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Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., M.P.H.

Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., M.P.H, is director of the Washington Center for Clinical Research, a subsidiary of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) that conducts independent clinical research focusing on the role of diet on health promotion and disease prevention and management.

As director, Dr. Ferdowsian designs and conducts clinical research activities and provides general oversight for clinical research coordination, data management, and ongoing literature reviews. Dr. Ferdowsian has presented clinical findings at scientific conferences and to the federal government and health organizations. Dr. Ferdowsian’s active clinical research projects include a multi-center study examining the effect of a low-fat vegan diet on glycemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes; a worksite study that examines the effect of a low-fat vegan diet on weight control and worksite costs; and a preliminary analysis to investigate some of the potentially addictive qualities of cheese.

Dr. Ferdowsian received her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She completed both residency training in Community and Preventive Medicine and her master’s degree in public health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Ferdowsian completed internal medicine training at the George Washington University Medical Center, in Washington, D.C. She is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. She holds medical licenses in the District of Columbia and New York state.

Dr. Ferdowsian has served medically in Malawi, South Africa, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Her work in sub-Saharan Africa has focused on HIV/AIDS, whereas her efforts in Micronesia have focused on prevention and management of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Ferdowsian has worked with the U. S. Health and Human Services Office of Global Health as an invited collaborator for the preparation of a U.S. Surgeon General’s global health document. She is a volunteer physician for both Physicians for Human Rights and Doctors of the World. She is also a staff physician at Unity Health Care in Washington, D.C., and serves as a voluntary clinical instructor in the Department of Medicine at the George Washington University Medical Center.

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