Vyvyane Loh, MD, is board-certified in obesity medicine and internal medicine. She was born in Malaysia in an ethnic Chinese family, grew up in Singapore, and completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine. While working part-time as a physician, a fitness and dance instructor, and a personal trainer, Dr. Loh successfully pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree at Warren Wilson College in creative writing (fiction). Her debut novel Breaking the Tongue was published in 2004 and was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2006. She was also the recipient of a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship (fiction author) in 2005-2006 and a Guggenheim Fellowship (fiction) in 2008. Prior to starting her own practice, Dr. Loh worked at Health Management Resources and was the medical obesity specialist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s Center for Weight Loss Surgery. Dr. Loh is the medical director of Transform Institute for Metabolic and Lifestyle Medicine in Newton, MA. She serves on the exam writing committee and the strategic planning committee for the American Board of Obesity Medicine.