Learn how to Treat Obesity First at the Obesity Medicine 2021 Virtual Conference on April 21-25, 2021. Shift your mindset – addressing obesity at the root can help reduce or even reverse obesity-related conditions. At the obesity conference, discover how you can implement proven obesity treatment approaches in your primary care or obesity medicine practice and help your patients achieve better lifelong health.
Spring Obesity Summit
Date: April 23-25, 2021
Accreditation: 17.5 CME/CE
Schedule:
Friday, April 23 – 9:45am-6:15pm EST
Saturday, April 24 – 9:30am-5:45pm EST
Sunday, April 25 – 9:30am-2:30pm EST
The theme for the Spring Obesity Summit 2021 is Treat Obesity First. As such, the Spring Obesity Summit will focus on practical strategies you can use to address obesity at the root in a primary care, specialty, or obesity medicine practice. Learn how to apply evidence-based guidelines to the treatment of obesity – including selecting appropriate anti-obesity medications, managing patients in post-bariatric surgery, and treating your patients’ obesity-related conditions, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease.
Schedule on Friday, April 23
9:45-10:00 AM – Presidential Address
10:00-11:00 AM – Obesity Medicine 2021 Keynote
11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Curing Obesity in Two Words: Be Inefficient!
12:00-12:15 PM – Break
12:15-1:00 PM – Pharmacotherapy of Complex Obesity: A Case-Based Approach
1:00-2:00 PM – The Art and Science of Deprescribing
2:00-3:00 PM – Lunch
3:00-4:00 PM – Slashing the Fat out in NAFLD
4:00-4:45 PM – Early Intervention in Weight Management: Treating Pre-Obesity
4:45-5:00 PM – Break
5:00-6:15 PM – Understanding Food Security & Obesity Paradox: A Case Study
Schedule on Saturday, April 24
9:30-10:00 AM – CME Breakfast Panel (Optional CME/CE)
10:00-11:00 AM – Obesity Medicine 2021 Keynote: Gary Taubes
11:00-11:15 AM – Break
11:15 AM-12:15 PM – A Real World Approach to Treating Obesity in Primary Care / D-O-C and B-E-D: Recognize, Diagnose, and Treat Binge Eating Disorders
12:15-1:15 PM – Obesity Management in Primary Care: Challenges and Solutions / Coherent Management of Diabetes and Obesity
1:15-2:15 PM – Lunch
2:15-3:15 PM – Primary Care Management of Patients in Post Bariatric Surgery / Longitudinal Management of Patient after Bariatric Surgery
3:15-4:15 PM – Weight Bias in Pediatric Obesity / Overcoming Barriers: Physical Activity in Patients with Disability
4:15-4:30 PM – Break
4:30-5:45 PM – Short and Sweet: Utilizing Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care / A Hot Mess – Obesity, Inflammation and CVD; Systems Thinking
Schedule on Sunday, April 25
9:30-10:15 AM – Breakfast with the Experts (Required for CME/CE)
10:15-10:30 AM – Break
10:30-11:30 AM – Inequality in Infectious Disease – COVID, Obesity, and Patients of Color
11:30 AM-12:30 PM – Addressing Obesity Complications and Obesity Pharmacology
12:30-12:45 PM – Break
12:45-1:30 PM – Precision Medicine for Treatment of Obesity
1:30 -2:30 PM – Challenging Cases in Obesity Medicine
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Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment
Pre-conference Event
*Runs concurrently with Practice Management Essentials
Date: April 21-22
Accreditation: 9.5 CME/CE
Schedule:
Wednesday, April 21 – 12:30-6:00pm EST
Thursday, April 22 – 9:15am-1:45pm EST
This is a 1.5-day interactive course offering 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.
Schedule on Wednesday, April 21
12:30-1:30 PM – Understanding the Chronic Disease of Obesity
1:30-2:15 PM – Nutrition
2:15-2:30 PM – Break
2:30-3:00 PM – Physical Activity
3:00-3:45 PM – Behavior
3:45-4:15 PM – Surgery
4:15-4:30 PM – Break
4:30-5:45 PM – Medication
5:45-6:00 PM – Q/A
Schedule on Thursday, April 22
9:00-9:15 AM – Q&A Panel Breakfast (Required for CME/CE)
9:15-10:15 AM – Casework
10:15-11:15 AM – Casework
11:15-11:30 AM – Break
11:30 AM-12:30 PM – Casework
12:30 PM-1:30 PM – Casework
1:30-1:45 PM – Q&A
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Practice Management Essentials
Pre-conference Event
*Runs concurrently with Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment.
Date: April 21-22
Accreditation: 9.5 CME/CE
Schedule:
Wednesday, April 21 – 12:30-6:00pm EST
Thursday, April 22 – 9:00am-3:15pm EST
Practice Management Essentials will focus on how to get started with an obesity medicine practice. The content is intended for physicians recently certified in obesity medicine, as well as other primary care or specialized physicians, NPs, and PAs who have the clinical obesity medicine knowledge but want to successfully set up an obesity medicine practice.
Schedule on Wednesday, April 21
12:30-1:30 PM – Effective Weight Loss Program in Employer-Based Clinic with Limited Resources
1:30-2:30 PM – Expand Your Obesity Medicine Team with Frontline Lifestyle Therapy
2:30-2:45 PM – Break
2:45-3:45 PM – Evaluating a Practice
3:45-4:45 PM – Optimizing the Virtual Visit
4:45-5:00 PM – Break
5:00-6:00 PM -Office Visit Structures: Breaking Down the Pillars of Obesity Management into Clinical Practice
Schedule on Thursday, April 22
9:00-9:30 AM – Q&A Panel Breakfast (Required for CME/CE)
9:30-10:30 AM – What’s New in Billing and Coding
10:30-10:45 AM – Break
10:45-11:45 AM – Applying Billing and Coding Using Obesity Case Scenarios
11:45 AM-12:45 PM – Getting Your Obesity Medicine Practice Started
12:45-1:00 PM – Break
1:00-2:00 PM – Building A Presence for Your Obesity Medicine Practice
2:00-3:00 PM – Lunch
2:00-3:00 PM – NO CME: Leveraging Telehealth to Address Access Gaps in Obesity Medicine
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Off-Label Obesity Treatment Alternatives for Complicated Patients
Pre-conference Event
Date: April 22
Accreditation: 3 CME/CE
Schedule:
Thursday, April 22 – 3:15pm-6:30pm EST
This interactive course will review the role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of obesity; including, FDA approved prescribing guidelines for approved anti-obesity medications, off-label use of medication for obesity treatment, and medications associated with weight gain. Attendees will apply safe and efficacious pharmacological treatments to multiple case studies featuring challenging patients with obesity.
Schedule on Thursday, April 22
3:15-4:15 PM – Optimizing use of FDA Approved Anti-obesity Medications
4:15-5:15 PM – Thinking Outside the Box for Obesity Medication Treatment
5:15-5:30 PM – Break
5:30-6:30 PM – Do No Harm – Alternatives to Weight Promoting Medications
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