#43: A Different Kind of Doctor with Jennifer Gaudiani

Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS-S, FAED, is the Founder and Medical Director of the Gaudiani Clinic. Dr. G is board Certified in Internal Medicine and has been a leader in the eating disorders field for over 10 years and served as the Medical Director at the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders prior to founding the Gaudiani Clinic which is a Denver-based outpatient medical clinic dedicated to people with eating disorders and disordered eating. The Gaudiani Clinic is a HAES (Health At EverySize)®-informed provider and embraces treating people of all shapes and sizes. The Gaudiani Clinic is licensed to practice in over 32 US states via telemedicine and offers international professional consultation and education.

Dr. Gaudiani isone of a very small number of internal medicine physicians who is certified as an eating disorders expert. She is also a Fellow in the Academy for Eating Disorders. Dr. Gaudiani’s first book, Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders, was released by Routledge in October 2018 and is available on Amazon.

We discuss topics including:

• Whatever body you show up in you will be safe and cared for
• How Dr. G educates other doctors
• How weight inclusive care is the only care for all body shapes and sizes
• What is healthism?
• Decolonize medicine

SHOW NOTES:

• Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders
• www.gaudianiclinic.com
• IG: gaudianiclinic