Andrea Stark, DO

Andrea Stark, D.O., FACP, DABOM is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, dual board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Dr. Stark earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine Residency, including a year as Chief Resident, at West Virginia University-Charleston/Charleston Area Medical Center.  She then completed an Obesity Medicine Fellowship, at UT Houston Health Sciences Center of Texas Medical Center, recognized by the Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council; to date, she is one of only 200 physicians to have completed this training.

An accomplished researcher and published author, Dr. Stark has contributed to numerous journal articles, abstracts, and posters. She is also a respected lecturer and mentor, having developed educational content for medical students and residents, and has been recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and an ACP national award for clinical vignette.

Dr. Stark is passionate about recognition of obesity as a chronic disease and continued medical education for expert-level quality care via multidisciplinary treatment in an era of novel, highly efficacious pharmacotherapy.  She maintains membership in the Obesity Medicine Association, The Obesity Society, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Houston Obesity Partnership for Excellence.