Dr. Christina Nguyen

Christina Nguyen, MD, DABOM, is a family and obesity medicine physician who serves as an attending physician at knownwell, providing care in Atlanta and virtually across Georgia. Her clinical focus includes comprehensive weight management, obesity pharmacotherapy, and cardiometabolic and metabolic health, delivered through a compassionate, size-inclusive, and shame-free approach to care. Dr. Nguyen previously served as obesity medicine medical director at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville and as an obesity medicine specialist at the Northeast Georgia Bariatric and Metabolic Institute. She has been recognized as a multi-year Castle Connolly Top Doctor, named among Atlanta’s Top Doctors in Obesity Medicine, and honored by Castle Connolly as an Exceptional Women in Medicine and Top AAPI Doctor. She also contributes to the field through advocacy and leadership roles with The Obesity Society’s Policy & Advocacy Committee and Clinical Practice Section, as well as the Obesity Medicine Association’s Advocacy Committee. Dr. Nguyen earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and completed her residency in family medicine at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Spartanburg Medical Center.