This course is taught by recent diplomates of the ABOM, and reviews all the major basic, diagnostic and treatment concepts required for the exam, including:

• Pathophysiology of obesity
• Obesity comorbidities
• Pediatric patient management
• Genetic and syndromic obesity
• Nutrition and exercise assessment and intervention
• Intensive lifestyle and behavioral therapy
• Anti-obesity pharmacotherapy
• Bariatric surgery
  

• Topics/Speakers :
  10:00 am – 10:15 am	Welcome and Introduction Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
  10:15 am – 10:52 am	Pathophysiology 1: Pathophysiology of Obesity Nadia N. Ahmad, MD, MPH
  10:52 am – 11:27 am	Nutrition Assessment and Therapy W. Scott Butsch, MD, MS
  11:27 am – 11:56 am	Genetic and Syndromic Obesity Sonali Malhotra, MD
  11:56 am – 12:26 pm	Panel Discussion / Q&A  Drs. Ahmad, Butsch, and Malhotra
  12:26 pm – 1:26 pm	Break
  Board Review Session 2 1:26 pm – 3:32 pm
  1:26 pm – 2:02 pm	Pathophysiology 2: Neural Control of Energy Balance Nadia N. Ahmad, MD, MPH
  2:02 pm – 2:32 pm	Pediatrics 1: Patient Assessment Gitanjali Srivastava, MD
  2:32 pm – 3:02 pm	Pediatrics 2: Patient Management Gitanjali Srivastava, MD
  3:02 pm – 3:32 pm	Panel Discussion / Q&A  Drs. Ahmad and Srivastava
  3:32 pm – 4:02 pm	Break
  Board Review Session 3 4:02 pm – 6:20 pm
  4:02 pm – 4:36 pm	Pathophysiology 3: Environmental Modulators of Energy Balance Nadia N. Ahmad, MD, MPH
  4:36 pm – 5:13 pm	Bariatric Surgery W. Scott Butsch, MD, MS
  5:13 pm – 5:50 pm	Pharmacotherapy Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD
  5:50 pm – 6:20 pm	Panel Discussion / Q&A  Drs. Ahmad, Butsch, and Jastreboff
  6:20 pm – 6:40 pm	Break
  Board Review Session 4 6:40 pm – 9:35 pm
  6:40 pm – 7:13 pm	Behavioral Assessment and Therapy Mark J. Gorman, PhD
  7:13 pm – 7:50 pm	Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Exercise Sriram Machineni, MD
  7:50 pm – 8:20 pm	Obesity Comorbidities Paul M. Copeland, MD, MPhil
  8:20 pm – 8:50 pm	Panel Discussion / Q&A  Drs. Gorman, Machineni, and Copeland
  8:50 pm – 9:35 pm	Lightning Round Sriram Machineni, MD