Directors
Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D.
Dr. Boutelle is a Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at UC San Diego, is affiliated with Rady Children’s Hospital, San
Kyung (Kay) Rhee, MD, MSc, MA
Dr. Rhee is a Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego with special interest in childhood
Kristie Reed, Ph.D.
Dr. Reed is the Clinical Director of the CHEAR Clinic and a licensed clinical psychologist. While in graduate school, Dr.
Saori Obayashi, Ph.D., RDN
Dr. Obayashi oversees the data management, nutrition analyses and is a Clinical Interventionist at CHEAR. She was born and raised