VISN21 Clinical Resource Hub Weight Management Medical Director
Veteran's Healthcare Administration Palo Alto
Solana Beach, California, United States
Dr. Kelley Hagerich is the national lead physician champion for the Veterans Healthcare System weight management program called the MOVE! Program, and she also serves as the medical director of the newly developed regional bariatric surgery program based at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. This program provides medical weight management services and bariatric surgery to Northern and Central California, Reno, and Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii and Guam. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Lifestyle Medicine, and Obesity Medicine. Before transferring to the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System in January 2022, she spent nine years at the VA San Diego Healthcare System, where she worked as a primary care provider and served as the medical director of the weight management clinic. She was also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, where she taught UCSD medical students and served as a preceptor for the UCSD Internal Medicine residency program. She currently hosts third and fourth-year medical students from Stanford in her obesity medicine clinic at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System.
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Online Workshop: Lifestyle Medicine for Obesity Prevention Across the Lifespan
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT