Chanel Ligon, M.D.

Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP is a leading authority on obesity and its treatment. He is the Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research at Weill-Cornell Medical College and directs the Comprehensive Weight Control Center, a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary obesity research and treatment program he founded in 1987. Dr. Aronne is a founder and Chief Scientific Advisor to FlyteHealth, a medical weight control program delivered online. Dr. Aronne is former president of the Obesity Society and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. A founder and Chair Emeritus of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, he has authored more than 150 papers and book chapters on obesity and edited the National Institutes of Health Practical Guide to the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. He served as a consultant to the VA Weight Management/Physical Activity Executive Council in the development of the MOVE program, the nation’s largest medically based weight control program. Dr. Aronne has won several awards for medical teaching, including the Davidoff Prize from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Elliot Hochstein Award from Cornell University. Dr. Aronne graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College with a BS in biochemistry and from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, followed by a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Fellowship at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and has been on Castle Connelly's "Best Doctors" list for over 20 years.

Barbara Molina is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, working on Dr. Matthew E. Fink’s team where she focuses on outpatient neurology. Barbara earned her undergraduate degree in Nursing at New York University, then began working as a neuroscience nurse at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center while simultaneously earning her Master’s degree at Pace University. During this time, she obtained certifications from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Board of Neuroscience Nurses as a Certified Medical-Surgical Nurse and a Certified Neuroscience Nurse (CNRN), respectively. Barbara had been a nurse for over 10 years in the neurological inpatient setting and has now transitioned to the outpatient setting as an Advanced Practice Provider. She is an active member of the Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State and the American Academy of Neurology. Barbara is dedicated to providing high quality care to patients through effective communication while establishing strong patient-provider relationships.