Dr. Tamer Yacoub is board certified in internal medicine; endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism; and obesity medicine. He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo before completing postgraduate medical training in New Jersey and Massachusetts and a fellowship in clinical endocrinology at Boston University Hospital. At Prima CARE, Dr. Yacoub serves as Medical Director of the Center for Weight Control, where his work incorporates medical, metabolic and nutritional approaches to obesity care, while his broader clinical practice encompasses diabetes, thyroid disease, lipid disorders and osteoporosis. He has authored clinical publications addressing type 2 diabetes treatment and has contributed as an investigator to major phase 3 studies of tirzepatide for obesity, diabetes management and diabetes prevention. A nationally recognized speaker on endocrine and metabolic health, Dr. Yacoub also helped establish Prima CARE as the first center in Massachusetts to offer in-office Afirma genetic testing for indeterminate thyroid nodules.