Program and Learning Objectives
Keynote Address: The Obesity Epidemic, Its Health Consequences, and Recent Research
Presented by: F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH
Become familiar with the data on obesity showing the increase in all sub-groups of the US population; Understand the health risks of obesity; Learn more about recent research on the causes of obesity.
Childhood Obesity: How Do We Stem the Tide?
Presented by: Christine Williams, MD, MPH
Key features of obesity epidemic in U.S; Changes in trends over 40 years; Explain probable causes of childhood obesity (U.S/Worldwide) Strategies for early prevention of obesity and key elements of treatment for obesity and related health problems in clinical practice.
Obesity Surgery: An Overview for Healthcare Professionals
Presented by: Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS
Operations presently done; Assessment of benefit/risk ratio; Effects of surgery on the co-morbidities of obesity; Possible long-term complications and how to avoid them.
Nutritional Steps Important to Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance
Presented by: Keith-Thomas Ayoob, Ed.D, RD, FADA
Differences between popular individual and group diets; Successful dietary and lifestyle practices associated with healthy weight loss; Components of successful long-term weight maintenance.
Pharmacological Interventions
Presented by: Henry Cohen, MS, PharmD, FCCM, BCPP, CGP
Medications that cause weight gain; Over-the-counter and alternative medications used for obesity; Differences and similarities in the clinical pharmacology of medications used to treat obesity; A pharmacotherapeutic plan for obesity.
Physical Activity: How It Can Help
Presented by: Richard Weil, M.Ed, CDE
National exercise guidelines and epidemiology of exercise/obesity/health; Mechanisms of action of exercise in management of obesity and its co-morbidities; Techniques to motivate and counsel patients to increase physical activity; Clinicians’ physical activity resources.
Behavioral Weight Control: Principles and Practice
Presented by: Anthony N. Fabricatore, PhD
Sociocultural factors that make ours a “toxic environment” for weight control;Approaching weight control with patients in a respectful/appropriate manner; Basic principles/elements of behavioral treatment of obesity; Importance of the family/ social environment for successful weight control.
Presenters
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH
Director, New York Obesity Research Center, Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital; Senior Attending Physician, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and New York-Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Professor of Applied Physiology at Columbia Teachers College, NY.
Christine Williams, MD, MPH
Independent Consultant - Ms. Parsard served as a Respiratory Care Associate/Asthma Educator at Innovex, HMS in Parsippany, NJ, was a Senior Management Consultant with Health and Hospitals Corporation and was a Department Manager at Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY.
Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS
Weight Loss Surgery Program,Weill-Cornell College of Medicine; Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery,Weill-Cornell College of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY.
Keith-Thomas Ayoob, Ed.D, RD, FADA
Director, Children’s Cardiovascular Health Center, Children’s Hospital of NY-Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY.
Henry Cohen, MS, PharmD, FCCM, BCPP, CGP
Director of Pharmacotherapy Research, Education and Residency Programs, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; Associate Professor,Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University, NY.
Richard Weil, M.Ed, CDE
New York Obesity Research Center Weight Loss Program, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, NY.
Anthony N. Fabricatore, PhD
Weight and Eating Disorders Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA.
Accreditation for Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technicians
JPC Foundation is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is approved for 6 hours of continuing education credit (0.6 CEUs).
