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

• 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