DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders

Sheri Volger, MS, RD, LDN

Sheri Volger, MS, RD, LDN is a Project Manager at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders. A Registered Dietitian and a Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist, Ms. Volger received a B.S. from Syracuse University and an M.S. in Nutrition Science from the University of California at Davis.

Ms. Volger has served as a Senior Research Coordinator for the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine from 2003 to Dec 2007. She joined the CWED in January 2007. Her responsibilities include managing a NIH, NHLBI sponsored weight loss study and managing a Phase III pharmaceutical research study.

Ms. Volger may be contacted at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St. Suite 3023, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Her e-mail address is sheriv@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Recent publications include:

Iqbal N, Cardillo S, Volger S, Bloedon LT, Anderson RA, Boston R, Szapary PO. Chromium Picolinate Does Not Improve Key Features of Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Nondiabetic Adults. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2009 Summer;7(2):143-50.

Cohen D, Bloeden LT, Volger S, Rothman R, Mayor C, Yang S, Townsend R, Szapary PO. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Iyengar Yoga vs. Enhanced Lifestyle Modification on Blood Pressure Reduction in Patients with Prehypertension to Stage I Hypertension (Abstract) American Society of Hypertension (ASH) May 2008.

Volger S, Bloedon L , Polsky D, Rothman R, Szaprary P, Townsend R, Cohen C. Implementing a behavioral lifestyle modification approach to reduce blood pressure in patients with prehypertension to Stage I hypertension, (Abstract), August 2007 supplement J. Am. Diet Assoc.

Cardillo S, Volger S, Bloedon LT, Boston R, Iqbal N, Szapary P. Effects of Chromium Picolinate in Nondiabetic Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. (Abstract); Diabetes. June 2006 supplement.