Steven B. Heymsfield
Preventive Cardiology
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
About
Steven B. Heymsfield works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
Steven B. Heymsfield is a Professor and Director of the Metabolism and Body Composition Laboratory at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center within the Louisiana State University System. He previously served as Executive Director of the same center and held positions at Merck & Co. and Columbia University. His research includes studies on obesity, metabolism, and their relations to conditions like hypertension and heart failure.
Research focus
Obesity and cardiovascular risk managementMetabolic syndrome pathophysiologyNutrition support in cardiac failureBody composition analysis in aging populationsEnergy balance and weight loss interventions
Impact
1,004 pubs · 96,997 cites · h-index 148
Training
MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1971
AB in Chemistry
Hunter College, City University of New York
1966
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor and Director, Metabolism and Body Composition Laboratory
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University · 2013 - Present
Executive Director
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University · 2010 - 2013
Global Director, Scientific Affairs, Obesity
Merck & Co. · 2008 - 2010
Executive Director, Clinical Sciences, Metabolism
Merck & Co. · 2004 - 2007
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons · 1994 - 2004