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