About Katie Chapmon, MS, RD Bio

Katie Chapmon, MS, RD is a Los Angeles-based Registered Dietitian specializing in the field of bariatric surgery since 2008. Some of Katie’s career highlights have included the 2010 Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award in California honored through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Katie served as a peer reviewer for the 2nd Edition of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Bariatric Surgery published in October 2014. Additionally in 2014, she presented on the subject of Pregnancy and Bariatric Surgery as part of the Bariatric Teleforum series for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Weight Management Dietary Practice Group. She was featured in the South Bay Magazine Health Issue in 2014. She has been active in the Obesity Week Annual Conference given jointly by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and The Obesity Society (TOS), serving as a presenter in 2015 and 2017 and a course director in 2017. She is currently the Cochair of the ASMBS Integrated Health Clinical Guidelines and Issues committee since February 2017, continuing her service on this committee since 2016.