Chris Kacyon, MS, has been a full-time practicing physiologist since 2008. He is an accreditation ambassador and site visitor for the Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences. Kacyon focused his career on discovering safe and efficient ways to help the most severely obese and clinically at-risk clients at locations like the Lancaster General Hospital Bariatric Specialist Clinic and the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center. He has published research on interval training, fat oxidation, VO2max, and body composition. He previously worked as the lead physiologist at The Endurance Edge, where he performed metabolic, sweat, and blood tests on elite athletes. Currently, Kacyon serves as a department head and physiology professor at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina.