Bharti Shetye, MD
She owns Dr. Abby’s Weight Management Clinic in Tampa, Florida, has been the medical director of a Bariatric Surgical Center of Excellence in St. Petersburg, Florida, and pioneered an award-winning national model obesity clinic for the Florida Department of Health. These appointments have given her experience in the private and public sectors, in the bariatric medical and surgical fields, and as an employer and employee.
Shetye was selected as a speaker at the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Miami in 2021 and 2022 and recently presented at the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery 2022: Current Trends and New Directions meeting in Puerto Rico. She presents community seminars and manages support groups throughout the year.
She was the recipient of the Prudential Davis Productivity Award by then-Florida Governor Rick Scott in Tallahassee, the Dr. Peter G. Lindner Award by the OMA in 2020 and has been recognized for initiating the OMA Bariatric Medical-Surgical Committee in 2020. She chaired the committee from 2020-2021 and is now its board liaison. She serves on the board of The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery state chapter and chairs their advocacy committee, and she also serves on the editorial board for Obesity Pillars, the official journal of the OMA.
Actively engaged with The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), the OMA, The Obesity Society, the Obesity Care Advocacy Network and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Shetye’s vision is to slow the growing trajectory of the obesity epidemic. She has walked hand-in-hand with OAC members at Capitol Hill to raise congressional support for the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act.
Passionate about obesity medicine, she has been active with the OMA since 2006, been a mentor, served on all OMA committees, and considers herself a lifelong member.