Managing Obesity: Bariatric Surgery for the Primary Care Provider
Dr. Kimberly Steele | December 14, 2021
What you'll learn:
- Review the surgical options available for management of obesity, such as bariatric surgery, and patient characteristics associated with most success
- Dive into strategies to identify and optimize patients for success and provide rationale for the nuances to managing perioperative and postoperative bariatric surgery patients for improved long-term patient outcomes
- Discuss strategies to properly identify patients suffering from loneliness, anxiety, and depression (including opioid use disorder)
About the presenter
Dr. Kimberley E. Steele, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS and Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine (DABOM), completed her surgical residency at Hershey Penn State University and a minimally invasive and bariatric surgical fellowship at Johns Hopkins. She remained on staff at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and was promoted to Associate Professor of Surgery in 2014 with a secondary appointment in Health, Science and Behavior, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Course chairs
- Nicole Deaner, MSW
- Katie McGarry, DNP
- Allison Heath, PA-C
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This live series from 03/18/2021 - 03/17/2022 has been reviewed and is acceptable for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Each webinar in the series is approved for 1.0 AAFP Prescribed credits unless otherwise noted.
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