Helen J. Binns

Director, Center for Obesity Management and Prevention (COMP), Professor of Pediatrics & Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.

Dr. Binns directs the Nutritional Evaluation and Lead Evaluation Clinics at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago. She completed medical school at Northwestern University and a pediatric residency and Ambulatory Pediatrics Fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital. In 1996, she completed a MPH degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Binns directs the Pediatric Practice Research Group (PPRG), a practice-based research network, and has extensive experience with practice-based research in primary care settings. Her research has focused on nutrition, tobacco and lead poisoning prevention. 

  
Sees patients at
Children's Memorial Hospital Outpatient Clinics
467 W Deming Place Chicago, IL 60614
1.800.KIDS.DOC  

Medical and other degrees
University of Illinois - Chicago, 1996 (MPH)
Northwestern University/Feinberg School of Medicine, 1981 (MD)
Northwestern McGaw/Children's Memorial Hospital, Ambulatory Pediatrics, 1987 (Fellowship)

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