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ABOUT
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Dr.
Wallach (also known as
Dr. Jamie) is well experienced in
the pediatric and nutrition
professions. She has over
twenty-five years of experience
in the nutritional field and a
cumulative 18 years in the
medical field. She began her
professional career as a
Registered Dietitian after
graduating from University of
California at Davis with a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Dietetics in 1984.
After working as a dietitian
in the areas of cardiovascular,
diabetic, and pediatric
nutrition, Dr. Wallach entered
medical school in 1989 at Chicago
Medical School and then entered
pediatric residency at Stanford
University in 1993. During her
seven years as a private
pediatrician in the Los Gatos
area, Dr. Wallach was constantly
confronted by the reality of the
growing national problem of
childhood obesity and
overweight.
She left her private general
pediatric practice in December of
2004 to focus full-time on
helping children and adolescents
become healthier and to lead
longer, more productive lives.
Her position in the local
pediatric community among her
peers and previous patients from
her general pediatric practice
gave her an advantageous start to
her practice.
In January 2005, she opened
Bay Area Committed to Kids
Medical Group, Inc., a
multi-disciplinary medical
practice devoted entirely to
helping children, adolescents and
families achieve healthier
lifestyles and appropriate
weights consistent with lifelong
health and wellness. Her
program includes comprehensive,
individualized care provided by
herself, who is double-board
certified as a pediatrician and a
physician nutrition specialist, a
behavioral specialist, dietitian,
and fitness expert in both
individual and group
sessions.
She has now accumulated over
four years of experience in the
new, uncharted field of pediatric
weight management. Along
with her wrap-around specialty
practice she has also made an
emphasis of advocating the role
of all health providers in the
prevention and management of
pediatric obesity in a primary
care setting. She actively
participates in local and
state-level medical societies
activities aimed at the
development and implementation of
pediatric obesity education and
training of other health care
professionals.
Dr.
von Almen (also known as
Dr. Kris) has worked in the field
of pediatric weight management
for over twenty years. He is a
co-author of Trim Kids,
(for parents of overweight kids),
and the Handbook of Pediatric
Obesity: Clinical Management. He
is also a co-author of numerous
scientific articles published in
popular and scientific journals
including Journal of the American
Medical Association, Health
Psychology, Pediatric and
Adolescent Medicine, American
Journal of Disease in Childhood,
Journal of the American Dietetic
Association, and Obesity
Research. Over the past five
years, he has specialized in
training health professionals
around the world to run their own
Committed to Kids programs and
has lectured extensively on the
topic. Dr von Almen serves as
faculty for the American Dietetic
Association’s credentialing
course for Pediatric and
Adolescent Weight Management.
Dr. Kristian von Almen received
his doctorate in applied
developmental psychology in 1987
from the University of New
Orleans. He is co-founder and
former director of the Committed
to Kids Weight Management program
that was initiated 20 years ago
at Louisiana State University
Medical Center and Children's
Hospital of New Orleans. CTK is a
multidisciplinary treatment for
child, teen and family
overweight, and Dr. von Almen
developed and implemented the
behavioral treatment portion of
the program. He relocated to San
Jose and has been an integral
part in the conception and
implementation of BACTK, along
with Dr. Wallach, the program’s
founder and director.
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