Agenda

Thursday September 22 All times listed in Eastern Time
6:45 am	Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
7:30 am	Opening Remarks Beri Ridgeway, MD, Cleveland Clinic Chief of Staff
	Obesity: How to Address Health Disparities Session Moderators: Kendalle Cobb, MD, and Bartolome Burguera MD, PhD
7:40 am	Healthcare Disparities: An Overview Jamy D. Ard, MD
8:05 am	Stigma and Health Disparities Around Obesity Ricardo Correa, MD
8:30 am	Obesity Advocacy Kendalle Cobb, MD
9:15 am	Panel Discussion
9:40 am	Break and Visit Exhibits
	Obesity Treatment: Lifestyle, Diet, and Exercise Session Moderator: Leslie J. Heinberg, PhD, MA
10:10 am	Overview of the Current the State of Obesity Christopher Still, DO
10:40 am	Integrating Behavioral Interventions Into Clinical Practice Leslie J. Heinberg, PhD, MA
11:10 am	Exercise: What’s the Best Option for Weight Loss? Matthew Kampert, DO
11:40 am	Diet: What’s the Best Option for Weight Loss? Daniel Bessesen, MD
12:10 pm	Lunch Break
12:20 pm	Optional Non-CME Satellite Opportunity
1:30 pm	Concurrent Workshops Obesity of the Future: the Age of Telemedicine and Digital Care Elena Borukh, MD Ninoska Peterson, PhD Ten Common Obesity Myths and Truths Sangeeta Kashyap MD Christopher Still, DO Management of Post-Bariatric Patient Clinic Scott Butsch MD Derrick Cetin, DO Kasey Goodpaster, PhD Shared Medical Appointments Marianne Sumego, MD How to Deliver Obesity Intervention in Primary Care Homa Varghai, MD Samina Yunus, MD Robotic Surgery Workshop Moderators: Ricard Corcelles, MD, Toms Augustin, MD Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Walter Cha, MD Robotic RYGB: Chelsea Feng, MD How to build a bariatric robotic program in an academic center: Matthew Fourman, MD Robotic surgery for revisional cases: Monique Hassan, MD *Live Streaming Workshop
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	De-escalation of diabetes medication in weight loss Diana Isaacs, PharmD New Glycemic Medications with cardio and renal protection Kevin Pantalone, DO Hands-on Approach to Health and Fitness Apps and Devices Amelia Gibbs Jessica Ruff, MD, MA, MSPH Robert Saper, MD Weight Loss Maintenance and How to Avoid Weight Regain* Leslie J. Heinberg, PhD, MA Daniel Bessesen, MD Motivational Interviewing Jennifer Duncan, PsyD Ninoska Peterson, PhD Management of Diabetes Peri-Bariatric Surgery Oscar Morey Vargas, MD Robotic Surgery Workshop Continued Moderators: Ricard Corcelles, MD, Toms Augustin, MD Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Walter Cha, MD Robotic RYGB: Chelsea Feng, MD How to build a bariatric robotic program in an academic center: Matthew Fourman, MD Robotic surgery for revisional cases: Monique Hassan, MD
3:15 pm	Break and Visit Exhibits
	Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Session Moderator: Roy Kim, MD
3:30 pm	Recognizing and Managing Eating Disorders in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Obesity Ellen Rome, MD
4:00 pm	Addressing the entire family Lina Alkhaled, MD
4:30 pm	Management of Pediatric Obesity: Moving Beyond Diet and Exercise Cleveland Clinic BeWell Kids Clinic Jennifer Brubaker, PhD, APRN, CNP; Meridith Jochum PT, DPT; Hanna Leikin, MS, RD; Erin Leneghan, RD, Taylor N. Stephens, PhD
5:00 pm	Adjourn
5:30 pm	Optional Non-CME Satellite Opportunity

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Friday, September 23 All times listed in Eastern Time
6:45 am	Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
7:10 am	Come As You Are Morning Stretches Judi Bar, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500
	Obesity Treatment: Surgical Session Moderator: Ricard Corcelles, MD
7:30 am	What do I have to know about Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery? Metabolic Surgery & Diabetes. State of the Art Ricardo Cohen, MD Indications and Techniques Jesse Gutnick, MD Metabolic Surgery & Cancer Raul Rosenthal, MD
8:30 am	New Horizons in Metabolic Surgery Health Consequences of Obesity is Reversible Ali Aminian, MD Non-Surgical Therapies for Weight Loss Matt Kroh, MD SADI-S as Metabolic Procedure Antonio Torres, MD
9:30 am	Break and Visit Exhibits
	Obesity Treatment: Medical Session Moderators: W. Scott Butsch, MD, and Marcio Griebeler, MD
10:00 am	Obesity, Time to Take the Bull by the Horns Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
10:30 am	What’s New with Pharmacotherapy in Obesity W. Scott Butsch, MD
11:00 am	Challenges for Anti-obesity Medications Coverage Daniel Bessesen, MD
11:30 am	Integral Approach to Obesity Therapy – The CCF Experience Marcio Griebeler, MD
12:00 pm	Lunch Break
12:10 pm	Optional Non-CME Satellite Opportunity
1:15 pm	Concurrent Workshops The full Cycle of Obesity Treatment: from Primary Care to the Specialist* Reena Bose, MD Samina Yunus, MD Telehealth/Virtual Visit Best Practices for Obesity Care Jamy D. Ard, MD Challenges in management of obesity in South Asians Vinni Makin, MD Obesity treatment on a Budget: Cooking, Medications, and More Lauren Sullivan, RD Obesity Management of the Transgender Male Clinical Cases Peminda Cabandugama, MD New Technologies Surgical Workshop Moderator: Ricard Corcelles, MD Intragastric Balloon: Judy Chen, MD Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty: Roberto Simons-Linares, MD *Live Streaming Workshop
	Patient Centered Treatment Session Moderators: Ricard Corcelles, MD, and Marcio Griebeler, MD
2:15 pm	Lessons Learned from Medical and Surgical Patient Cases
	Obesity and Complications Session Moderators: Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD, and Kevin Pantalone, DO
2:45 pm	Cardiovascular Effects of Obesity: Implications for Treatment Strategies Steven Nissen, MD
3:05 pm	Gut Microbiota in Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD
3:20 pm	Fatty liver disease: different stages, different approach? Jamile Wakim-Fleming ,MD
3:45 pm	Male hypogonadism and obesity Kevin Pantalone, DO
4:05 pm	Female hypogonadism/PCOS in obesity Ula Abed Alwahab, MD
4:25 pm	Obesity and Cancer Jame Abraham, MD
4:45 pm	Obesity treatment in Transgender population Shirisha Avadhanula, MD
5:05 pm	Closing Remarks Activity Director(s)
5:15 pm	Adjourn

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