This is webinar 2 of 3 from our new program: Obesity in GI Care: Start the Conversation, Change the Narrative. Over the course of 6 podcast episodes and 3 webinars, you'll learn a comprehensive approach to diagnosing and treating obesity, with a specific focus on patients with GI comorbidities. This series highlights key findings and strategies from AGA’s 2017 Practice guide on Obesity and Weight management, Education and Resources (POWER program).

In this webinar, our hosts Drs. Andres Acosta and Octavia Pickett-Blakely are joined by Dr. Janese Laster and Barham Abu Dayyeh to discuss:

• Gastroenterologists and the GI care team should embrace obesity care as weight management is proven to be beneficial in patients with comorbid gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), reflux esophagitis, gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), gallbladder disease, pancreatitis, esophageal and colon cancer.
• Gastroenterologists and the GI care team are poised to offer comprehensive care for patients with obesity who may require endoscopic procedures and/or bariatric surgery to achieve long term weight loss.
• Updates on medications and devices for obesity management that are available now and a look into what may be available in the future.

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Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the spectrum of therapeutic and surgical options for obesity treatment, including new and emerging strategies.
2. Develop personalized obesity treatment plans with patients through shared decision making, encompassing multidisciplinary care.

Faculty

Andres Acosta, MD, PhD, Course Director, Co-host
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Octavia Pickett-Blakely, MD, MHS, Co-host
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, GI Nutrition, Celiac Spue and Obesity Program
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Janese Laster, MD
Owner, Gut Theory: Total Digestive Care
Washington, District of Columbia

Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

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