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Description

Obesity care represents a growing need around the world, and the complexity of the disease requires a comprehensive multidisciplinary collaborative approach. This session will help participants understand the current landscape from a medical and surgical perspective and highlight some current limitations to appropriate treatment. The session will highlight several practice models and how these can impact/improve appropriate comprehensive care of the patient with obesity.

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the current landscape of healthcare access to the treatment of obesity.
  2. Incorporate the medical treatment of obesity into their practice.
  3. Understand the value of comprehensive obesity treatment for sustained long-term outcomes with respect to reduction of obesity-related health conditions, and improvements in quality of life for patients.

1:30pm Introduction: ASMBS President and OMA President-Elect
Marina Kurian, MD FACS FASMBS; Lydia C Alexander, MD DiplABOM DiplABLM FOMA
Risk Reduction
1:35pm Reduction in cancer risk with obesity treatment interventions
SAMER MATTAR, MD
1:45pm Beyond the Operating Room: Will Emerging Anti-Obesity Medications (AOMs) Eclipse Bariatric Surgery?
Lydia C Alexander, MD DiplABOM DiplABLM FOMA
Managing an Epidemic
2:05pm Limitations to Access and Various Methods of Obesity Medicine Care Delivery (FFS, Concierge Models)
Carl Knopke
2:25pm Disparities in healthcare: access and outcomes
Shaneeta M Johnson, MD MBA FACS FICS FASMBS
2:35pm Benefit of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) for the Management of Obesity
Sunil Bhoyrul, MD
2:45pm Panel Discussion
3:00pm Adjourn