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Meg H. Zeller, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Behavioral Medicine

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-2712

Fax: 513-636-7756

Email: meg.zeller@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Pediatric psychology; school-age children and adolescents; childhood obesity; barriers to weight management

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Education and Training

BA: Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1984.

PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996.

Internship: Pediatric Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., 1995-1996.

Fellowship: Pediatric Psychology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996-1999.

Certification: Clinical Psychology, Ohio State Board of Psychology, 1997.

Publications

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Modi AC, Zeller MH. Establishing minimal clinically important difference scores and test-retest reliability. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Jun;6(2-2):e94-6.

Zeller MH, Guilfoyle SM, Reiter-Purtill J, Ratcliff MB, Inge TH, Long JD. Adolescent bariatric surgery: caregiver and family functioning across the first postoperative year. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2011 Mar-Apr;7(2):145-50.

Ratcliff MB, Reiter-Purtill J, Inge TH, Zeller MH. Changes in depressive symptoms among adolescent bariatric candidates from preoperative psychological evaluation to immediately before surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2011 Jan-Feb;7(1):50-4.

Ratcliff MB, Bishop-Gilyard CT, Reiter-Purtill J, Zeller MH. Racial differences in obese youth's perception of health care and weight loss. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2011 Jan;50(1):14-6.

Ingerski LM, Modi AC, Hood KK, Pai AL, Zeller M, Piazza-Waggoner C, Driscoll KA, Rothenberg ME, Franciosi J, Hommel KA. Health-related quality of life across pediatric chronic conditions. J Pediatr. 2010 Apr;156(4):639-44.

Herzer M, Godiwala N, Hommel KA, Driscoll K, Mitchell M, Crosby LE, Piazza-Waggoner C, Zeller MH, Modi AC. Family functioning in the context of pediatric chronic conditions. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Jan;31(1):26-34.

Guilfoyle SM, Zeller MH, Modi AC. Parenting stress impacts obesity-specific health-related quality of life in a pediatric obesity treatment-seeking sample. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Jan;31(1):17-25.

Zeller MH, Ingerski LM, Wilson L, Modi AC. Factors contributing to weight misperception in obese children presenting for intervention. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Apr;49(4):330-6.

Reiter-Purtill J, Ridel S, Jordan R, Zeller MH. The benefits of reciprocated friendships for treatment-seeking obese youth. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Sep;35(8):905-14

Inge TH, Jenkins TM, Zeller M, Dolan L, Daniels SR, Garcia VF, Brandt ML, Bean J, Gamm K, Xanthakos SA. Baseline BMI is a strong predictor of nadir BMI after adolescent gastric bypass. J Pediatr. 2010 Jan;156(1):103-108.e1.

Grants

Adolescent Bariatrics: Controlled Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Development (TeenView). Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Mar 2008 - Feb 2013. #R01DK080020-01.

Dietary Intake and Eating Behavior in Adolescents who Undergo Bariatric Surgery. Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Jul 2008 - Jun 2012. #R01DK080738-01.