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 an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego with special interest in
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