Board Review Pre-Course

Obesity Medicine Board Review

Sunday, June 8, 2025
9:00 am - 7:20 pm 

This board review provides comprehensive preparation for the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) certification exam. 

Participation in both Treating Obesity 2025 and the Obesity Medicine Board Review fully satisfies the CME requirement to register for the ABOM certification exam.

Only AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ should be submitted when applying for ABOM certification.
 

Board Review Session 1

9:00am - 11:10am

9:00am - 9:10am
Welcome and Introduction

Course Directors

9:10am - 9:40am
Approach to the Patient with Obesity

Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH

9:40am - 10:10am
Nutritional Assessment and Therapy

Abeer Bader, MSc, RD, LDN, CSOWM

10:10am - 10:40am
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Exercise

Jennifer Ahn, MD

10:40am - 11:10am
Panel Discussion / Q&A
11:10am - 11:40am
Break

Board Review Session 2

11:40am - 2:10pm

11:40am - 12:10pm
Practicing Obesity Medicine with Professionalism

Amanda Powell, MD

12:10pm - 12:40pm
Pediatrics 1: Patient Assessment

Vibha Singhal, MBBS, MPH

12:40pm - 1:10pm
Pediatrics 2: Patient Management

Jennifer Rosenblum, MD

1:10pm - 1:40pm
Lightning Round 1

Wesley Dutton, MD

1:40pm - 2:10pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A
2:10pm - 2:30pm
Break

Board Review Session 3

2:30pm - 4:30pm

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Pharmacotherapy

Gail O'Brien, MD 

3:00pm - 3:30pm
Bariatric Endoscopy

Jonah Cohen, MD

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Bariatric Surgery

Karan Chhabra, MD, MSc

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A
4:30pm - 4:50pm
Break

Board Review Session 4

4:50pm - 7:20pm

4:50pm - 5:20pm
Behavioral Assessment and Therapy

Mark Gorman, PhD

5:20pm - 5:50pm
Genetic and Syndromic Obesity

Angela Fitch, MD

5:50pm - 6:20pm
Obesity Comorbidities

Wesley Dutton, MD

6:20pm - 6:50pm
Lightning Round 2

Sree Bodepudi, DO

6:50pm - 7:20pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A

Self-Paced Study

Time for self-paced study of Board Review pre-recorded sessions
7:20pm

Supplementary Board Review Sessions

Pathophysiology of Obesity 1
Angela Fitch, MD
Pathophysiology of Obesity 2
Paul Copeland, MD
Pathophysiology of Obesity 3
Angela Fitch, MD