Dr. Kevin B. Smith

Dr. Kevin Smith is an obesity medicine physician and ABOM diplomate with a strong passion for obesity medicine, board preparation, and teaching. He previously served as an academic physician for over five years at a large academic center, during which he established a multidisciplinary medical/surgical obesity medicine program and held various leadership roles, including Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Associate Program Director, and Course Director for Clinical Medicine. Dr. Smith has an extensive background in board review education, serving as the director of one of the largest preclinical board review question banks in the country for the past five years and as a question author for three years prior. He recently contributed a chapter, "Hormones of Obesity Care: PYY, Ghrelin, GLP-1, and GIP," to Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Examination and Board Review (McGraw Hill). Additionally, he has had the privilege of working alongside leading experts in obesity medicine in an academic setting. Since the original edition of Obesity Medicine Board Review, significant advancements in obesity medicine have emerged. The latest edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect new practice guidelines, metabolic and bariatric surgery updates, FDA-approved pharmacologic indications, and exam-taker feedback. In between editions, updates and study blogs can be found at his website (Search for Obesity Medicine Review) where weekly ABOM study blogs are also available. To further support ABOM candidates, Dr. Smith developed a complementary resource, Obesity Medicine: Practice Tests (2025 Edition), which provides an additional 400 unique questions for exam preparation. In total, over 700 study questions are now available. These books have earned Amazon Best-Seller rankings in multiple categories, including Bariatrics, Study Guides, Medical School Guides, and New Releases. In 2024, based on feedback, an online question bank was created with these same questions, but in a Q bank format. Dr. Smith loves to see ABOM candidates succeed! Please reach out with any questions or concerns!