Dr. Robert Pretlow graduated with honors from Princeton University. He received his MD from the University of Virginia Medical School, where he also did his internship and residency in pediatrics. He is board-certified in pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has a MS in electrical engineering from Old Dominion University. Dr. Pretlow has published 33 articles, has been awarded 5 U.S. patents, and has presented multiple abstracts, keynotes, plenaries, panels, and tutorials at national and international conferences. He is the CEO of eHealth International and creator of the W8Loss2Go app for treatment of obesity and the BrainWeighve app for treatment of addiction, both currently in trials at UCLA.
Research interests: Addiction, obesity