Carine M. Lenders, MD, MS, ScD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Lenders is a globally recognized pediatric nutrition expert with 25+ years experience. She is the Founding Director of the Nutrition and Fitness for Life (NFL) program, established in 2003, where she pioneered pediatric obesity approaches at the New England largest safety-net hospital. As Nutrition MD at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), she co-led the OWL (obesity) program for five years, oversaw inpatients nutrition teams for over 20 years, and established the phamacological dose of intravenous fish oil in use today. Dr. Lenders also developed BMC’s pediatric inpatient nutrition model, including a Nutrition MD, to oversee inpatient nutrition safety, and she secured many INDs for intestinal failure-associated liver injury.

A Harvard and ULg trained global health physician and nutrition scientist, Dr. Lenders has served MSF in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ICCDR,B in Bangladesh, and led AFINS in Vietnam. She led transformative initiatives, including revamping the BU medical school nutrition curriculum, training 40,000+ medical professionals worldwide, and reducing hospital malnutrition by 30% in Vietnam. Her global work earned Vietnam’s “Medal of Honor for the People’s Health” and ASN’s Roland L. Weinsier Award, for an outstanding career and innovations in medical nutrition.

Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, Dr. Lenders is an Associate Professor of Pediatric, who influences policy in Massachusetts and Nationally. She secured federal and foundation funding, authored 70+ publications and led educational efforts in 100+ countries, integrating clinical care, research and education to improve global health outcomes.

Publications

  • Published 11/17/2023

    Donovan K, Thomas OW, Sweeney T, Ryan TJ, Kytomaa S, Zhao M, Zhong W, Long M, Rajendran I, Sarfaty S, Lenders C. Eat to Treat: The Methods and Assessments of a Culinary Medicine Seminar for Future Physicians and Practicing Clinicians. Nutrients. 2023 Nov 17; 15(22). PMID: 38004212.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/28/2019

    Lenders CM, Twillman GB. Update on Nutrition, Metabolism, and Lifestyle Curricula for Medical Education, Research, and Practice: USA. Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. 2019; 92:151-160. PMID: 31779010.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/1/2019

    Van Horn L, Lenders CM, Pratt CA, Beech B, Carney PA, Dietz W, DiMaria-Ghalili R, Harlan T, Hash R, Kohlmeier M, Kolasa K, Krebs NF, Kushner RF, Lieh-Lai M, Lindsley J, Meacham S, Nicastro H, Nowson C, Palmer C, Paniagua M, Philips E, Ray S, Rose S, Salive M, Schofield M, Thompson K, Trilk JL, Twillman G, White JD, Zappalà G, Vargas A, Lynch C. Advancing Nutrition Education, Training, and Research for Medical Students, Residents, Fellows, Attending Physicians, and Other Clinicians: Building Competencies and Interdisciplinary Coordination. Adv Nutr. 2019 11 01; 10(6):1181-1200. PMID: 31728505.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/1/2019

    Srivastava G, Fox CK, Kelly AS, Jastreboff AM, Browne AF, Browne NT, Pratt JSA, Bolling C, Michalsky MP, Cook S, Lenders CM, Apovian CM. Clinical Considerations Regarding the Use of Obesity Pharmacotherapy in Adolescents with Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 02; 27(2):190-204. PMID: 30677262.

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  • Published 4/12/2018

    Srivastava G, Palmer KD, Ireland KA, McCarthy AC, Donovan KE, Manders AJ, McDougal J, Lenders CM, Apovian CM. Shape-Up and Eat Right Families Pilot Program: Feasibility of a Weight Management Shared Medical Appointment Model in African-Americans With Obesity at an Urban Academic Medical Center. Front Pediatr. 2018; 6:101. PMID: 29707530.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • Université de Liège, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD
  • Université de Liège, MS

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