Education for Obesity Medicine Fellows

Monthly Obesity Medicine Journal Club & Cases at Noon ET

Exclusively for Obesity Medicine Fellows! Please see below schedule for journal club and case presentations. 

Date Journal Club Presenters
(12:00-12:40 ET) 		Case Presenter
(12:40-1:00 ET)
9/13/2024 Yuval Pinto (Johns Hopkins) Dylan Vainer (Utah)
10/11/2024 Andrea Stark (UT Houston)
12/13/2024 Arit Esu (Hartford Hospital)
1/10/25 Jake Stuppy (Univ. Minnesota- Peds)
Syed Hassan (Geisinger) 		Katie Ruddiman (Wake Forest)
2/14/25 Mercedez Hernandez (UT Houston)
Sanjay Dronavalli (Metrohealth) 		Anam Fatima (Vanderbilt)
3/14/25 Flo Porterfield (Mass General)
Gil Hebert (Univ. Colorado) 		Bryn Falahee (Brigham & Women's)
4/11/25 Camellia Kani (UCSF)
5/9/25 Hina Chaudhry (Atrium Health) Danielle Marsh (UAB)
6/13/25 Areeba Altaf (West Virginia Univ.)

Past Lectures

Date Journal Club Presenter
(12:00-12:45 ET) 		Didactics Presenter
(12:45-1:30 ET)
11/10/2023 Sree Bodepudi (Mass General/Harvard)
Safety and Efficacy of Liraglutide, 3.0mg, Once Daily vs Placebo in Patients With Poor Weight Loss Following Metabolic Surgery
Recording 		--
12/8/2023 Jodian Hemmings (Hartford Healthcare)
Weight regain after total meal replacement very low-calorie diet program with and with-out anti-obesity medications
Recording 		Sree Bodepudi (Mass General Hospital)
Alexandra Giedd (Atrium Health)
Obesity and Women’s Health
1/12/24 Neetu Mulchandani (Cleveland Clinic)
Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes
Recording 		Priya Patel (Wake Forest University)
Alexandra Giedd (Atrium Health)
Pediatric Obesity
2/9/24 Afua Takyi (Weill Cornell)
Continued Treatment with Tirzepatide for Maintenance of Weight Reduction in Adults with Obesity: The SURMOUNT-4 Randomized Clinical Trial
Recording 		Nivedita Agarwal (Boston Medical Center)
Post Bariatric Surgery Complications
3/8/24 Victoria Lu (University of Colorado)
Effect of Sleep Extension on Objectively Assessed Energy Intake Among Adults With Overweight in Real-life Settings
Recording 		Nikola Gligorijevic (UPMC)
Obesity and Eating Disorders
4/12/24 Lisa Cherullo (University of Minnesota)
Smartphone camera based assessment of adiposity: a validation study
Recording 		Nina Paddu (Vanderbilt University)
Sleep deprivation and obesity: What’s the connection?
5/10/24 Cynthia Akagbosu (Weill Cornell)
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty for treatment of class 1 and 2 obesity (MERIT): a prospective, multicentre, randomised trial
Recording 		Norma Atkinson (MetroHealth System)
Topic: MASLD/MASH and Obesity
6/14/24 Luis Nieto (West Virginia University)
Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Recording 		Jyotsna Ghosh (Johns Hopkins)
Obesity and Arthritis
Date Topic Speaker Institution
9/9/2022 Pathophysiology of Obesity Dr. Firas Ghomraoui Vanderbilt University Medical Center
10/14/2022 Endoscopic Treatment of Obesity Dr. Phani Keerthi Surapaneni West Virginia University
11/11/2022 Dietary Interventions for Weight Loss Dr. Sarah Schmitz Weill Cornell Medicine
12/9/2022 Overview of NAFLD Dr. Sree Kowsika University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1/13/2023 Obesity, fertility, and pregnancy Dr. Aisha Khan Northwell Health
2/10/2023 Inpatient Obesity Medicine Dr. Austen Smith Brigham and Women's Hospital
3/10/2023 Obesity Medicine in Gender Diverse Individuals undergoing Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Dr. John Michael Taormina University of Colorado
4/14/2023 Severe Obesity and Diastolic Dysfunction Dr. Jessica Morales University of Utah
5/12/2023 Obesity Treatment in Chronic Kidney Disease Dr. Jennifer Ahn Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital
6/23/2023 Lymphedema, Lipedema, and Obesity Dr. Summer Azmat Cleveland Clinic

Remote Education

Obesity Medicine Association

Obesity Medicine Association | OMA Academy | https://academy.obesitymedicine.org/

The Obesity Society

The Obesity Society | ObesityWeek On Demand | https://obesityweek.ondemand.org/about-ondemand-features/

Grand Rounds: https://www.obesity.org/meetings-education/grandrounds/

Tri-State Obesity Society

Upcoming ROOTs (Review of Obesity Topics) Events: https://www.tristateobesitysociety.org/events

Past Events: https://www.tristateobesitysociety.org/pastevents

Cleveland Clinic- Obesity LIVE

View past lectures and join the monthly broadcast: http://2207941.mediaspace.kaltura.com/channel/Obesity+Live+2022/242762982

ABOM Exam Preparation

Click here for ABOM's Exam Study Resources. Fellows receive a discount for the ABOM application.

Review Courses:

Obesity Medicine Association

Obesity Medicine Association | OMA Academy | https://academy.obesitymedicine.org/

The Obesity Society

The Obesity Society | ObesityWeek On Demand | https://obesityweek.ondemand.org/about-ondemand-features/

 

The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine

CLICK HERE to learn about the course. 

Boston Course in Obesity Medicine

CLICK HERE to learn about the course. 

Columbia/Weill Cornell Obesity Course

CLICK HERE to learn about the course. 

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

The Bray Obesity Symposium and Review for the ABOM Exam: https://www.pbrc.edu/training-and-education/Scientific-Education-and-Training/bray-obesity-science-symposium/