Sue Pedersen: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Canadian physician, a Specialist in Endocrinology & Metabolism}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}

'''Susie (Sue) Pedersen''' (born 1977) is a Canadian physician, a Specialist in Endocrinology & Metabolism, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is a member of the Expert Committee for the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines as a coauthor on the Weight Management Chapter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://guidelines.diabetes.ca/cpg/chapter17 |title=My Site - Chapter 17: Weight Management in Diabetes |access-date=2018-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702031438/http://guidelines.diabetes.ca/cpg/chapter17 |archive-date=2018-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is also lead author of the pharmacotherapy chapter of the 2019 Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines.<ref name="BowdenBessinger2008">{{cite book|last1=Bowden|first1=Jonny|last2=Bessinger|first2=Jeannette|title=Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why|url=https://archive.org/details/healthiestmealso0000bowd|url-access=registration|accessdate=30 April 2011|date=2008-07-01|publisher=Fair Winds|isbn=978-1-59233-318-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/healthiestmealso0000bowd/page/150 150]–}}</ref> She published the first [[randomized controlled trial]] on a [[Portion control (dieting)|portion control]] toll for [[weight loss]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-diabetes-plate-idUSN2530188120070625|title=Dinner plate helps diabetics shed pounds: study|date=June 25, 2007|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> (Pedersen et al. 2007).

Pedersen earned an MD at the [[University of Calgary]] in 2000. She became an [[internal medicine]] specialist in 2004, and went on to earn her subspecialty designation as Specialist in Endocrinology & [[Metabolism]] at the University of Calgary in 2005.

Pedersen began her endocrinology career with busy practices in both [[Calgary|Calgary, AB]], and at the [[Royal University Hospital]] at the [[University of Saskatchewan]]. For the year of 2009, Dr. Sue embarked on a research sabbatical at the [[University of Copenhagen]] in 2009 where she was involved in several areas of obesity research with a focus on bariatric surgery. She has a busy clinical practice at C-ENDO Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinic Calgary, and is the lead investigator in their research program in diabetes and obesity.

{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==

* Pedersen SD, Kang J, Kline JA. 2007. Portion control plate for weight loss in obese patients with [[Diabetes mellitus type 2|type 2 diabetes]] mellitus: a controlled [[clinical trial]]. {{PMID|17592101}}

* [[CBC Newsworld]] Interview: [http://www.cbc.ca/clips/mov/pedersen-invu070626.mov CBC Newsworld Video Interview link]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Sue}}

[[Category:Canadian endocrinologists]]

[[Category:Women endocrinologists]]

[[Category:Obesity researchers]]

[[Category:University of Calgary alumni]]