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CME Webinar

Obesity Management: What You Can Do as a Primary Care Provider

Dr. Angela Fitch | April 29, 2021

What you'll learn:

  • Evaluation of a patient with obesity
  • Information about different treatment options for obesity
  • Discuss the manifestations of obesity-related disease in the primary care setting

About the presenter

Dr. Fitch is the Associate Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center and faculty at the Harvard Medical School. She is board-certified in obesity medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics. She was the 2015-2016 Chair of the Clinical Management section of The Obesity Society. Dr. Fitch is the winner of the 2017 Clinician of the Year Award from the Obesity Medicine Association. She currently is serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the Obesity Medicine Association and previously served as a trustee.

Course chairs

  • Nicole Deaner, MSW
  • Katie McGarry, DNP
  • Allison Heath, PA-C
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AAFP Credit Statement (applicable for CME eligible webinars)

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.

AMA/AAFP Equivalency: AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1. This Live series activity is eligible for Continuing Education credit from the American Association of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) may claim AMA PRA Category 1 equivalent credits per webinar based on their participation.

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