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Understanding Weight Management: The Roles of Doctors, Surgeries, and Nutrition

Dive into the complexities of weight management with experts from Maimo Weight Management Center. Join Dr. Nina Paddu, Dr. Alexander Abdurakhmanov, and dietitian Nina Dahan as they clarify the roles of primary care physicians, surgical options, and personalized nutrition plans in achieving successful weight loss and overall health improvement.


Understanding Weight Management: The Roles of Doctors, Surgeries, and Nutrition
Featured Speakers:
Alexander Abdurakhmanov, MD | Nina Dahan, MS; RDN; CDN | Nina Paddu, MD

Alexander Abdurakhmanov, MD Areas of Expertise · Bariatric Surgery · General Surgery · Gastrointestinal Surgery · Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery. 


Nina Dahan, MS, RDN, CDN, is a Registered Dietitian who has been practicing since 1990. She provides personalized medical nutrition therapy, group nutrition classes, and regularly teaches at community groups, schools and senior centers, focusing on better eating habits and culinary nutrition. She has published in The Americal Journal of Clinical Nutrition, appeared on Fox's Good Day NY, and she has been quoted in print and online in Parade, Eatthis.com, Well and Good, Hamodia, Jewish Food Society and Healthline.com. Nina Dahan feels that it is never too early or too late to incorporate healthy eating in disease treatment or risk reduction. 


Dr. Nina Paddu, DO, was born and raised in New York. She is passionate about offering high quality primary care, preventing disease, and creating partnerships with patients to improve acute and chronic conditions. Dr. Paddu completed her residency in Family Medicine at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, NY.