Obesity Medicine Association Announces the 2025 OMA Award Winners

The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) announced its 2025 Award Winners at the recent Obesity Medicine 2025 Conference in National Harbor, MD, this April. The six OMA Awards are presented annually at the annual spring conference to clinicians whose outstanding achievements are deserving of special recognition.

ABOM Candidate of the Year Award

Presented to the OMA member who scored the highest on the American Board of Obesity Medicine Certification Examination

Recipient: Johanna Elizabeth Tran, MD, DABOM

The Steelman-Seim Educator Award for Excellence in Academics

Recipient: Silvana Pannain, MD

Dr. Vernon B. Astler Award

Recipient: Leslie Golden, MD, MPH

Committee Leadership Award

Recipient: Nancy Browne, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FOMA

Dr. Peter G. Lindner Award

Recipient: Lori Wenz, NP-C, MSN, FOMA

Dr. Raymond E. Dietz Meritorious Service Award

Recipient: Courtney Younglove, MD, FOMA, FACOG, DABOM

Dr. William H. McCarthy Clinician of the Year Award

Recipient: Carolynn Francavilla Brown, MD, DABOM, MFOMA