Columbia Cornell Obesity Medicine

Overview and Agenda

Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment offers a comprehensive overview of obesity medicine, providing you with the knowledge and tools to take effective action in managing obesity. This course focuses on complex case management, integrates pharmacological and surgical options with lifestyle modifications, and covers childhood, adolescent, and adult populations. 

Course Agenda

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the complexity of the development and treatment of obesity.
2. Identify, classify, and determine appropriate treatment approaches for people with obesity, including lifestyle, advanced pharmacological approaches, and metabolic surgery.
3. Implement strategies that target childhood, adolescent, and adult populations to promote better health across the lifespan.
4. Evaluate patients' unique circumstances through detailed case management.

Pricing

• Physicians: $1,400
• Non-Physician Healthcare Professionals: $ 875
• Fellows and Residents: $750
• Students: $300

Discounts are offered to employees of Columbia, Cornell, NYP, as well as academic affiliates, government and military personnel, past participants of CCOM courses, Columbia VP&S alumni, and groups of five or more. For details, please contact us at ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu.

Credits

The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 30.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Attendance Note

Unable to attend all sessions live? After the program, all registrants will have ONE MONTH to review video recordings of the lectures and claim credit. In-person attendees may also participate either live or via remote access as needed.

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Overview and Agenda

This Obesity course provides an excellent overview of obesity medicine. It focuses on complex case management, integrates pharmacological and surgical options, and covers childhood, adolescent, and adult populations.

Course Agenda

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the complexity of the development and treatment of obesity.
2. Apply best practice approaches to preventing and treating pediatric and adolescent obesity.
3. Identify, classify, and determine appropriate treatment approaches for people with obesity, including lifestyle, advanced pharmacological approaches, and bariatric surgery.
4. Create treatment plans for people with obesity that include motivational interviewing, behavior modification, and nutrition and physical activity plans.

Pricing

• Physicians: $850
• Non-physician Healthcare Providers: $595
• Fellows and Residents: $425
• Students: $250

Non-physician registrants need to reach out to ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu to receive discount registration codes. Please include information about your eligibility in the email.

Discounts are offered to employees of Columbia, Cornell, NYP, as well as academic affiliates, government and military personnel, past participants of CCOM courses, Columbia VP&S alumni, and groups of five or more. For details, please contact us at ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu.

Credits

The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 31.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Available MOC credit options are listed at the top of this webpage. 

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Overview and Agenda

Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study is designed for learners with a general knowledge of obesity assessment and treatment who have studied the fundamentals of obesity in courses such as our “Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment." Gain a more complete understanding of the science, sociology, and latest clinical approaches to obesity and equip yourself with new tools for treating patients with obesity and overweight.

The lectures will cover topics such as sleep, stress, and obesity, lifestyle interventions in treating obesity, nutrition and diet, obesity in cultural context, weight loss and regain, the relationship between aging and metabolism, obesity during pregnancy, childhood obesity, the relationship between cancer and obesity, health insurance and obesity treatment, delivering patient-centered care, and more.

Course Agenda

Learning Objectives

1. Recognize population challenges and discover techniques to help deliver patient-centered care.  
2. Identify behavior and lifestyle tools for weight management.  
3. Discuss the detrimental effects of weight stigma on psychological and physical health. 
4. Discuss the effects of chronic stress and sleep deprivation on obesity.  
5. Recognize the complex variety and functions of adipose tissue, the environment's effects on adipose tissue, and the intricacies of brown-adipose-tissue activation. 
6. Explain the neurological, biological, and behavioral connections between obesity and addiction. 
7. Describe the gut-brain axis and how our modern food environment affects this system.    
8. List contributors to childhood obesity, examine its immediate and long-term health effects, and discover a broad range of treatment approaches. 
9. Guide mothers with obesity in planning and successfully carrying out their pregnancies. 
10. Discuss research on various eating patterns and understand their effects on weight and cardiometabolic health.  
11. Describe the composition of healthy weight loss, the biology of body-weight regulation, and the effects of weight cycling on physiology and metabolism. 
12. Discuss the co-occurrence of cancer and obesity and explore dietary intervention treatments. 

Pricing

• Physicians: $750
• Non-physician Healthcare Providers: $525
• Fellows and Residents: $735
• Students: $250

Non-physician registrants need to reach out to ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu to receive discount registration codes. Please include information about your eligibility in the email.

Discounts are offered to employees of Columbia, Cornell, NYP, as well as academic affiliates, government and military personnel, past participants of CCOM courses, Columbia VP&S alumni, and groups of five or more. For details, please contact us at ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu.

Credits

The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 33.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Available MOC credit options are listed at the top of this webpage. 

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Overview and Agenda

Get ready for the Obesity Certification Exam with our invaluable review course. Our expert lecturers will guide you through topics covered by the exam, helping you reinforce the knowledge you already have and gain fresh perspectives to improve your treatment of patients with obesity.

Course Agenda

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the complexity of the development and treatment of obesity.
2. Apply best practice approaches to preventing and treating pediatric and adolescent obesity.
3. Identify, classify, and determine appropriate treatment approaches for people with obesity, including lifestyle, advanced pharmacological approaches, and bariatric surgery. 
4. Utilize industry-standard practice management principles in obesity medicine treatment.

Pricing

• Physicians: $495
• Non-physician Healthcare Providers: $250
• Fellows and Residents: $250
• Students: $250

Non-physician registrants need to reach out to ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu to receive discount registration codes. Please include information about your eligibility in the email.

Discounts are offered to employees of Columbia, Cornell, NYP, as well as academic affiliates, government and military personnel, past participants of CCOM courses, Columbia VP&S alumni, and groups of five or more. For details, please contact us at ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu.

Credits

The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Available MOC credit options are listed at the top of this webpage. 

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Combine the following two courses to satisfy the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) requirement of at least 60 hours of CME credit on the topic of obesity.

• 2024 Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment Course Agenda
• 2024 Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study Course Agenda

Package Pricing

• Physicians: $1,395
• Non-physician Healthcare Providers: $976
• Fellows and Residents: $750
• Students: $300

Non-physician registrants need to reach out to ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu to receive discount registration codes. Please include information about your eligibility in the email.

Discounts are offered to employees of Columbia, Cornell, NYP, as well as academic affiliates, government and military personnel, past participants of CCOM courses, Columbia VP&S alumni, and groups of five or more. For details, please contact us at ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu.

This two-course package totals 65.25 hours of activity.

• 2024 Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment: The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 31.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study On Demand: The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 33.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Register Today!
 

Combine these courses to satisfy the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) requirement of at least 60 hours of CME credit on the topic of obesity and prepare yourself for the board exam.

• 2024 Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment Course Agenda
• 2024 Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study Course Agenda
• 2024 Review for the Obesity Certification Exam Course Agenda

Package Pricing

• Physicians: $1,595
• Non-physician Healthcare Providers: $1116.50
• Fellows and Residents: $949
• Students: $500

Non-physician registrants need to reach out to ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu to receive discount registration codes. Please include information about your eligibility in the email.

Discounts are offered to employees of Columbia, Cornell, NYP, as well as academic affiliates, government and military personnel, past participants of CCOM courses, Columbia VP&S alumni, and groups of five or more. For details, please contact us at ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu.

This three-course package totals 73.75 hours of activity.

• 2024 Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment: The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 31.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study On Demand: The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 33.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Register Today!