Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS

Department / Division:
Medicine / General Internal Medicine

Address:
Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic
4020 N. Roxboro Street
Durham, NC 27704

Appointment Telephone:
919-416-DUKE

Office Telephone:
919-620-4060

Fax Telephone:
919-620-1294

• MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1986

• Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, 1990

• General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1992

• MHS, Biometry, Duke University School of Medicine, 1994

Clinical Interests:
Evaluation and treatment of complicated lifestyle-related conditions including type 2 diabetes, obesity, PCOS, metabolic syndrome, sleep apnea, fatty liver, and tobacco dependence

Research Interests:

My research interest is disease prevention.  Because smoking and obesity are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in modern society, my research involves clinical trials examining new therapies for smoking cessation and obesity.

I serve as Medical Director of the Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research, in collaboration with Jed Rose in the Department of Psychiatry.  I am course coordinator for a Fourth-Year Medical Student Elective on the Medical Management of Obesity, and I am a faculty member of the Duke Clinical Research Training Program.

I belong to the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Society for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research, NAASO: The Obesity Society, and the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. I am also on the Editorial Board of Nutrition & Metabolism.

Representative Publications:
Westman EC, Feinman RD, Mavropoulos JC, Vernon MC, Volek JS, Wortman JA, Yancy WS, Phinney SD. Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Aug;86(2):276-84. (2007) Abstract

Westman EC, Yancy WS Jr, Humphreys M. Dietary treatment of diabetes mellitus in the pre-insulin era (1914-1922). Perspect Biol Med. 2006;49(1):77-83. (2006) Abstract

Yancy WS Jr, Olsen MK, Guyton JR, Bakst RP, Westman EC. A low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet versus a low-fat diet to treat obesity and hyperlipidemia: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 2004 May 18;140(10):769-77. (2004) Abstract

Westman EC, Mavropoulos J, Yancy WS, Volek JS. A review of low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2003 Nov;5(6):476-83. (2003) Abstract

Joseph AM, Norman S, Ferry L, Prochanzka A, Westman EC, Steele B, Sherman S, Cleveland M, Antomucio D, Hartman N, McGovern P. Safety of transdemical nicotine therapy in patients with cardiac disease: a randomized controlled trial. New Engl J Med 1996; 335: 1792-8. (1996)