Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford practices and teaches at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She is one of the first fellowship-trained obesity medicine physicians in the world. Dr. Stanford has served as a health communications fellow for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as a behavioral sciences intern at the American Cancer Society. She also completed a media internship at the Discovery Channel, and was the recipient of the Gold Congressional Award – the highest honor the U.S. Congress bestows upon America’s youth.
Education and Training
- Master of Business Administration, Quantic School of Business and Technology, 2021
- Obesity Medicine and Nutrition Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2015
- Master of Public Administration, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 2015
- Zuckerman Fellow, Harvard Center for Public Leadership
- Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, University of South Carolina, 2012
- Medical Degree, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, 2007
- Master of Public Health, Emory University, 2001
- Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 2000
Professional Highlights
- Dr. Anthony E. Karpas Memorial Lecture Award, Georgia Society of Endocrinology, 2022
- Memorial Award Lecture, Department of Nutrition Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2022
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 2021
- Dr. Edmond and Rima Cabbabe Dedication to the Profession Award, American Medical Association (AMA), 2021
- Grant Rodkey Award, Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), 2021
- Clinician of the Year, The Obesity Society, 2020
- Clinician of the Year Award, Suffolk District Medical Society Community, 2019
- Reducing Health Disparities Award, MMS, 2019
- Harold Amos Diversity Award, Harvard Medical School, 2017
- Award for Women’s Health, MMS, 2017
- Young Leadership Award, American College of Physicians (ACP) Massachusetts Chapter, 2015
- Inspirational Physician Award, AMA, 2015
- Joseph E. Johnson Leadership Award, ACP, 2013
- Paul Ambrose Award for national leadership among resident physicians, AMA, 2009
- Foundation Leadership Award, AMA, 2005
