Dr. Joanna Dolgoff

Biography

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D., is a Physician, Child and Family Obesity Specialist, creator of the family weight loss program, Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right, Spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, Winner of Parent Magazine's "Seven Pediatricians Making a Difference, 2013", the Official Family Obesity Specialist for NBC's THE BIGGEST LOSER, Medical Director of Camp Shane, the nation's longest-running weight loss camp, Vice-President of Shane Cares non- profit organization, Spokesperson for Dannon Yogurt, and author of Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right (Rodale).

Dr. Dolgoff and Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right have been featured multiple times on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, The Early Show, Katie, Fox & Friends, Fox News' Happening Now, Nightline, CNN, MSNBC, 700 Club, Extra, Lifetime, Discovery Health, America's Newsroom, Inside Edition, The Daily Buzz and most major news outlets. She has been written about in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, The Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, Vogue, Redbook, Parent Magazine, Parenting, and Shape.

Children and adults from 46 states and 4 countries have lost weight with her online weight loss program. A retrospective study of 600 patients following Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right for 16 weeks showed a 7.4% decrease in BMI and won the Best Abstract Award at the 2012 AAPNational NCE Conference(COCITsection).

Dr. Dolgoff grew up in Roslyn, New York and attended Princeton University where she graduated cum laude with a degree in Molecular Biology and was elected to the Sigma Chi International Research Honor Society. Dr. Dolgoff continued her education at the NYU School of Medicine, earning the award for Outstanding Student in Pediatrics and serving as president of the NYU Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. Dr. Dolgoff completed her Pediatric Residency training at Columbia Presbyterian's Children's Hospital of New York. She previously worked as a private practice pediatrician and is a Board Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.