Florence Porterfield, MD

Florence Porterfield is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she specializes in obesity medicine. Her clinical work focuses on evidence-based treatment of obesity and metabolic disease, and her research investigates the intersection of obesity pharmacotherapy, cancer risk, and long-term weight maintenance.

A graduate of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Porterfield completed her internal medicine residency and fellowship in obesity medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She also serves as a clinical advisor to Alnu Health, a digital health startup using AI to deliver personalized lifestyle coaching for patients on GLP-1 therapy.