Robert Lustig

Robert H. Lustig
Speaking in Cambridge, MA, 2013
Born	1957 Brooklyn, New York
Education	Bachelor's, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976. MD, Cornell University Medical College, 1980. Residency in pediatriacs, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1983. Clinical fellowship in pediatric endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 1984. Postdoctoral fellowship in neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, 1986. Master of Studies in Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Website	Robert Lustig, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Medical career
Profession	Clinical medical practice, teaching and research
Field	Neuroendocrinology, pediatric endocrinology
Institutions	University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Specialism	Childhood obesity
Research	Biochemical, neural, hormonal and genetic influences contributing to obesity

Robert H. Lustig (born 1957) is an American pediatric endocrinologist. He is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he specializes in neuroendocrinology and childhood obesity. He is also director of UCSF's WATCH program (Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health), and president and co-founder of the non-profit Institute for Responsible Nutrition.

Lustig came to public attention in 2009 when one of his medical lectures, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," went viral on YouTube. He is the editor of Obesity Before Birth: Maternal and Prenatal Influences on the Offspring (2010), and author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease (2013).

Lustig grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 and an MD from Cornell University Medical College in 1980.

His pediatric residency was completed at St. Louis Children's Hospital in 1983 and his clinical fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at UCSF the following year. After this he worked at Rockefeller University for six years as a post-doctoral fellow and research associate in neuroendocrinology. Before returning to UCSF in 2001, he was a faculty member at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and worked at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. In 2013 he completed a Master of Studies in Law (MSL) from UC Hastings College of the Law.