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:

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 supplement J. Am. Diet Assoc. Selected for an oral presentation at the 2007 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) .

Cardillo S, Volger S, Bloedon L, 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.