In 25 years as a physician anesthesiologist, Dr. Sarah Bodin has cared for thousands of patients with the disease of obesity, and its many end effects. She has seen the bias against people with obesity in the healthcare system from inside, and offers empathy and understanding for the challenges of this disease.
Dr. Bodin has mastered pharmacology and physiology, as well as developing a quick trusting relationship with her patients. Heart and vascular disease, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), cancer, joint disease, kidney and liver disease, and diabetes mellitus, are among the common obesity-related diseases she has managed around surgery and anesthesia.
After her own personal struggles with weight, in addition to her experience in operating rooms and hospitals, she developed the desire to treat the chronic disease that contributes to 236 other diseases: obesity and overweight. She began studying obesity and its treatment specifically in 2022, finding that the medical community has much to learn, and to overcome the unjust stigma that the disease carries with it. Though treating and preventing this disease is vital, helping people achieve the health and quality of life they desire is even more important.
Professional Accolades
Dr. Bodin is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She maintains memberships in the Obesity Medical Association, the Florida Medical Association, the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering at the University of Virginia (1991), her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (1995) and completed residency in Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Georgia in 1999. She has practiced in both academic and community settings in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, and is published in the field of Anesthesiology.
She is a mom to human and fur children alike, and enjoys reading, fitness, good television and movies, gathering with friends, and especially riding her horse.
