Alison Grew Hoppin, MD
Associate physician in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Associate director for pediatric programs, MGH Weight Center
- Phone: 617-726-8705
- Departments
- Department of Pediatrics
Specialties
- Digestive Healthcare Center
- Weight Center
- MassGeneral Hospital for Children
- Weight Center
- Gastroenterology & Nutrition
- Clinical Interests
- General pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
- Weight gain and obesity in children and adolescents
- Intolerance of milk and other foods in infants
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical Education
- MD, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency, Babies Hosp. Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, American Board of Pediatrics
- Gender
- Female
- Foreign Languages
- Spanish
- Patient Age Group
- Pediatric
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Biography
Dr. Hoppin is an attending physician in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital, with particular clinical expertise in excessive weight gain and obesity and associated medical problems in children and adolescents. She has been medical director of the Pediatric programs at the MGH Weight Center since its inception in 1999, working closely with a multidisciplinary team including dietitians, psychologists, and surgeons.
Dr. Hoppin completed Medical school at Columbia University, then a residency in Pediatrics at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York. In Boston, she completed a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition through Harvard Medical School (the Combined Program at Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital), then related Research fellowships at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She has been an Attending Physician in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital since 1997.
Publications
View my most recent publications at PubMed
(Selected):1. Stylopoulos N, HoppinAG, Kaplan LM. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Enhances Energy Expenditure and ExtendsLifespan in Diet-induced Obese Rats. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009; Jun 25
2. Lenders C, HoppinAG. Evaluation and management of obesity. In: Nutrition inPediatrics (WA Walker et al, eds). Ontario: BC Decker;2003. p. 917-934.
3 Hoppin AG. Obesity. In: Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease (WA Walker et al,eds). Ontario: BC Decker;2004. p. 311-331.
4. Levitsky LL, Misra M, Boepple PA, Hoppin AG. Adolescent obesity and bariatricsurgery. Curr Opin EndocrinolDiabetes Obes 2009; 16(1):37-44
5. Pratt JS, Lenders CM, Dionne EA, Hoppin AG,Hsu GL, Inge TH, Lawlor DF, Marino MF, Meyers AF, Rosenblum JL, Sanchez VM.Best Practice Updates for Pediatric/Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery. Obesity(Silver Spring) 2009; 17(5):901-10
A Healthy Approach to Treating Childhood Obesity
Experts from MassGeneral Hospital for Children and the MGH Weight Center weigh-in on the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating childhood obesity.
A Healthy Approach to Treating Childhood Obesity
Experts from MassGeneral Hospital for Children and the MGH Weight Center weigh-in on the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating childhood obesity.
The Campaign Against Childhood Obesity
Pediatrician Nicolas Oreskovic, MD, MPH, and researcher Alison Hoppin, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist offer tips to counter "globesity."
MassGeneral Hospital for Children Weight Center: Collaborative Research
Obesity is a unique medical problem because it affects a large proportion of the population across the entire lifespan, causes comorbidities in virtually every organ system including mental health and social functioning, typically affects several members of the same family, and is remarkably refractory to treatment. Accordingly, the MassGeneral Hospital for Children Weight Center is a unique program, with the following goals: multidisciplinary clinical care for children with obesity, lifespan approach, collaborative research.
Frontiers in Pediatrics Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition 2013
This course is designed to meet one or more of the following Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education competencies: Patient care; Medical knowledge; Practice-based learning and improvement; Interpersonal and communication skills; Professionalism; Systems-based practice
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Fax: 617-724-6565
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Phone: 617-726-4400
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