Episode 51: Clinical Conversations: Better Together: Exploring Combination Therapies for Obesity Management

January 04, 2022 00:21:02
Episode 51: Clinical Conversations: Better Together: Exploring Combination Therapies for Obesity Management
Obesity: A Disease
Episode 51: Clinical Conversations: Better Together: Exploring Combination Therapies for Obesity Management

Jan 04 2022 | 00:21:02

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Show Notes

In this episode, obesity medicine specialist and OMA clinical education director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews Dr. Angela Fitch, highlighted speaker from the Overcoming Obesity 2021 Conference, about identifying and selecting obesity treatment strategies from the wide variety of options currently available to manage patients with obesity. Topics covered include matching patient characteristics to treatment plans, shared decision-making, maintaining a 4-pillar approach to obesity treatment, and the role of obesity medications in the management of bariatric surgery patients.

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Episode Guests

Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM

Angela Fitch, MD, ABOM

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