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Dr. Margaret MacKrell Gaglione is the founder and Medical Director of
Tidewater Bariatrics in Chesapeake, Va. Along with her staff, Dr. Gaglione
successfully provides education and medical care to help obese and overweight
individuals achieve their goal of losing weight, keeping it off, and feeling
good again.
Dr. Gaglione is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician, as well
as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the
American Society of Bariatric Physicians.
She is a graduate of Le Moyne College and the Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine. In 1992 she began her Internal Medicine Residency
at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth (NMCP), Virginia, and was
the Chief of Residents during her first staff year. Dr. Gaglione served
on active duty as a staff Internist at NMCP until 1998, when she became
one of the hospital's contract Internists.
She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and has worked
for 11 years as their on-site medicine Clerkship Director for third
year medical students at NMCP.
Dr. Gaglione's interest in helping people with obesity problems began
nearly a decade ago. During this time, she has successfully treated
many patients and lectured widely on the medical impact of obesity and
obesity-related complications.
Dr. Gaglione has successfully completed the American Board of Bariatric
Medicine's written and oral examinations toward board certification.
She has written nine peer reviewed publications on medical education
and teaching.
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