AGENDA
Subject to change
7:00–7:30 AM
Breakfast, Registration, and Exhibits
7:30–8:15 AM
Industry-Sponsored Event
8:15 – 8:45 AM
Break & Exhibits
SESSION I: Understanding Obesity & Treatment Options
8:45–8:55 AM
Introduction: Conference Overview & Objectives
8:55–9:25 AM
Key Note: Obesity as a Chronic Disease with Multisystemic Impact
Daniel Bessesen, MD
9:25–9:55 AM
Weight Bias, Weight Stigma, and Disordered Eating:
Understanding Impact of Living in Larger Bodies in a Thin-Centric Culture
Elizabeth Wassenaar, MD
9:55–10:25 AM
Food as Medicine: Practical Tools for Supporting Patients
Erin Winchester RDN, CSOWM
10:25–10:40 PM
Panel Discussion / Q&A
10:40–10:55 AM
Break & Exhibits
10:55–11:25 AM
Movement as Therapy: The Importance of Tailored Plans for Patients with Obesity
Seth Creasy, PhD
11:25 AM–11:45 PM
Medications as Evidence Based Tool for Pediatric Obesity
Jaime Moore, MD
11:45 AM –12:15 PM
Advances in Pharmacotherapy in Adults and Their Clinical Impact
Ethan Lazarus, MD
12:15–12:30 PM
Panel Discussion / Q&A
12:30–1:00 PM
Lunch & Exhibits
1:00–1:45 PM
Industry-Sponsored Event
1:45 PM–2:15 PM
Break & Exhibits
SESSION II: Case-Based Discussion- Real World Management of Obesity
2:15–2:45 PM
Screening and Treating MASH in the Primary Care Setting: Standard of Care for 2026
Marcelo Kugelmas, MD
2:45–3:15 PM
Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Prevention to Intervention
Josephine Harrington, MD
3:15 - 3:45 PM
Long Term Management of Patients After Bariatric Surgery (Nutritional Deficiencies/Surgical Complications/Weight Regain/Reflux/GLP-1s)
Kweku Hazel, MD
Victoria Lu, DO
3:45–4:20 PM
Real World Case-Based Adult Panel Discussion
Josephine Harrington, MD
Jacinda Nicklas, MD, MPH, MA
4:20–4:50 PM
Real World Case-Based Pediatric Panel Discussion
Melanie Cree, MD, PhD
Megan Kelsey, MD
4:50–5:00 PM
Conference Summary & Closing Remarks
5:00- 6:00 PM
Reception