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Lisa West-Smith, PhD,LISW-S

Adjunct Associate Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • PhD: Union Institute & University (Clinical Social Work & Women's Studies)
  • MSW: University of Kentucky (Social Work)
  • BA: Northern Kentucky University (Psychology)
Specialties

Psychotherapy

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Psychiatry

Binge Eating Disorder

Eating Disorders

Night Eating Syndrome

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dijkhorst, Phillip J; Monpellier, Valerie M; Terwee, Caroline B; Liem, Ronald S L; van Wagensveld, Bart A; Janssen, Ignace M C; Ottosson, Johan; Halpern, Bruno; Flint, Stuart W; van Rossum, Elisabeth F C; Saadi, Alend; West-Smith, Lisa; O'Kane, Mary; Halford, Jason C G; Coulman, Karen D; Al-Sabah, Salman; Dixon, John B; Brown, Wendy A; Ramos Salas, Ximena; Abbott, Sally; Budin, Alyssa J; Holland, Jennifer F; Poulsen, Lotte; Welbourn, Richard; Wijling, Natasja; Divine, Laura; Isack, Nadya; Birney, Susie; Keenan, J M Bernadette; Kyle, Theodore K; Bahlke, Melanie; Healing, Andrew; Patton, Ian; de Vries, Claire E E 2024. Core Set of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Measuring Quality of Life in Clinical Obesity Care. Obesity surgery, 34 8, 2980-2990

de Vries, Claire E E; Terwee, Caroline B; Al Nawas, May; van Wagensveld, Bart A; Janssen, Ignace M C; Liem, Ronald S L; Nienhuijs, Simon W; Cohen, Ricardo V; van Rossum, Elisabeth F C; Brown, Wendy A; Ghaferi, Amir A; Ottosson, Johan; Coulman, Karen D; Petry, Tarissa B Z; Sogg, Stephanie; West-Smith, Lisa; Halford, Jason C G; Salas, Ximena Ramos; Dixon, John B; Al-Sabah, Salman; Lee, Wei-Jei; Andersen, John Roger; Flint, Stuart W; Hoogbergen, Maarten M; Backman, Brooke; Govers, Ellen; Isack, Nadya; Clay, Caroline; Birney, Susie; Gunn, Maureen; Masterson, Paul; Roberts, Audrey; Nesbitt, Jacky; Meloni, Riccardo; le Brocq, Sarah; de Blaeij, Sandra; Kraaijveld, Christina; van der Steen, Floor; Visser, Bibian; Hamers, Petra; Monpellier, Valerie M 2022. Outcomes of the first global multidisciplinary consensus meeting including persons living with obesity to standardize patient-reported outcome measurement in obesity treatment research. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 23 8, e13452

Strong, Heather; Reiter-Purtill, Jennifer; Howarth, Taylor; West-Smith, Lisa; Zeller, Meg H 2022. Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Characteristics in Mothers Following Bariatric Surgery. Obesity surgery, 32 3, 852-860

Rex, Samantha M; Russel, Kathryn; Reiter-Purtill, Jennifer; Zeller, Meg H; Courcoulas, Anita; West-Smith, Lisa; Robson, Shannon M 2020. A cross-sectional examination of the home food environments of mothers who have undergone metabolic and bariatric surgery: a pilot study. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 16 12, 2016-2021

Zeller, Meg H; Robson, Shannon M; Reiter-Purtill, Jennifer; Kidwell, Katherine M; Kharofa, Roohi Y; McCullough, Mary Beth; Crosby, Lori E; Howarth, Taylor; Comstock, Sara E; Ley, Sanita L; Courcoulas, Anita P; West-Smith, Lisa 2019. Halo or horn? A qualitative study of mothers' experiences with feeding children during the first year following bariatric surgery. Appetite, 142 , 104366

Sogg, Stephanie; Lauretti, Jennifer; West-Smith, Lisa 2016. Recommendations for the presurgical psychosocial evaluation of bariatric surgery patients. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 12 4, 731-749

Guerdjikova, Anna I; West-Smith, Lisa; McElroy, Susan L; Sonnanstine, Thomas; Stanford, Kevin; Keck, Paul E 2007. Emotional eating and emotional eating alternatives in subjects undergoing bariatric surgery. Obesity surgery, 17 8, 1091-6

Davis, Pamela; West-Smith, Lisa; Baldwin, Laura L; Flanders, Karen M; Davis, Melissa M; Gergen, Lisa Rae; Kilgore, Paula R; McKenzie, Terry L; Proulx, Debra A . Gastric band adjustment credentialing guidelines for physician extenders. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 8 6, e69-71

Sarwer, David B; Dilks, Rebecca J; West-Smith, Lisa . Dietary intake and eating behavior after bariatric surgery: threats to weight loss maintenance and strategies for success. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 7 5, 644-51

West-Smith, Lisa; Sogg, Stephanie . Creating a credential for bariatric behavioral health professionals: potential benefits, pitfalls, and provider opinion. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 6 6, 695-701