Obesity Medicine 2023 Conference

Obesity Medicine 2023 will prepare you to treat obesity at the root to manage your patients’ obesity-related conditions and improve your patient’s overall health and quality of life.

Customize your conference experience by registering for the Spring Summit and adding on one of two pre-conference courses: Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment or the Review Course for the ABOM Exam.

Join your fellow obesity medicine clinicians at the New York Hilton Midtown and gain practical strategies to treat patients with obesity in a primary care, specialty, or obesity medicine practice.

Obesity Medicine 2023 Summit | April 21-23

Earn up to 17.5 CME/CE at the Spring Obesity Summit in New York. Sessions during the Summit will focus on the integration of skills in obesity medicine with an emphasis on practical treatment strategies, treating patients in special populations, patient engagement, practice and business management, research, and diving deep into a variety of patient case studies.

Featured Speaker | Friday, April 21, 2023

The Stigma Barrier: The Effect of Internalized Weight Bias on Patient Obesity Care | Elizabeth Paul

In this session, Liz Paul will describe her experiences living with obesity, including her journey to overcoming internalized weight bias. Throughout the session, Paul will explore the challenges that weight stigma adds to seeking and receiving meaningful obesity treatment, the danger of internalized weight bias on both mental and physical health, and the role comprehensive compassionate obesity care can play in helping patients overcome internalized weight bias and refocus on treating their disease without shame.

Industry Keynote | Saturday, April 22, 2023

The Calculus of Calories: Quantifying Body Weight Regulation in Humans | Kevin Hall, PhD

In this presentation, Dr. Hall will discuss the physiology of human body weight regulation and how our bodies adapt to various changes in diet, including the amount of calories, carbs versus fat, as well as differences in diet quality varying in the amounts of “ultra-processed” foods.


Pre-Conference: Review Course for the ABOM Exam | April 19-20

The Review Course, moderated by Tiffany Lowe-Clayton, DO, offers a thorough review of the core content covered on the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) certification exam with a clinical focus – so you’re not only prepared to take the test, but you’re well equipped to deliver evidence-based care for your patients with obesity.

Earn up to 12.5 CME/CE and up to 12.5 Medical Knowledge MOC* points.

Tiffany Lowe-Clayton headshot
Tiffany Lowe-Clayton, DO, DABOM, MHPE

Pre-Conference: Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment | April 19-20

Moderated by Nick Pennings, DO, this is a 1.5-day interactive course offers introductory education about the evidence-based approaches for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating obesity in a clinical setting. The content is appropriate for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinicians-in-training, and other healthcare providers who treat patients with the disease of obesity.

Earn up to 12.5 CME/CE and up to 12.5 Medical Knowledge MOC* points.

Nick Pennings, DO, FOMA

Pre-Conference: Practicing What We Preach – Your Role as an Obesity Medicine Specialist | April 20

Practicing What We Preach: Your Role as an Obesity Medicine Specialist – Inspiring Change and Overcoming Negative Weight Biases to Prioritize the Management of Obesity as a Chronic Disease

Thursday, April 20 | 1:30 – 4:45 pm | Rendezvous Ballroom

This activity is jointly provided by PVI (PeerView Institute for Medical Education) and OMA (Obesity Medicine Association) and supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

This 3.0 credit hour CME/AAPA/NCPD-certified workshop will provide practical strategies on treating obesity consistent with the most recent evidence and according to current clinical guidelines, including the important role that anti-obesity medications (AOMs) play in the overall and long-term treatment of obesity.

Standardized patient videos will be utilized throughout the workshop to depict patient-provider conversations about realistic struggles with achieving weight management goals and the potential of using AOMs to improve outcomes and reduce the risk for and progression of obesity-related comorbidities. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with their peers regarding the patient-provider conversations, evaluating what worked well and what could be improved and practice initiating nonjudgmental discussions that are designed to empower people with obesity so they can successfully achieve and sustain weight loss over the long term.

For additional information on this Pre-conference program please visit www.PeerView.com/ObesityWorkshop23-Live.


* Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.