COAT Members

The Children’s Obesity Action Team includes professionals from Seattle Children’s, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic and the Child Health Institute. We are trained in specific areas of health care, with diverse knowledge and experience. Because of our multidisciplinary approach to care, our team is able to address the multiple causes and effects of childhood overweight and obesity.

Department of Pediatrics

• Lenna Liu, MD, MPH — COAT Physician Lead 
• Catherine Pihoker, MD
• Henry Berman, MD 
• Sara Benitez, PA-C

Clinical Nutrition

• Alicia Dixon Docter, MS, RD, CD
• Mary Jones, MS, RD, CD
• Polly Lenssen, MS, RD, CD, FADA — COAT Co-Director
• Molly Mosher, MA
• Heather Paves, MS, RD, CD

Nursing

• Patty Hencz, RN — COAT Co-Director
• Mo Pomietto, RN, MN

Social Work

• Sarah Peterson, MSW

Psychiatry

• Christine Foss, MS
• Kelly Schloredt, PhD 

Food Services

• Gina Martone, RD

Fitness

• Kathy Bateman, Kinesiologist

Research Associates

• H. Mollie Greves, MD 
• Paula Lozano, MD, MPH 
• Lori Pfingst, PhC
• Christian Roth, MD 
• Brian Saelens, PhD 
• Joyce Yi, PhD