Carine M. Lenders, MD

Carine M. Lenders is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an associate professor of pediatrics in gastroenterology at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Lenders also heads the Pediatric Nutrition Support Services at BMC and serves as an attending physician for the Nutrition Support Team at the Children’s Hospital of Boston. She also previously served as the co-director of the Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) program at the Children's Hospital of Boston. Dr. Lenders is a former family practitioner with a master’s degree in tropical medicine. She graduated with honors from the State University of Liege, Belgium. She spent several months in the Congo with Médecins sans Frontières and three years in Bangladesh at the International Center of Diarrheal Diseases and Research. She has received several education grants and is involved in the vertical integration of nutrition at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She also recently edited a clinical guide book on overweight and obesity that earned an outstanding review in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Her current research interests include the relationship of selective dietary components and medications to weight gain and obesity-related conditions.