Prof Gary Wittert

Gary Wittert is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg South Africa. After a year in rural general practice, he trained as an Endocrinologist in Christchurch, New Zealand. His postdoctoral training was at Harvard Medical School and Oregon Health Sciences University. He joined the University of Adelaide in 1994 and received a Personal Chair in 2004. He was Head of the Discipline of Medicine 2003-2019, and Head of School from 2006-2009. He  is currently Director of the Freemasons Centre for Men’s Health and Wellness, University of Adelaide,  Senior Consultant Endocrinologist Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Senior Principle Research Fellow at South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. His research interests relate to mechanisms, consequences and management of obesity and related disorders, particularly in men. He has published over 400 research papers, book chapters, invited reviews and expert reports.

Prof Wittert will be presenting in the Metabolic Complications of Obesity Symposium on Thursday 22nd July 2021, 1:20pm - 3:20pm