LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Summarize the approach to lifestyle modification in patients with obesity
- Discuss medications for weight loss including mechanism of action, efficacy, and side effects
- Describe available and emerging endoscopic approaches to weight loss
- Discuss surgical techniques for weight loss
PRESENTERS AND TOPICS
Lifestyle Approaches for Weight Loss
Kellene Anne Isom, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, Don B Huntley College of Agriculture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Weight Loss Medication: Where We Are and Where We Are Going
Manpreet Mundi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
Current Perspectives on Endobariatrics: A New Frontier of Weight Management Options
Carolyn Newberry, MD, PNS, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director of GI Nutrition, Innovative Center for Health and Nutrition in Gastroenterology (ICHANGE), Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Bariatric Surgery Pearls: Criteria, Options, Complications
Sara Hennessy, MD, FACS, CNSC, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery; Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Williams P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Moderator
Manpreet Mundi, MD