Diana Thiara, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Diana Thiara is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF. She is the Medical Director of the UCSF Weight Management Program and the Program Director of the UCSF Obesity Medicine Fellowship. She also serves as Director of Learning Pathways for the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Her research focuses on improving how obesity care is delivered and integrated into health systems. Her work emphasizes the development, implementation, and evaluation of scalable obesity treatment programs, particularly lifestyle and weight-management interventions delivered in primary care. She is also interested in obesity medicine education, workforce development, and expanding access to evidence-based obesity care.

Dr. Thiara received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Yale University and her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Clinician Educator Fellowship at UCSF.