Matt Longjohn, MD, MPH
Consultant
Matt Longjohn and Associates, LLC
Matt Longjohn provides obesity prevention expertise and public health strategies to nonprofit organizations, hospitals and healthcare systems, research institutes and city and state agencies. Current clients include the Altarum Institute, the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Chicago Public Schools, the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) and the Michigan Department of Community Health. Other recent clients include Alegent Healthcare (Omaha, NE), the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan and the Public Health Law Program (Berkeley, CA).
Prior to working as a consultant, Dr. Longjohn was a faculty member in the Departments of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the founding executive director of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children. Under his leadership, CLOCC grew to become a nationally recognized coalition of over 1500 individuals representing more than 500 organizations, the largest coalition of its kind. Dr. Longjohn raised millions of dollars to support these partners and organized dozens of community-based programs and projects. Achievements include drafting and passage of five state laws, the organization of the City of Chicago’s Inter-Departmental Taskforce on Childhood Obesity, the development of award winning communication tools, a three-year youth-led public education initiative, and numerous research and evaluation projects.
Dr. Longjohn has an interest in promoting physician leadership. Towards that end, he has assisted in organizing advocacy efforts of large medical societies to promote gun injury prevention policies and instructed medical students at Northwestern University and the Medical College of Wisconsin in courses such as "Violence as a Public Health Problem", "Public Health Advocacy, Policy, and Law" and "Physician Leadership".
He received his BA in Biology from Kalamazoo College and his MD and MPH from Tulane University. He is a proud husband and father. His family currently lives in Michigan in his greatgreat- grandfather's farmhouse.
