HOME MAJOR NEEDS SCIENCE PRODUCTS PEOPLE PRESS INVESTORS CAREERS REGION PASSION & EXPERTISE LEADERSHIP TEAM SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS Caroline Apovian, M.D. Dr. Caroline Apovian is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management at Boston Medical Center. MORE Louis J. Aronne, M.D., FACP Louis J. Aronne, M.D., FACP is a leading authority on obesity and its treatment. MORE Arne Astrup, M.D. Head of Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at University of Copenhagen; Former President of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. MORE Ken Fujioka, M.D. Director of the Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center and the Center for Weight Management in La Jolla California at the Scripps Clinic. MORE Allan Geliebter, Ph.D. Senior Attending Psychologist, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital; Pioneer in the gastric balloon field. MORE Hassan Heshmati, M.D. - Consultant, Endocrinology and Metabolism Dr. Hassan M. Heshmati, has over 37 years of experience in clinical research in pharmaceutical companies (Essentialis, Carlsbad, CA and Sanofi-Aventis, Malvern, PA) and in academia (Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN and university-affiliated hospitals, Paris, France). MORE James Hill, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, University of Colorado; Past President of The Obesity Society (TOS); Director of the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center. MORE Lee M. Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Lee Kaplan is the Director of the Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute, founding director of the Weight Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. MORE Bennett Shapiro, M.D. Co-founder and Non-Executive Director of PureTech Health. Previously was EVP, Worldwide Licensing, Basic, and External Research for Merck. While at Merck, Dr. Shapiro led the research programs that resulted in FDA registration of approximately 20 drugs and vaccines. MORE Angelo Tremblay, Ph.D. Obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology in Laval University, Quebec City, and is currently a professor in the Department of Kinesiology in this university. MORE Meet our Board of Directors BOARD OF DIRECTORS © 2021 Gelesis – All rights reserved Terms and conditions Privacy Policy E.U. GDPR – English | Italian Social Media Community Guidelines Patent Notice Contact