With more than 18 years of experience in helping obese children, Stephanie Walsh, M.D. is a leader in the field. As Medical Director of Child Wellness at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital®, Dr. Walsh leads the hospital’s efforts in preventing and treating childhood obesity through encouraging Georgia families to live healthier lifestyles. Dr. Walsh led the effort to establish an obesity clinic at Children’s in 2008 to treat the problem of obesity and its related health issues.
Dr. Walsh is committed to serving children through expanding Children’s obesity clinic services in the coming years. Additionally, through a partnership with the Community Physician Advisory Council, she will work with pediatricians statewide to implement proven methods of treating obesity into their practices.
Along with her position as Medical Director of Child Wellness, Dr. Walsh is also active within the health care community. Since 2004, she has served as an Assistant Professor at the Emory School of Medicine and a Hospitalist at Children’s at Egleston. She also worked with Children’s to establish the initial exercise component of FitKids, a long-standing Children’s program to treat overweight and obese children in the primary care setting.
Dr. Walsh lives with her husband and three boys in Atlanta, and exercise and balanced diet are top priorities in her home. As a member of the Parents on Produce board, Dr. Walsh provides medically sound tips and information on healthy eating and exercise.
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Fighting Childhood Obesity One Family at a Time