RHONDA HAMILTON, M.D., M.P.H. is an Internist and Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School. She is also Medical Director of Bariatric Quality and Physician Coordinator for the Bariatric Program at Winchester Hospital in Massachusetts, Hamilton also holds a master's degree in public health from Tufts Medical School. Her professional and personal lives collided when she herself decided to undergo weight loss surgery. As a result of that life-altering experience, she spends much of her time explaining and advocating for the potentially lifesaving procedure.