Dr. Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA is a physician specializing in obesity medicine.
He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois and subsequently attended medical school at Loyola University - The Stritch School of Medicine.
He completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and in Pediatrics at Banner University- Phoenix, and Phoenix Children's Hospital. He received post-residency training in Obesity Medicine and is one of about 7,000 physicians in the US certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
In 2006, Dr. Primack co-founded Scottdale Weight Loss Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he began practicing full-time obesity medicine. Scottsdale Weight Loss Center has grown since then to six obesity medicine clinicians in four locations around the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area.
From 2019-2021, he served as president of the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), a society of over 5,000 clinicians dedicated to clinical obesity medicine. He has been on the OMA board since 2010, currently serving as ex-officio trustee.
Dr Primack routinely does media interviews regarding weight loss and regularly speaks around the country educating medical professionals about weight loss and obesity care. He is co-author of the book, “Chasing Diets”.
Publications
Bays, H., Lazarus, E., Primack, C., & Fitch, A. (2022). Obesity pillars roundtable: Phentermine — Past, present, and future. Obesity Pillars, 3, 100024. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667368122000158
Primack C. (2021). Obesity and Sleep. The Nursing clinics of North America, 56(4), 565–572. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002964652100075X?via%3Dihub
Primack C. (2018). A review and critique of published real-world weight management program studies. Postgraduate medicine, 130(6), 548–560. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00325481.2018.1498280
Swanson, E., & Primack, C. (2017). Behavior Modification: A Patient and Physician's Perspective. Advances in therapy, 34(3), 765–769. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5350202/
Primack, C. (2012). Two New Drugs Approved for Weight Loss Treatment. Bariatric Times, 9(8), 11. https://bariatrictimes.com/two-new-drugs-approved-for-weight-loss-treatment/
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