Dr. Robert Kushner, MD

• Internal Medicine

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• University Of Chicago Medical Center

  Fellowship Hospital, 1984

• Mcgaw Medical Center Of Northwestern University|northwestern Memorial Hospital

  Residency Hospital, 1982

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital

  Internship Hospital, 1980

• University Of Illinois College Of Medicine

  Medical School, 1979

• What Matters in Weight Loss? An In-Depth Analysis of Self-Monitoring, 2017-05-12

• Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females, 2022-09-15

• Effects of once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg on C-reactive protein in adults with overweight or obesity (STEP 1, 2, and 3): Exploratory analyses of three randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials, 2022-11-29

• Low priority of obesity education leads to lack of medical students' preparedness to effectively treat patients with obesity: results from the U.S. medical school obesity education curriculum benchmark study, 2020-01-28

• Energy compensation and adiposity in humans, 2021-08-27

• A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies, 2021-02-16

• Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors, 2022-11-24

• Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty, 2023-09-20

• Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition, 2022-01-10

• Development of a telehealth obesity OSCE and reliable checklist for assessment of resident physicians: a pilot study, 2022-08-19

• Daily Energy Expenditure through the Human Life Course, 2021-08-13

• Weight regain and cardiometabolic effects after withdrawal of semaglutide: The STEP 1 trial extension, 2022-05-19

• Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the last 3 decades due to declining basal expenditure not reduced activity expenditure., 2023-04-26