Biography



BIOGRAPHY

** JOAN C. TEMMERMAN, MD, MS, FAAFP, CNS **

Dr. Joan Temmerman is a Board-Certified Family Physician, a Board-Certified Bariatric Physician, and a Board-Certified Nutrition Specialist. She is the Medical Bariatrician at Clarian Bariatrics in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Temmerman earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois, a Master of Science from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and Doctor of Medicine from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1994. She is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Bariatric Medicine and the American Board of Family Medicine, and became recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2006. She is a Certified Nutrition Specialist through the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists and the American College of Nutrition. She is currently working on a Masters of Public Health-Nutrition through University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Dr. Temmerman belongs to the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Society of Bariatric Physicians since 2002, the American College of Nutrition, and the American Medical Association. She is a committee member of the American Board of Bariatric Medicine and the American Society of Bariatric Medicine. Dr. Temmerman was appointed to the American Board of Bariatric Medicine Board of Directors January 2009, and is an elected officer, Secretary/Treasurer, of the American Board of Bariatric Medicine 2010-2012. She was appointed to the State Team Steering Committee for Indiana Action for Healthy Kids in 2010. Dr. Temmerman will be representing the American Society of Bariatric Physicians as Alternate Delegate in the AMA House of Delegates begining in 2011. She is a frequent speaker on wellness and a healthy lifestyle. She and her husband Tom Grabow have 2 daughters, Perri and Zoe.