Awards
2015
Award Winning Poster from the Health Services Research Section, The Obesity Society, National Meeting
2014
United States Senate, Expert Testimony on behalf of the American Heart Association
2013 - 2015
Governor's Anti-Hunger Task Force
Location: New York State
2013
Ruth A. Lawrence Academic Faculty Service Award in Community Service
Sponsor: Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center
Location: Rochester, NY
2012
The Millie and Richard Brock Award in Pediatrics
Sponsor: New York Academy of Medicine
2011 - Present
Fellow, The Obesity Society
Sponsor: The North American Association for the Study of Obesity
2011 - 2012
Chairman, Membership Committee
Sponsor: The Obesity Society
2011 - 2011
Dr. David Satcher Award for Community Health Partnership
Sponsor: Center for Community Health, URMC
2011 - 2011
National Science Advocate of the Year
Sponsor: American Heart Association
2011
Special Achievement Award
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics-NYS Chapter 1 Obesity Taskforce
Location: for leadership in addressing childhood obesity
2011
Health and Nutrition Advocate of the Year
Sponsor: Cornell Cooperative Extension
2010 - 2010
NYS Advocate of the Year, American Heart Association
Sponsor: American Heart Association
2009
Named to "America's Top Physicians"
2009
Named to "America's Top Family Doctors"
2009
Named to the Rochester Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" award for outstanding community service by young professionals under
2008
Dean's Nomination for the Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award
Sponsor: Association of American Medical Colleges
2008
Special Achievement Award
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
2007 - Present
Named to "Best Doctors in America"
2007 - Present
Named to "America's Top Pediatricians"
2006 - 2007
Extraordinary Service Award, Pediatric Residency
2005 - 2006
Outstanding Hospital Faculty Teaching Award
2002 - 2003
Samuel W. Clausen Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center and Golisano Children's Hospital at S
2002
Fellow
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
2001
Dr. CP Varma Outstanding Resident Award, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1998
Niagara University Presidential Scholarship
1996
Emilie Davis Rodenberg Memorial Award for the student most interested in the field of Endocrinology, SUNY at Buffalo School of M
1994
Primary Care Resource Center Summer Externship Outstanding Student Award, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY
1992
Niagara Medal, Niagara University
1991
Sigma Alpha Sigma Honor Society
1991
Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society
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Publications
Journal Articles
6/13/2023
Epstein LH, Wilfley DE, Kilanowski C, Quattrin T, Cook SR, Eneli IU, Geller N, Lew D, Wallendorf M, Dore P, Paluch RA, Schechtman KB. "Family-Based Behavioral Treatment for Childhood Obesity Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA.. 2023 Jun 13; 329(22):1947-1956.
6/6/2023
Ramel M, Wilfley DE, Tabak R, Lew D, Moursi NA, Kilanowski C, Cook SR, Eneli IU, Quattrin T, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH. "Relationships examined: Parent and child readiness to change and sociodemographic characteristics in family based weight loss treatment." Pediatric obesity.. 2023 Jun 6; :e13062. Epub 2023 Jun 06.
3/2/2022
Liebhart JL, Goodman AB, Lindros J, Krafft C, Cook SR, Baker A, Hassink SG. "Key Predictors of Primary Care Providers' Self-Efficacy in Caring for Children with Overweight or Obesity." Academic pediatrics.. 2022 Mar 2; Epub 2022 Mar 02.
Books & Chapters
2016
Chapter Title: Obesity
Book Title: The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care. 4th edition
Author List: Cook, S, Sahler OJ, Carr JE.
Published By: Hogrefe Publis 2016
2012
Chapter Title: Obesity
Book Title: The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care
Author List: Evans, K., Cook, S
Edited By: Sahler OJ, Carr JE
Published By: Hogrefe Publishing 2012 in Cambridge
2010
Chapter Title: Cardiometabolic Risk of Obesity
Book Title: Performing Preventive Services: A Bright Futures Handbook.
Author List: Cook S
Edited By: Tanski S, Garfunkel L, Duncan P, Weitzman M
Published By: American Academy of Pediatrics 2010 in Chicago
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