2007 Program & Faculty

Faculty | Program Schedule | Objectives

Keynote Speaker:

Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.

Professor (Ph.D., 1977, Rutgers University)

Kelly Brownell, Ph.D., known for his work on eating disorders, obesity and body-weight regulation, was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from Purdue University. Brownell has formerly served as president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy and APA's Div. 38 (Health).

Brownell is currently a psychology professor and director of graduate studies for the psychology department at Yale University, as well as director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders.

Faculty

 

Kelly Brownell, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Robert Lustig, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology
Director, Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program at UCSF, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Anthony Fabricatore, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Thomas H. Inge, MD, Ph.D.
Surgical Director of the Comprehensive Weight Management Program Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Mark Vierra, MD, FACS
Director of Bariatric Surgery
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA

James Chu, MD
Endocrinologist and Medical Director
Diabetes and Nutrition Therapy Programs
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA

Pierre LaMothe, MD
Pediatrics, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Monterey, CA

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Program Schedule

7:00-8:00 a.m.	Registration and continental breakfast
8:00-8:10 a.m.	Welcome Mark Vierra, MD, FACS
8:10-9:00 a.m.	Preventing childhood obesity: Real change requires real change Kelly Brownell, Ph.D.
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Pediatric obesity – Recognition, avoidance, treatment
	Obese toddlers? Say it isn’t so! Pierre LaMothe, MD The trouble with fructose Robert Lustig, MD Anatomy of an adolescent weight-loss program Thomas H. Inge, MD, Ph.D. Targeting insulin in obesity: lifestyle vs drugs Robert Lustig, MD Lessons learned from weight loss surgery in adolescents Thomas H. Inge, MD, Ph.D.
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:00-1:30 p.m.	Cardiac wellness 1/2-mile ocean walk
1:30-5:00 p.m	Metabolic and behavioral issues in obesity, and strategies for success
	Simple facts about obesity we all know are true (but probably aren’t) Mark Vierra, MD Eating disorders and disordered eating – knowing the difference, and practical considerations Anthony Fabricatore, Ph.D. Fat flushers, lizard lubricants, and weed whackers --- novel approaches to the treatment of obesity and diabetes James Chu, MD Evidence-based weight loss treatments: What can we recommend? Anthony Fabricatore, Ph.D. Summary and farewell Mark Vierra, MD

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Objectives

• Be able to recognize overweight children at risk for obesity as adults.
• Be able to describe the relationship between obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance.
• Be able to offer evidence-based, practical recommendations to children and adults who are overweight or at risk for being overweight.
• Describe the indicators for weight loss surgery in adolescents and the unique complications of weight loss surgery in adolescents.
• Understand the definitions of common eating disorders and their limited importance in the pathogenesis of obesity.

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