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Harvard Obesity Medicine Board Review 2021

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
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Board Review Session 1 10:00 am – 12:26 pm
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