WVU Medicine’s Medical Weight Management now offers Family-Based, Pediatric Weight Management services

WVU Medicine's Medical Weight Management now offers Family-Based, Pediatric Weight Management services. This multidisciplinary clinic, founded and directed by Dr. Treah Haggerty, provides compassionate care to patients (pediatrics alone or pediatric patients and their family) throughout the state and region.

With this program, WVU Medicine’s Medical and Surgical Weight Loss Center continues to expand obesity treatment services and now offers adult, pediatric, surgical, non-surgical, and endoscopic treatment options.

To get scheduled, a patient would need to call the WVU Medical Weight Management Clinic number at 304-598-4890 or send an email to: medicalweightmanagement@hsc.wvu.edu, specifying interest in the pediatric program. Staff will contact the patient's parent/guardian to complete the intake forms through a secure online survey.

The patient care team includes Dr. Treah Haggerty, nurse practitioners Robin Elkins and Amber Shaffer, pediatric psychologist Jennifer Ludrosky, registered dietitian Cathy Shaw, and Caroline Rosenberger, RN.