Andres Acosta

Andres Acosta is an associate professor of medicine and a consultant in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Mayo Clinic. He has co-founded two companies focused on weight loss, Phenomix Sciences and Gila Therapeutics, and has provided consulting services to pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. Acosta emphasizes the importance of lifestyle changes in conjunction with weight loss medications, arguing that patients often have misconceptions about the efficacy of these drugs when used in isolation.