Meet the Speakers
Featuring 12 experts speakers featured in 12 interesting lectures, in a 3 day conference focused on obesity medicine (for doctors, though also open to the public). Topics will span from obesity medicine, to neurobehavioral approaches, to the role of food and culinary medicine, to building an independent obesity med practice, and more.
Miriam Zylberglait, MD explores holistic obesity management: integrating clinical expertise and emerging tech for sustainable, personalized care, enhancing patient outcomes and well-being.
Anti-Obesity Medications: Tips And Tricks For Prescribing
Carolynn Francavilla Brown, MD teaches doctors how to feel confident in choosing and prescribing anti-obesity medications.
Why Consider a Neurobehavioral Approach to Weight Loss?
Franchell Hamilton MD will teach how and why obesity is a brain disease and how to shift treatments to use neuroscience as a foundational approach to which all other treatments should be built.
Beyond BMI: Uncovering The Truth About Body Composition
Tracy Norfleet, MD teaches about the limitations of BMI and the importance of body composition in assessing overall health.
The Current State And Controversies In Obesity Medicine
Kirsten Frederiksen, MD will provide insight into best practices and standards of care, controversies surrounding obesity medicine and what the future of care may look like, focusing on innovation.
Metabolic Makeover: A Guide To Perimenopausal Weight Gain
Sejal Desai, MD, DABOM explores the causes of perimenopausal weight gain and evidence-based management for healthcare providers aiding patients.
Sleep Loss Cancels Out Weight Loss
Audrey Wells, MD highlights the role that healthy sleep plays in obesity intervention. Sleep deprivation will make weight loss more difficult and create vulnerability to weight regain.
Integrative Approach To Addressing Obesity: Combining Clinical Expertise With Emerging Technologies
Miriam Zylberglait, MD explores holistic obesity management: integrating clinical expertise and emerging tech for sustainable, personalized care, enhancing patient outcomes and well-being.
Starting Your Independent Obesity Practice
Pankaj Rajvanshi, MD, Dipl. ABOM aims to empower healthcare providers to start, or enhance, their obesity care practices using GLP-1+ medications, advanced AI tools, and various business models to remain independent and financially viable.
Integrating Culinary Medicine Into Obesity Medicine To Improve Practice And Patient Outcomes
Dietitian and cuklinary medicine specialist Christina Badaracco, MPH, RDN, LDN teaches the fundamentals and practical steps for integrating culinary medicine into obesity medicine to improve your clinical practice and your patients' outcomes
Treating Obesity With Food: The Power Of Using A Whole Food, Plant-Based Lifestyle Medicine Approach
Maria Cecilia Mosquera, MD lectures and provides a brief cooking demonstration regarding the use of plant-predominant dietary patterns to help prevent and manage overweight and obesity.
Overcoming Environmental Factors To Treat Obesity: Addressing Social Determinants Of Health, Environmental Factors, And Cultural Influences
Nisha Kuruvadi, DO lectures on why obesity means understanding and overcoming social, environmental, and cultural barriers through policy, community interventions, and culturally competent care.
TESTIMONIALS
"Great lectures, outstanding speakers, excellent information on diet, exercise, sleep and other important lifestyle issues at #SoMeDocsObesityMed24!"
— Svetlana Blitshteyn, MD , attendee
"I picked up so many new pearls of wisdom at the SoMeDocs(Doctors on Social Media) Obesity Medicine Conference this weekend! The broad range of speakers covers the multitude of topics around this critical disease."
— Cindy Van Praag, MD, attendee
"The speakers have been excellent, informative, and engaging."
— Leann Poston, MD, MBA, MEd, attendee
"Such an insightful presentation by Franchell Richard-Hamilton, MD, FASMBS, FACS at the #SoMeDocsObesityMed24 conference! My favorite lecture and topic so far! So important to approach weight loss with a neurobehavioral approach that leads to more curiosity and effort rather than just reaching an end point."
— Lisa Hoang, PA, attendee
"#somedocsobesitymed24 fabulous and free CME conference. Loved Dr. Francavilla’s lecture and the new perspectives from Dr. Hamilton’s neurobehavioral approach!"
— Kimberly Milford, MD, attendee
"I'm enjoying #SoMeDocsObesityMed24, the Obesity Medicine Conference going on this weekend! Some of my favorite conferences so far are how to choose obesity medication and additional measures of obesity and overweight when BMI is not an accurate indicator of obesity or overweight."
— Barbara Krull, MD, attendee
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