Oren Mechanic, M.D., M.P.H., has traded in long, cold New England winters for Miami sunshine and a post at a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital for one at a multidisciplinary medical practice founded by the author of the 2003 bestselling book series, “The South Beach Diet.”

The 37-year-old physician, who is board-certified in obesity and emergency medicine, was director of telehealth and medical director at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He left Boston in 2022 to become chief medical officer at Miami-based eMed, a digital platform focused on chronic care and population health management, particularly for obesity and type 2 diabetes. At eMed, he helped lead a virtual test-to-treat platform that was recognized by former President Joe Biden as a

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