Treating Obesity 2020: The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine

This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME course, which has sold out the last 6 years, delivers practical strategies to optimize the management of obesity and its many complications, and provides the most up-to-date approaches to obesity prevention and treatment. Highlights of the 2020 program include: Comprehensive evaluation of the patient with obesity -- Medical management of the patient with obesity -- Emerging precision medicine approaches to obesity and metabolic disorders -- Optimizing medical outcomes after bariatric surgery -- Effective counseling and motivation techniques -- Medical and surgical treatment of children and adolescents with obesity -- Emerging strategies and therapies for genetic obesity -- Navigating our understanding of how diet influences metabolic processes -- Building and maintaining a successful Obesity Medicine practice -- Enhancing communication about obesity with patients, referring providers, payers, and the public -- Presented by authorities in medicine, surgery, pediatrics, nutrition, endocrinology, gastroenterology and psychology from the country’s leading obesity treatment centers, this course covers critical topics in the prevention and treatment of obesity and related disorders. In addition, one day prior to the start of Treating Obesity 2020, we host a one-day review for the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) certification examination. This course is taught by recent diplomates of the ABOM.

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