine. He proudly served on the OMA board from 2010-2024, most recently as ex-officio trustee.
Dr. Primack routinely does media interviews regarding weight loss and regularly speaks around the country educating medical professionals about weight loss and obesity care. He is co-author of the book, “Chasing Diets.”
Bays, H., Lazarus, E., Primack, C., & Fitch, A. (2022). Obesity pillars roundtable: Phentermine — Past, present, and future. Obesity Pillars, 3, 100024. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667368122000158
Primack C. (2021). Obesity and Sleep. The Nursing clinics of North America, 56(4), 565–572. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002964652100075X?via%3Dihub
Primack C. (2018). A review and critique of published real-world weight management program studies. Postgraduate medicine, 130(6), 548–560. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00325481.2018.1498280
Swanson, E., & Primack, C. (2017). Behavior Modification: A Patient and Physician's Perspective. Advances in therapy, 34(3), 765–769. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5350202/
Primack, C. (2012). Two New Drugs Approved for Weight Loss Treatment. Bariatric Times, 9(8), 11. https://bariatrictimes.com/two-new-drugs-approved-for-weight-loss-treatment/
Published: September 15, 2023
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