Arya Mitra Sharma was Professor of Medicine and Alberta Health Services Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the

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and medical director of the

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Obesity Program (2007-2021). In 2006 he founded and was scientific director (2006-2021) of the Canadian Obesity Network (now Obesity Canada) and past president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He also served on numerous committees of professional organizations including

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(TOS) and the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO). Since 2021, he is retired (professor emeritus) and freelances occasionally as a speaker and research, educational, and strategic consultant for commercial and non-commercial organisations.

Life and career

Born in

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(West) Germany in 1959, he moved to

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in 1965 where he lived till 1977 after graduating from the Frank Anthony Public School,

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. On his return to

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in 1977, he received his Abitur from the Weidig Gymnasium, Butzbach, Hesse before taking up his medical training at the

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from which he graduated in 1986. In 2002 he was awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management and was appointed Professor of Medicine at

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, Hamilton, Canada. In 2007 he was awarded the Alberta Health Services endowed chair in Obesity Research and Management and appointed Professor of Medicine at the

, Edmonton,

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, where he is also currently the medical director of the Edmonton Region

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Program. In 2005 he founded the Canadian Obesity Network (now Obesity Canada). He is also a founding member and current president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He writes a daily obesity blog (Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes) and has given media interviews on global, national and local TV, radio and print media.

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