Dr. Daniel Weghuber

Dr. Daniel Weghuber is an alumnus of Vienna Medical School. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at Paracelsus Medical School (PMU) in Salzburg, Austria. Clinically, he is the Head of the Department of Pediatrics, being specialized in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and Pediatric Endocrinology.

Dr. Weghuber is particularly interested in the treatment of obesity and associated comorbidities, including diabetes mellitus, fatty liver and other liver diseases, and phenotypes of preclinical atherosclerosis. Other areas of interest include orthopedic and psychological comorbidities, interdisciplinary diagnostics, mitochondrial genetics, lifestyle and pharmacological treatment, as well as interdisciplinary bariatric surgery of children and adolescents with obesity. In addition, he is involved in several training and educational activities of health care professionals on a national and international level in regard to obesity management.

Dr. Weghuber is the Past President of the European Childhood Obesity Group. He is active in research and has more than 220 publications.