- Arthritis
- Medical Weight LossRobert S. Beale, Jr., M.D., along with his assistant Ms. Idelle Leavy, started treating people with weight loss issues in Washington, DC in 1974. Dr. Beale was the area’s first physician to recognize and treat obesity.
- Family PracticeIn February 1971, after serving in the United States Public Health Service, he opened an office for the private practice of family medicine in the Washington, DC suburb of Glenarden, Maryland. Dr. Beale became interested in specializing in weight reduction in 1974 because he realized that many of the illnesses that he was treating such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cholesterol and arthritis were either caused by or worsened by being overweight.
- Diabetes Care