Associate Professor Milan Piya is a clinical academic endocrinologist at Western Sydney University And Head of Department for the Macarthur Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Service (MDEMS) at Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals. He is research lead for the multidisciplinary publicly funded South Western Sydney Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program (SWS MRBP) based in Camden Hospital and chairs the Campbelltown and Camden Hospital Rese arch Committee. He is vice president of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) and has a clinical and research interest in severe obesity and related physical and mental health co – morbidities as well as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and associated health conditions.