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Harvard Diabetes and Obesity: Patient-Centered Management

  • Earn up to 22.25 CME credits | ABIM

Harvard Diabetes and Obesity: Patient-Centered Management

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Overview

Diabetes and Obesity Management Online CME

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

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

Faculty

Course Directors

Marie E. McDonnell, MD

Director, Brigham and Women's Diabetes Program

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Vanita Aroda, MD

Director of Diabetes Clinical Research

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

Department of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACN, FACP, FTOS, DABOM

Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Faculty

Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP, FTOS, DABOM

Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research

Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Weill Cornell Medicine

Past Chairman, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Ron Blankenstein, MD

Professor of Medicine and Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Associate Director

Cardiovascular Imaging Program

Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography

Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Training Program

Senior Physician, Preventive Cardiology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Lee-Shing Chang, MD

Associate Physician

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Executive Director

Center for Healthcare Delivery Sciences

Associate Physician

Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics and Hospital Medicine Unit

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kenneth Cusi, MD, FACP, FACE

Professor of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Department of Medicine

The University of Florida

Lawrence J. Epstein, MD

Clinical Director

Fellowship Program Director

Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorder

Department of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Naomi Fisher, MD

Associate Physician

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

Department of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Amy D. Fleischman, MD, MMSc

Director, Optimal Wellness for Life (OWL) Program

Director, Clinical Operations

Division of Endocrinology

Boston Children’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Anna L. Goldman, MD

Physician

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Adriana Gonzalez, MD

Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Nawfal W. Istfan, MD, PhD

Attending Physician

Center for Weight Management and Wellness

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Lecturer on Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Principal Investigator

Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center

The Ohio State University

Wexner Medical Center

Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD

Director

Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute

Founding Director

Weight Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Director, Subspecialty Fellowship Program in Obesity Medicine and Nutrition

Massachusetts General Hospital

Director, NIH-sponsored Small Animal Metabolic Surgery Core Resource

Associate Director, NIH-sponsored Boston-area Nutrition and Obesity Research Center

Immediate Past Chair, Campaign to End Obesity

Julie C. Lauffenburger, PharmD, PhD

Lead Investigator and Pharmacist

Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor

Harvard Medical School

Department of Epidemiology

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Melinda D. Maryniuk, RDN, MEd, CDCES, FADA

Director, Clinical Programs - former/retired

Joslin Innovations

Joslin Diabetes Center

Megan A. McCrory, PhD

Research Associate Professor

Department of Health Sciences, Programs in Nutrition

Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

Charles McKitrick, MSN, RN, CDCES

Nurse Educator

Diabetes Management Program

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

David B. Mount, MD, FRCPC

Associate/Clinical Chief

Renal Division

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Renal Division

VA Boston Healthcare System

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Ashwini Nadkarni, MD

Associate Vice Chair, Wellness

Assistant Medical Director

Brigham Psychiatric Specialties

Instructor in Psychiatry

Harvard Medical School

Nancy L. Oliveira, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES

Manager, Nutrition and Wellness Service

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Registered Licensed Dietitian

Certified Diabetes Educator

Marc C. O'Meara, RD, LD, CDE

Senior Outpatient Nutritionist

Nutrition Wellness Services

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Elif Oral, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director, Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Program

Director, Atypical Diabetes Program

Metabolism, Endocrine and Diabetes Division

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Michigan Medical School

Courtney M. Peterson, PhD MASt, MSc, MS

Associate Professor

Department of Nutrition Sciences

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD

Senior Investigator and Adult Endocrinologist

Director of Hypoglycemic Clinic

Joslin Diabetes Center

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Jorge Plutzky, MD

Director

Preventive Cardiology

Cardiovascular Medicine

Department of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Malcolm K. Robinson, MD

Vice Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations

Director, Nutrition Support Service

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Ellen Seely, MD

Director of Clinical Research

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension Division

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Director

Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Department of Surgery

Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Devin W. Steenkamp, MD

Director

Clinical Diabetes Program

Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition

Boston Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Boston University

Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

Joji Suzuki, MD

Director

Division of Addiction Psychiatry

Director

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program

Department of Psychiatry

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Harvard Medical School

Ali Tavakkoli, MD, FRCS, FACS

Chief, Division of General and GI Surgery

Co-Director

Center for Weight Management and Wellness

Program Director

Advanced Minimally Invasive Fellowship

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FAGA, GACG, GASGE, FJGS

Director of Endoscopy

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Co-Director

Center for Weight Management and Wellness

Director

Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Miriam Udler, MD, PhD

Director

Massachusetts General Hospital

Diabetes Genetics Clinic

Endocrine Division

Department of Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Michael Vallis, BSc (Hns), MA, PhD, R Psych

Psychologist and Associate Professor

Family Medicine

Dalhousie University

Halifax Canada

Carol H. Wysham, MD

Clinical Endocrinologist/Clinical Trialist

Rockwood Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology

Clinical Professor of Medicine

University of Washington School of Medicine

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 22.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Medical Knowledge MOC Points

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 22.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.

Risk Management Credit

This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for .75 credits of Risk Management Study.

 

Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits.

 

Date of Original Release: April 1, 2023

Termination Date: March 31, 2026 (Please note that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ will no longer be issued for the activity after this date)
Estimated Time to Complete the Activity: 22.25 hours

 

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet one or more of the following Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competencies:

  • Patient Care and Procedural Skills
  • Medical Knowledge
  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Disclosure Policy

Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

 

Disclosure information for all individuals in control of the content of the activity is located on the disclosure statement in the PDF and printed syllabus.

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.

Quick Facts

a CMEinfo video production

Provider: Harvard Medical School

Course Directors:
Marie E. McDonnell, MD
Director, Brigham and Women's Diabetes Program
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Vanita Aroda, MD
Director of Diabetes Clinical Research
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACN, FACP, FTOS, DABOM
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Credits: Earn a maximum of 22.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

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