Dr. Bays is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. He is a Fellow of the Obesity Medicine Association, The Obesity Society, the American College of Cardiology, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the National Lipid Association, and the American Society of Preventive Cardiology. Dr. Bays has written or served as a contributing author to over 300 scientific manuscripts and book chapters and authored/presented 100’s of scientific abstracts. He has served as a Board of Director and Executive Officer of Scientific Organizations, served as the Chairman for many scientific projects, and authored a number of Scientific Consensus and Clinical Practice Statements and National Recommendations. Dr. Bays is the Chief Science Officer for the Obesity Medicine Association, member of the Board of Trustees of the Obesity Medicine Association, and is Editor-in-Chief of Obesity Pillars (official journal of the Obesity Medicine Association). Among his awards include the 2015 National Lipid Association “President’s Service Award” and the 2016 Obesity Medicine Association “Obesity Medicine Clinician of the Year.”