Dr. David Anyadike is a general pediatrician on staff with UIC and St. Anthony Hospital, and the Pediatric Developmental Center at Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He obtained his degree from Meharry Medical College, did his pediatric residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), as well as his chief residency with UIC at Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

Since his residency training, he has founded citywide programs with institutions like the YMCA to address childhood obesity, and has continued to do work and research into the field of family and childhood overweight. He does teaching, mentoring, advocacy, and outreach work while doing general pediatrics in a small private clinic on the near-west side.