Physician
Carolyn Coker Ross MD, California
Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH, CEDS is an African-American author, speaker, expert in using Integrative Medicine for the treatment of food and body image issues and addictions. She is the CEO of The Anchor Program™, a non-diet online (telemedicine) program for individuals with binge eating disorder, emotional eating and food addiction. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine and also in Addiction Medicine and is a graduate of Dr. Andrew Weil’s fellowship in Integrative Medicine. Dr. Ross is the former head of the eating disorder program at Sierra Tucson and has served as a consultant to multiple treatment programs at all levels of care on the treatment of eating disorders and addictions.
For the past 4 years, Dr. Ross has been an international speaker and consultant on issues of cultural competence, antiracism and diversity in mental health with a particular emphasis on the treatment of eating disorders in women of color. Dr. Ross also gave a TEDxPleasantGrove talk on “Historical and Intergenerational Trauma in January, 2020. She is the co-chair of the AAEDP-BIPOC (African American Eating Disorder Professionals – Black Indigenous People of Color) subcommittee of iaedp (International Eating Disorder Professional). She is the author of 3 books on eating disorders, the most recent is “The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook.” She is a contributing author to the recently released book: “Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide.” She is co-founder of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity – a consulting group that works with University counseling centers, treatment centers and other facilities offering mental health care - training staff and health care professionals - to make culturally competent mental health care more available and accessible to black, indigent and other people of color.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Sunday, April 3, 2022
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
