8:00 AM – Welcome & CME Information

Christina Wells, MD, MPH, MBA, DipABLM, DABOM 

8:15 AM – Obesity 101 for the Primary Care Physician

Christina Wells, MD, MPH, MBA, DipABLM, DABOM 

Learning Objectives:
1. Define obesity and its associated comorbidities
2. Understand the pathophysiology of obesity
3. Examine the complex physiological, psychological, and environmental factors contributing to obesity

9:15 AM – Weight Inclusive Care: Creating a Positive Patient-Clinician Relationship in Obesity Treatment

Lauren D. Oshman, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Diplomate ABOM 
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School

Learning Objectives:
1. Define weight-inclusive care.
2. Examine clinician biases, societal biases, and internalized bias that patients may affect care for people living in larger bodies.
3. Discuss communication techniques that may reduce weight stigma.
4. Apply motivational interviewing and shared decision making to discussions about weight in primary care practice.

10:15 AM – Weight Management for Primary Care: Getting to Treatment

Naomi Parrella, MD, FAAFP, FOMA, DABOM
Chief of Lifestyle Medicine
Medical Director, Rush Center for Weight Loss and Lifestyle Medicine
Associate Professor, Rush University Medical Center

Learning Objectives:
1. To learn and apply a simple, time-efficient framework for obesity assessment
2. To integrate weight-relevant assessment into your busy clinic for better outcomes
3. To develop confidence in meeting patients where they are and guiding progress over time

11:15 AM – Lifestyle Medicine for the Prevention and Management of Obesity

Christina Wells, MD, MPH, MBA, DipABLM, DABOM 

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the role of obesity medicine and the prevention and management of obesity.
2. Provide evidence-based lifestyle recommendations for the management of obesity.
3. Apply critical thinking to problem-solve weight management challenges.

12:15 - 12:45 PM – Break

12:45 PM – Pharmacologic Treatments for Obesity Management

Daphne Smith Marsh, PharmD, BC-ADM, CDCES
Director of Diversity, Equity, Engagement, and Inclusion
Clinical Assistant Professor/Clinical Pharmacist, UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy

Learning Objectives:
1. Evaluate the pharmacologic approaches to address obesity pathophysiology.
2. Compare various pharmacotherapy options for obesity management.
3. Design a practical, holistic, patient-centered therapeutic plan for treatment of obesity 

1:45 PM – Management of Bariatric Surgery Patients for the Family Doctor

Christine E. Schultheiss, MD, FAAFP
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the differences among the most common types of bariatric surgical procedures, including the basics of their distinct indications.
2. Group the most common complications of bariatric surgery into immediate, late (acute), and late (subacute).
3. Identify the complications of bariatric surgery that family doctors would be most likely to prevent, identify, or treat, and review those requiring referral or higher levels of care.

2:45 PM – Developing Individualized Treatment Plans: Clinical Case Studies

Dr. Parrella, Dr. Schultheiss, Dr. Smith Marsh, and Dr. Wells

Learning Objective:
1. Develop individualized obesity treatment plans by analyzing clinical case studies, integrating patient-specific factors to select and tailor lifestyle, pharmacologic, and referral-based interventions.

3:45 - 4:00 PM – Q&A and Evaluation