Columbia Cornell Obesity Medicine

Columbia Cornell Obesity Medicine (CCOM) is dedicated to training physicians in the rapidly evolving field of obesity medicine. We are an American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) partner organization. Physicians attend our courses annually to fulfill the ABOM credit requirements needed to qualify for the obesity board exam. These requirements include a minimum of 60 CME credits in the field of obesity and at least 30 ABOM-designated GROUP ONE credits. The credits obtained from our obesity medicine courses are considered ABOM GROUP ONE credits.
Live Courses
Columbia Cornell Obesity Medicine offers two live courses each year. Register today for our 2025 Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment course, which will be held from Wednesday, March 12, to Saturday, March 15th. In-person and live remote options are available.
2025 Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment
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.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the complexity of the development and treatment of obesity.
- Identify, classify, and determine appropriate treatment approaches for people with obesity, including lifestyle, advanced pharmacological approaches, and metabolic surgery.
- Implement strategies that target childhood, adolescent, and adult populations to promote better health across the lifespan.
- 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.
2025 Review for the Obesity Certification Exam
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On-Demand Courses
Columbia Cornell Obesity Medicine offers three on-demand courses each year. The 2025 versions of Obesity: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment On Demand and Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study On Demand will be released in early April 2025. Review for the Obesity Certification Exam On-Demand will be available in early fall 2025.
On-demand course package options are available for you to complete all 60 CME credits required to sit for the obesity board exam. Course packages are updated yearly. Our Two-Course package for 2025 will be available in early April 2025, while the Three-Course package will be offered starting in September 2025.
Our on-demand courses expire approximately two years after they are released. The release and expiration dates are on the course platform. Participants must review the course materials and claim CME credits before the expiration date. Once a course expires, those who have completed it will still have access to the course materials for an additional 36 months. Please note that course videos can only be viewed on our platform, but you may download the course lecture PDFs.
For detailed information about on-demand courses, please visit our on-demand course catalog.
2024 Columbia Cornell Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment On Demand
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.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the complexity of the development and treatment of obesity.
- Apply best practice approaches to preventing and treating pediatric and adolescent obesity.
- Identify, classify, and determine appropriate treatment approaches for people with obesity, including lifestyle, advanced pharmacological approaches, and bariatric surgery.
- 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.
2024 Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study On Demand
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.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize population challenges and discover techniques to help deliver patient-centered care.
- Identify behavior and lifestyle tools for weight management.
- Discuss the detrimental effects of weight stigma on psychological and physical health.
- Discuss the effects of chronic stress and sleep deprivation on obesity.
- Recognize the complex variety and functions of adipose tissue, the environment's effects on adipose tissue, and the intricacies of brown-adipose-tissue activation.
- Explain the neurological, biological, and behavioral connections between obesity and addiction.
- Describe the gut-brain axis and how our modern food environment affects this system.
- List contributors to childhood obesity, examine its immediate and long-term health effects, and discover a broad range of treatment approaches.
- Guide mothers with obesity in planning and successfully carrying out their pregnancies.
- Discuss research on various eating patterns and understand their effects on weight and cardiometabolic health.
- Describe the composition of healthy weight loss, the biology of body-weight regulation, and the effects of weight cycling on physiology and metabolism.
- 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.
2024 Columbia Cornell Review for the Obesity Certification Exam On Demand
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.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the complexity of the development and treatment of obesity.
- Apply best practice approaches to preventing and treating pediatric and adolescent obesity.
- Identify, classify, and determine appropriate treatment approaches for people with obesity, including lifestyle, advanced pharmacological approaches, and bariatric surgery.
- 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.
2024 Columbia Cornell Two-Course Package On Demand
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.
2024 Columbia Cornell Three-Course Package On Demand
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.
Contact us at ihnce@cumc.columbia.edu with questions.