Provider Training

The goal of this ECHO series is to help care team members feel more comfortable and be more competent to better address the disease of obesity with patients. Please find the monthly session recordings below.

• The Disease of Obesity - September 2024 session slides (PDF)
• Bias and Stigma - October 2024 session slides (PDF)
• Phenotyping and Medication Treatments
• Medical Evaluation & Obesity Comorbidities
• Behavioral Screening for Comorbidities & Eating Disorders
• Talking with Patients and Families about Nutrition
• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Intensive Health, Behavior & Lifestyle Treatment Programs (IHBLT)
• Physical Activity and Sleep
• Obesity Assessment and Treatment in the Primary Care setting   

Let’s Go! is committed to providing registered sites training opportunities. Current on demand virtual trainings can be accessed at LetsGoLearning.Thinkific.com.

Five-minute video vignettes that deliver innovative, evidence-based, obesity curriculum for care team members. These “shorts” will bring new tools and techniques to the health care community to help improve care for patients with obesity. Watch the Let’s Go! Shorts online.

A podcast series focused on thought-provoking and informative conversations to support medical providers interested in obesity prevention and treatment hosted by Carrie Gordon, MD. Listen at LetsTalkAboutObesityCare.podbean.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Conference Objectives:

• Increase knowledge in understanding the physiology, benefits, and efficacy of metabolic & bariatric surgery.
• Understand which patients will benefit from metabolic & bariatric surgery, the requirements, and risks.
• Increase confidence to initiate early conversations with patients about metabolic & bariatric surgery.
• Understand support needed to help ensure long-term patient success including integrating other treatments for the chronic disease of obesity.

These sessions were recorded September 21 & 22, 2023. Click here to read speaker bios.

Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Basics
Speaker: Kirk Sahagian, DO

Adolescents, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Basics
Speaker: Sarah Armstrong MD

Evaluation of Mental and Behavioral Health Risks for Patients Considering Bariatric Surgery
Speaker: Codie R Rouleau, Ph.D., R.Psych

Talking with Patients about Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Speaker: Selvi Rajagopal, MD, MPH

Addressing Barriers to Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Speaker: David Sarwer, PhD

Factors Influencing Primary Care Provider Referral for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Speaker: Boris Zevin, MD PhD FRCSC

Dietary Evaluation & Recommendations Before & After Bariatric Surgery
Speaker: Melissa Page, RD 

Effect of Exercise Training Before and After Surgery
Speaker: Paul M. Coen, MSc, PhD

Intensive Lifestyle Programs & interaction with Surgical Programs
Speaker: Melissa Santos, PhD

Long-term Medical Management of Patients after Bariatric Surgery in Primary Care
Speaker: Andrew Kraftson, MD

Increase awareness and understanding of the impact of inequity on obesity and how to change practice to reduce disparities in care. Expand clinical knowledge, learn current best practice and hear about how to support patients. Conference dates: September 22 & 23, 2022.

Challenges in Obesity Prevention: Addressing Inequities Through Policy, System, and Environmental Change
Speaker: William H. Dietz, Jr. MD, MPH

Disparities in Obesity Prevalence: It’s Complex
Speaker: Cynthia Ogden, PhD

Cultural Competence: Understanding Your Patients’ Context
Speaker: Erika McMullen, MA Ed HD, SHRM-SCP

A Regional Look at Reducing Disparities in Health Care: What Works
Speaker: Karen Freund, MD, MPH

How Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapies Impact Obesity Among U.S. Transgender Individuals
Speaker: Michael S. Irwig, MD

Sexual Orientation, Gender and Body Size
Speaker: Natalie Ingraham, PhD, MPH

Challenges for Children with IDD and Obesity: How You Can Help
Speaker: William G. Sharp, PhD

Setting the Stage for Success: Reducing Weight Bias, Stigma and Shame
Speaker: Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP

Maine’s Indigenous People: Past, Present and Future of Obesity Care
Speaker: Lisa Sockabasin, MS, RN

The Impact of Poverty on Obesity
Speaker: Rita Hamad, MD, PhD, MPH

Race-Based Algorithms: Are They Affecting Health Care?
Speaker: Monica Hahn, MD

Explore the link between mental health and obesity. Expand your clinical knowledge, learn current best practice and hear about programs to support patients. Conference date: September 23 & 24, 2021

• Shared Pathophysiology and Implications for Collaborative Management 
  Speaker: Val O’Hara, DO and Jennifer Curran, PhD
  
  
• Psychosocial and Behavioral Considerations before and after Bariatric Surgery
  Speaker: David Sarwer, PhD
  
  
• Evaluation and Screening: Beyond BMI and PHQ
  Speaker: Melissa Santos, PhD
  
  
• Strategic Prescribing to Minimize and Treat Obesity 
  Speaker: Dena Whitesell, MD and Matija Burtis, DO
  
  
• Weight Stigma and Bias: What We Can Do to Improve Care   
  Speaker: Rebecca Puhl, PhD
  
  
• Therapeutic Interventions for Behavior Change 
  Speaker: Joel Guarna, PhD
  
  
• Using Telehealth Groups for Treatment during COVID
  Speakers: Linda Johnson, LCSW; Heather Orr, LCSW; Hartwell Dowling, MSW
  
  
• Behavioral Health Homes to Support Patients  
  Speaker: Alan Bean Burpee, LCSW
  
  
• Life on Screens: Optimize Wellbeing, Recognize and Prevent Problematic Use 
  Speaker: Kristelle Lavallee, MA
  
  
• Keep Moving
  Speaker: John Ratey, MD
  
  
• Your Brain on Food
  Speaker: Uma Naidoo, MD
  
  
• COVID and Obesity: What it Means for Patients
  Speaker: Sandy Hassink, MD

Learn about the latest evidence of the impact of obesity and cancer on patients. Presentations include a focus on the relationship of diet and physical activity on these diseases, and programs and resources to support patients in clinical and community settings. Conference dates: September 24 & 25, 2020

• Obesity and Cancer: Understanding the Connection
  Speaker: Jennifer Ligibel, MD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
  
  
• Obesity-related Cancers: The Impact on Society
  Speaker: Sara L. Huston, PhD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
  
  
• Screening and Treatment for Patients with Obesity and Cancer
  Speaker: Leslie Bradford, MD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
  
  
• Oncology Nutrition: The Continuum of Care
  Speaker: Pam Perkins, RD, LD - PDF Presentation
  
  
• Evidence-Based Health Intervention Programs
  Speakers: Meagan Hamblett, Casey Clark Kelley, Catie Reed, YMCA  - PDF Presentation 1 | PDF Presentation 2
  
  
• Hunger and Health
  Speakers: Kristen Miale, MBA, Courtney Kennedy, MEd, Good Shepherd Food Bank - PDF Presentation
  
  
• American Cancer Society & American Cancer Society Action Network - PDF Presentation
  
  
• Diet-Associated Cancer Burden: Opportunities for Nutrition Policy Interventions
  Speaker: Fang Fang Zhang, MD, PhD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
  
  
• Healthy Movement for Cancer Prevention and Treatment
  Speaker: Justin C. Brown, PhD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
  
  
• Prevention to Survivorship: Where Do We Go From Here?
  Speaker: Colleen Doyle, MS, RD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation