Lisa Sanders

Clinical Instructor
Section of General Internal Medicine

Clinical and Teaching Activities

• Inpatient Attending, Waterbury Hospital (Yale Primary Care Program)
• Outpatient Attending, Chase Outpatient Center (Yale Primary Care Program)

Scholarly Interest

Teaching and studying obesity, particularly from a nutritional perspective. I am currently interested in how access to food affects obesity. I teach and lecture on the treatment of overweight and obesity. In addition, I am interested in clinical decision making and how diagnostic decisions and errors are made.

Selected Recent Publications

• Ruser C, Sanders L et al, Identification and Management of Overweight and Obesity by Internal Medicine Residents, JGIM , December 2005
• Bravata D, Sanders L et al, Efficacy and Safety of Low-Carbohydrate Diets: A Systematic Review, JAMA April 9, 2003
• Sanders L, The Perfect Fit Diet: How to lose weight, keep it off and still eat the foods you love, St. Martins Press, New York, 2005
• Sanders L, The Perfect Fit Diet: Combine what science knows about weight loss with what you know about yourself, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 2004
• Sanders L, The End of Primary Care, New York Times Magazine,April 15, 2004.
• Sanders L, Making Progress in Medicine, One Setback at a Time,” New York Times Magazine, March 17, 2003.
• Sanders L, Diagnosis: A Swelling Problem, New York Times Magazine, April 23, 2006
• Sanders L, Diagnosis: Abdominal Attacks, New York Times Magazine, March 19, 2006
• Sanders L, Diagnosis: On her Last Legs, New York Times Magazine, February 26, 2006
  Sanders L, Diagnosis: Running Complex, New York Times Magazine,  December 18, 2005
• Sanders L, Diagnosis: A Brief Honeymoon, New York Times Magazine, November 13, 2005
• Sanders L, Diagnosis: Sleuthing a Rash, New York Times Magazine, October 9, 2005

Education:	B.A., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1979 M.D., Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1997
Training:	Internship & Residency: Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, New Haven, CT, 1997–2000 Chief Resident: Yale Primary care Internal Medicine Residency Program, New Haven, CT, 2000–2001

Contact

Campus Address
Waterbury Hospital
64 Robbins Street
Waterbury, CT 06708

E-mail
lisa.sanders@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-573-7389

Fax
203-573-6707