Lynn Gettleman Chehab, MD, MPH

Lynn Gettleman Chehab, MD, MPH, Diplomate ABOM, is a pediatrician who has focused on healthy weight management at both the individual and community level for over 20 years. She is a graduate of Stanford University Medical School. After her residency in Pediatrics at University of California San Francisco and Mt. Sinai hospitals, Dr. Gettleman Chehab completed a Master’s in Public Health and a fellowship in Urban Community Health at Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Gettleman Chehab serves as an advisor to the Evanston and Skokie Health Departments, as well as local school Wellness Committees, to help promote simple, evidence-based messages that truly impact health. You can see her Rethink Your Drink materials all around Evanston and Skokie in schools, local businesses, community centers, and many other public spaces. She can often be seen giving talks about the impact of diet, sleep, and stress on weight to both colleagues and the greater community at local schools, hospitals, and organizations.

She is also a 2019 Presidential Leadership Scholar, a national leadership program sponsored by the presidential libraries of George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, and Lyndon Johnson.

Dr. Gettleman Chehab grew up in Evanston, IL and after high school spent 20 years away living in Ann Arbor, London, San Francisco, and New York city before returning to Evanston, to raise her family. Her passions are cycling with her husband, Dr. Eric Chehab, exploring the world with her family, and working with local schools and health departments to create simple messages that truly improve wellness.

Fun fact: Alongside her husband Dr. Eric Chehab, she was an extra on the television series ER. And is still waiting to be discovered…