Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Thank you for choosing Ochsner Health for your care. We are committed to making an ongoing difference in the health of our communities.
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Ochsner is committed to a clinically-integrated research program with the ultimate goal of improving the health and wellness of our patients and communities. And as the largest academic medical center in Louisiana, we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals to be leaders who can meet evolving healthcare challenges.
7:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Registration/Breakfast
8:00 AM - 08:15 AM
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Gabriel Uwaifo, MD
8:15 AM - 08:45 AM
Nutritional Management of the Pre and Post Bariatric Obese Patient
Marian Vigo, MSPH, RDN, LDN, CSOWM
8:45 AM - 09:15 AM
What is New in Dietary Management of Obesity?
Brittany Roussel, RD, CDCES
9:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Physical Activity and Exercise as Management Strategies for Obesity
Timothy Allerton, PhD
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Break/Visit Exhibits
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Update on Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery for Management of Complicated Obese Patients
William Richardson, MD
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Update on Minimally Invasive Procedures and Devices for the Management of Obesity
James Wooldridge, MD
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Medical Screening and Follow-up of the Bariatric Surgery Patient
Amanda Fontenot, MD
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Update on the Pharmacotherapy of Obesity
Gabriel Uwaifo, MD
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease: Cause, Course and Management
George Therapondos, MD
1:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Obesity and Cancer: Overview and Place of Weight Management
Aurash Khoobehi, MD
2:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Revision, Reversal, Conversion and Staged Bariatric Surgical Procedures: When and Why?
Jessica Gorham, MD
2:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk: Relationship and Impact of Weight Loss and Implications of the “Obesity Paradox”
Carl (Chip) Lavie, MD
3:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Questions and Answers
Panelists
3:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Gabriel Uwaifo, MD
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