Lisa West-Smith, PhD LISW-S FASMBS-IH

Lisa West-Smith, PhD, LISW-S, FASMBS-IH is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She served as Director of Behavioral Health Services at the UC Health Weight Loss Center for the past decade. Dr. West-Smith has conducted thousands of psychosocial assessments for individuals pursuing surgical treatment for chronic morbid obesity and also has provided behavioral health services for post-surgical and medical weight loss patients. She has been active in the leadership of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), including service as Integrated Health President. Dr. West-Smith is co-author of the ASMBS Recommendations for the Pre-Surgical Psychosocial Evaluation of Bariatric Surgery Patients, published in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.