This unique online video CME course — a response to the burden of diseases driven by obesity and diabetes — is designed to help you manage these two conditions holistically, with an eye toward the health of both your patients and their communities.
Expert faculty from Harvard Medical School and other leading institutions guide you through evidence-based patient assessment, methods to support behavioral modification in different care settings, and tailoring of both medical and procedural therapeutics for those struggling with metabolic disease.
Diabetes and Obesity: Patient-Centered Management is available online so you can earn continuing medical education credits whenever, wherever. It will help you to better:
- Identify and integrate current therapeutic options for obesity and diabetes
- Apply current and recommended guidelines
- Deliver equitable care with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, sexual preference, and gender orientation
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Review and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice
- Apply current/recommended guidelines in clinical practice
- Perform up-to-date techniques to diagnose complex clinical problems
- Identify/integrate current therapeutic options for obesity and diabetes
- Deliver equitable care with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, sexual preference and gender orientation
Target Audience
Primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, specialty physicians, diabetologists, nephrologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, bariatric surgeons, pediatricians, internists, dieticians, nutritionists, social workers.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
Laying the Groundwork: Facilitating Behavioral Change and Wellness
Keynote Lecture – Exploring the Link and Defining the Challenge – Diabetes and Obesity – Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACN, FACP, FTOS, DABOM
Science of Behavior Change – Michael Vallis, BSc (Hns), MA, PhD R Psych
Fundamentals of Nutrition Therapy – Nancy L. Oliveira, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Behavioral Change and Wellness – Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACN, FACP, FTOS, DABOM – Moderator
Talking to Your Patient About Eating
Maladaptive Patterns of Eating in Individuals with Obesity and Diabetes – Marc C. O’Meara, RD, LD, CDE
Just Tell Me What to Eat and I Will Do it This Time – Moving From Diet to Durable Lifestyle Change – Megan A. McCrory, PhD
When Should I Eat – Exploring Whether the Timing of Meals is Important for Weight Control – Courtney M. Peterson, PhD, MASt, MSc, MS
But I Have Diabetes – Will This Diet Work for Me? – Tailoring Healthy Eating to the Person with Diabetes – Melinda D. Maryniuk, RDN, MEd, CDCES, FADA
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – All About Eating – Nancy L. Oliveira, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES – Moderator
Targeted Behavior Change: Prevention
Let’s Talk Prevention – Childhood Obesity – Amy D. Fleischman, MD, MMSc
Cardiovascular Disease in Obesity and T2D – Evidence and Strategies for Prevention – Jorge Plutzky, MD
Impacting the Life Course – Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Women with Prior GDM – Ellen Seely, MD
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Let’s Talk Prevention – Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACN, FACP, FTOS, DABOM – Moderator
Motivational Interviewing – Joji Suzuki, MD
What Not to Miss: Comorbidities and Unique Patient Characteristics
Keynote – Beyond the Gut – The Impact of Dysmetabolism Across the Lifespan – Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
Comprehensive Assessment of People with Diabetes and Obesity – Marie E. McDonnell, MD
Effective Use of Cardiovascular Imaging to Evaluate CV Risk – Ron Blankenstein, MD
The Spectrum of Kidney Disorders in Obesity and Diabetes – David B. Mount, MD, FRCPC
Evaluating Sleep in Obesity and Diabetes – Lawrence J. Epstein, MD
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Comprehensive Multi-Morbidity Management – Vanita Aroda, MD – Moderator
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) – An Update on Screening and Treatment – Kenneth Cusi, MD, FACP, FACE
Psychiatric Complications in Diabetes – Ashwini Nadkarni, MD
Advancing Equity in Diabetes Management – The Role of Racial Disparities in Outcomes – How to Address in the Clinic – Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Caring for the Whole Patient – Expanded Perspectives – Vanita Aroda, MD – Moderator
Recognizing Atypical Diabetes – Miriam Udler, MD, PhD
Lipodystrophy – How to Recognize in your Practice and How to Assess and Treat – Elif Oral, MD
Managing the Patient with Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity – Adriana Gonzalez, MD
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Recognizing and Assessing Unique Presentations – Vanita Aroda, MD – Moderator
Key Technologies in the Toolbox
The Big Reveal – Use of Professional CGM in the Office to Identify Important Glycemic Patterns – Anna L. Goldman, MD
Self-management with CGM – Selecting the Right Patient for Optimal Benefit – Charles McKitrick, MSN, RN, CDCES
Would My Patient Do Better On An Insulin Pump – Insulin Pump Therapy in the Patient with Obesity – Devin W. Steenkamp, MD
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Technology – Enhanced Person – Centered Care – Vanita Aroda, MD – Moderator
Patient-Tailored Therapeutics for Managing the Patient with Diabetes and Obesity
Keynote – The Continuum of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes – Revisiting Treatment Goals – Vanita Aroda, MD
Prescribing for Success: Medical Therapy for Weight and Metabolic Control
Weight Impact of Medications Commonly Prescribed in the Care of the Patient with Metabolic Disease – Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP, FTOS, DABOM
A Closer Look at GLP-1 Ras for Metabolic Control in Patients with Diabetes – Carol H. Wysham, MD
A Closer Look at SGLT2 Inhibitors for Metabolic Control – Lee-Shing Chang, MD
Why, When, and How Should Obesity Medications Be Prescribed – Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACN, FACP, FTOS, DABOM
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Procedural Approaches to Metabolic Conditions – Marie E. McDonnell, MD – Moderator
Procedural Therapies for Metabolic Disease
Effects of Metabolic Surgeries on Obesity and Diabetes – Ali Tavakkoli, MD, FRCS, FACS
Patient Selection and the Peri-op Process for Metabolic Surgery – Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS
The Current State of Non-Surgical Metabolic Procedures – The Future is Now – Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FAGA, GACG, GASGE, FJGS
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Prescribing for Success – Marie E. McDonnell, MD – Moderator
Management Challenges After Bariatric Surgery
Management Challenges after Bariatric Surgery – Postoperative Nutritional Management – Malcolm K. Robinson, MD
Glycemic Challenges After Metabolic Surgery – Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD
Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery – Nawfal W. Istfan, MD, PhD
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Long-term Management Challenges Following Bariatric Surgery – Marie E. McDonnell, MD – Moderator
Achieving Long-term Success: Barriers and Tools
Adherence to Therapy in Chronic Disease – Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD
Self-management Technologies and mHealth Adherence – Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Go? – Julie C. Lauffenburger, PharmD, PhD
Connected Health and the Future of Chronic Disease Management – Naomi Fisher, MD
Expert Panel – Your Cases Discussed and Questions Answered – Achieving Long-term Success – Marie E. McDonnell, MD – Moderator
Date of Original Release: April 1, 2023
Termination Date: March 31, 2026
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