Product Overview & Details for Harvard The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine Treating Obesity 2024
OVERVIEW
Effective treatment of patients with obesity is an increasingly important part of modern medical practice. This course delivers practical strategies to optimize the management of obesity and its many complications, and provides the most up-to-date approaches to obesity prevention and treatment.
Highlights of the 2024 program include:
- Update on using the newer GLP-1 based therapies
- Comprehensive evaluation of the patient with obesity
- Emerging precision medicine approaches to obesity and metabolic disorders
- Optimizing medical outcomes after bariatric surgery
- Effective counseling and motivation techniques
- Medical and surgical treatment of children and adolescents with obesity
- Emerging strategies and therapies for genetic obesity
- Navigating our understanding of how diet influences metabolic processes
- Building and maintaining a successful Obesity Medicine practice
- Enhancing communication about obesity with patients, referring providers, payers, and the public
Presented by authorities in medicine, surgery, pediatrics, nutrition, endocrinology, gastroenterology and psychology from the country’s leading obesity treatment centers, this course covers critical topics in the prevention and treatment of obesity and related disorders. It includes didactic lectures and panel discussions to improve participants’ ability to care for patients with obesity. In addition, an Obesity Medicine board review is offered for participants preparing for the American Board of Obesity Medicine board examination.
This course is designed to give health care providers the knowledge to:
- Identify, evaluate and manage patients with high-risk obesity
- Provide lifestyle-based therapies for obesity, including nutritional, physical activity, and behavioral approaches
- Apply effective counseling and behavioral modification techniques
- Apply current pharmacological approaches to the treatment of obesity
- Assess patients for their need and appropriateness for bariatric surgery and determine surgical options
Obesity Medicine Board Review
One day prior to the start of Treating Obesity 2024, we offer a comprehensive one-day review course to help candidates prepare for the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) certification examination. This course is taught by diplomates of the ABOM, and reviews all the major basic, diagnostic and treatment concepts required for the exam, including:
- Pathophysiology of obesity
- Obesity comorbidities
- Pediatric patient management
- Genetic and syndromic obesity
- Nutrition and exercise assessment and intervention
- Intensive lifestyle and behavioral therapy
- Anti-obesity pharmacotherapy
- Bariatric surgery
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360-Degree Education
Patient Care. Â Reimbursements. Â Challenging Cases. Â Global Perspectives.
Fewer than 5% of patients with obesity undergo proper clinical evaluation for this disorder in a clinical setting. Treating Obesity 2024 provides education about obesity, its causes and consequences, and the most effective tools and strategies for its prevention and treatment.
Unique to this program is a 360-degree educational experience, where attendees:
- Hear from authorities in medicine, pediatrics, nutrition, surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and mental health about strategies to optimize care for your patients with obesity
- Learn how to build and maintain a successful Obesity Medicine practice in varied clinical settings, including primary care, multidisciplinary obesity care center, and a standalone Obesity Medicine specialty private practice
- Learn about the increasing global burden of obesity-associated disease
- Understand the adverse effect of obesity on the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases related to obesity
- Become more effective at strategic communication with payers, employers, and other policymakers about the benefits and value of targeted obesity treatment
- Get feedback and guidance on your own challenging cases from experienced Obesity Medicine clinicians
- Interact directly with faculty during panel discussions and interactive question and answer sessions
- Prepare for the American Board of Obesity Medicine board examination
Obesity Medicine Board Review
Sunday, June 9, 2024
9:30 am – 7:45 pm
Board Review Session 1
9:30am – 11:45pm
Course Directors
Angela Fitch, MD
Klara Rosenquist, MD
Jennifer Ahn, MD
Board Review Session 2
12:45pm – 2:45pm
Paul Copeland, MD
Vibha Singhal, MBBS, MPH
Jennifer Rosenblum, MD
Wesley Dutton, MD
Board Review Session 3
3:15pm – 5:15pm
Angela Fitch, MD
Gregory Curtis, MD
Karan Chhabra, MD, MSc
Board Review Session 4
5:45pm – 7:45pm
Mark Gorman, PhD
Angela Fitch, MD
Wesley Dutton, MD
Gregory Curtis, MD
Monday, June 10, 2024
Introduction
Amandeep Singh, MD, PhD and Angela Fitch, MD
Daniel J. Drucker, MD
Daniel J. Drucker, MD and Steven Heymsfield, MD
Approach to Treatment
Ethan Lazarus, MD, FOMA
Timothy Garvey, MD
Grant Tinsley, PhD, CSCS,*D
Susan Himes, PhD
Drs. Fitch, Garvey, Himes, Lazarus, and Tinsley
Gail O’Brien, MD
Angela Fitch, MD
Christina Chow, PhD
Angela Fitch, MD
Drs. Chow, Fitch, and O’Brien
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Course Directors
Exercise and Dietary Considerations
John Jakicic, PhD
Christopher Gardner, PhD
Krista Varady, PhD
Chika Anekwe, MD
Drs. Anekwe, Fitch, Gardner, Jakcic, and Varady
Individualization of Care
Jesse Richards, DO
Lindsay Fourman, MD
Elizabeth K. Speliotes, MD, PhD, MPH, FAASLD
Andrew Chan, MD
Deborah Bade Horn, DO, MPH, MFOMA
Sreevidya Bodepudi, DO
Drs. Bodepudi, Chan, Fourman, Horn, Richards, Singh, and Speliotes
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Course Directors
Models of Delivering Care
Alexander Blood, MD, MSc
Shirly Ramchandani, MD
Leigh Perreault, MD
Adam Gilden, MD
Drs. Blood, Gilden, Perreault, Ramchandani, and Singh
Carolynn Francavilla Brown, MD
Jacob Mirsky, MD, Â MA, DipABLM
David Eisenberg, MD
Pediatrics
Jennifer Ahn, MD
Vibha Singhal, MBBS, MPH
Cornelia Griggs, MD
Drs. Ahn, Fitch, Griggs, and Singhal
Endoscopic and Surgical Approaches to Treating Obesity
Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH
Amandeep Singh, MD, PhD
Eric Sheu, MD, PhD
Drs. Abu Dayyeh, Sheu, and Singh
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Course Directors
Understanding the Needs of Patients with Obesity
Klara Rosenquist, MD
Jamy Ard, MD
Sarah Ro, MD
David Boyce, MD
Drs. Ard, Boyce, Ro, Rosenquist, and Singh
Diseases Associated with Obesity
Kathleen Corey, MD, MPH
Michelle Lai, MD, MPH
Paul Copeland, MD
Drs. Copeland, Corey, Lai, and Singh
Romit Bhattacharya, MD
Jeremy McConnell, MD
Justin Brown, PhD
Christopher Palmer, MD
Drs. Bhattacharya, Brown, McConnell, Palmer, and Singh
