A/Prof Priya Sumithran
Endocrinologist & Clinical Lead of Obesity Medicine – The Alfred
Associate Professor Priya Sumithran is an endocrinologist and researcher. She is clinical lead of Obesity Medicine at Alfred Health and leads the Obesity and Metabolic Medicine group at the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University. Her clinical work focuses on the care of people with obesity and related diseases, and her research interests are in the neuroendocrine regulation of appetite and eating behaviours, and the clinical application of medications and surgery for metabolic diseases. She has received several awards for research, has published her work in leading international journals and served on the council of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society from 2017 to 2022.
