Dr. Jennifer Paisley

Jennifer Rae Paisley, MD, FAAP, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM, is an internal medicine and pediatrics physician and obesity medicine specialist with St. Elizabeth Physicians and St. Elizabeth Healthcare, including St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital. She provides compassionate, comprehensive care with a clinical focus on primary care across the lifespan, medical weight management, and pediatric and adolescent metabolic health, with an emphasis on practical nutrition, culinary medicine, and behavioral support. Dr. Paisley’s scholarly and professional interests center on pediatric and adolescent obesity care, culinary medicine and evidence-based nutrition, and improving access to multidisciplinary metabolic health services. Her work reflects a commitment to making nutrition and weight management strategies realistic, approachable, and sustainable for patients and families. She has held leadership and service roles as a member of the Pediatric Committee of the Obesity Medicine Association, an alternate delegate representing the Obesity Medicine Association in the American Medical Association House of Delegates, and a continuing medical education faculty member with Decera Clinical Education/Clinical Care Options. She also previously served as Pediatric Medical Advisor for Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at UnityPoint Health. Dr. Paisley earned her medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine.