This is webinar 3 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. John Magaña Morton to discuss:

• Evaluating patient outcomes measuring weight loss success in terms of reduced disease burden.
• How to adapt treatment plan when interventions are unsuccessful.
• The future of obesity care in gastroenterology.
  
  

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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.
3. Assess disparities in health outcomes for URM patients with obesity.

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

John Magaña Morton
Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery
Vice Chair of Surgical Quality
Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health System
New Haven, Connecticut

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