Lunch & Learn: Applying Patient-Centered Weight Management in Practice

Robert Kushner, MD is a globally-recognized leader in the field of obesity medicine, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and former Director of the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at Northwestern Medicine, which he led for 16 years. He is a past president of The Obesity Society and a founder and first chair of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Dr. Kushner is the author or editor of 15 books, 56 book chapters, and 230 original and review articles on obesity, obesity medicine, lifestyle medicine, medical education and nutrition. He is coeditor of multiple professional texts, including Primary Care: Evaluation and Management of Obesity and Creating a Lifestyle Medicine Center: From Concept to Clinical Practice. Dr. Kushner's most recent professional title is Patient-Centered Weight Management: The Six Factor Professional Program and Toolkit.

This comprehensive guide is carefully crafted for busy clinicians with varied backgrounds to provide up to date obesity care that includes targeted lifestyle modification counseling in the era of highly effective obesity medications. During this Lunch & Learn, Dr. Kushner will discuss how to use this resource in practice to improve patient health and weight management outcomes.

According to Dr. Kushner, "Obesity is a complex disease. With the right tools and resources, treatment can be targeted and simplified."

1. Challenges of providing obesity care and importance of interdisciplinary care
   1. Use 2 case studies
2. Using a phenotypic factor approach – introducing Patient-Centered Weight Management
3. Development of the 6 factors
4. Overview and description of the 6 factors
5. Using Assessment Tools
6. Using Factor-based educational treatment handouts
7. Returning to the 2 case studies as practical examples
8. Summary