Meet Our Medical Weight Loss Doctors
Craig Primack, MD and Robert Ziltzer, MD are medical weight loss doctors with a passion for healthy living. They understand what it takes to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle and they have extensive experience helping people achieve weight loss success. Get to know your medical weight loss doctor better.
Craig Primack, MD
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Primack attended the University of Illinois before earning his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago- The Stritch School of Medicine. He then came to Arizona in 1997 to complete a combined medical residency program in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Primack specializes in medical weight loss and is board certified by The American Board of Bariatric Medicine in addition to board certifications in Internal Medicine and in Pediatrics. Dr. Primack is an active member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians and the Obesity Society. He has been listed as one of Phoenix Magazine’s Top Docs in 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008, as well as one of Scottsdale 101 magazine’s Top 101 Doctors. He has recently been elected to the National Board of Directors for the American Society of Bariatric Medicine (ASBP), a society of over 1500 physicians that treat obesity.
He believes in a comprehensive approach to weight loss. As a medical weight loss doctor, Dr. Primack focuses on prescribing weight loss programs that are tailored to his patients’ individual needs and clinically proven to provide safe and significant weight loss and as well as lessening the severity of weight related conditions including diabetes and hypertension.
Dr. Primack has personally lost 30 pounds and has successfully kept it off for over six years. He is an avid cyclist and runner, and has completed one full marathon and several half marathons. He and his wife Allyson are the proud parents of three young children.
Robert Ziltzer, MD
Dr. Ziltzer’s passion for serving as a medical weight loss doctor is born, in part, from his experience in treating people who suffered from obesity-related illnesses.
Dr. Ziltzer earned his medical degree from the Albany Medical College of Union University and completed his combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics medical residency at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital. He then established a medical practice in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1991, where he treated many patients suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. While treating these patients, Dr. Ziltzer observed the impact that weight loss had on these medical conditions, as well on the confidence and self esteem of his patients.
In 1995, Dr. Ziltzer committed to specializing in medical weight loss. He is board certified by The American Board of Bariatric Medicine and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians and the Obesity Society. Dr. Ziltzer has also been listed as one of Phoenix Magazine’s Top Docs in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and as one of Scottsdale 101 magazine’s Top 101 Doctors.
In addition to serving the community as a medical weight loss doctor and advocate for health and well-being, Dr. Ziltzer enjoys training for marathons and spending time with his wife and two children.