Advances in the Management of Obesity Disease

Advances in the Management of
Obesity Disease

Saturday October 27, 2018
LAU Medical Center-RH, Auditorium D
6th floor

In collaboration with:LAU Medical Center - Rizk Hospital

Program

TIME TOPIC SPEAKER
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Registration and Welcome Coffee  
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome Note Kamal Hirbli, MD

Session 1: Moderators

  • Charles Saab, MD Coordinator of the Lebanese Obesity Task Force & Former President of the Lebanese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Lipids
  • Ahmad Ghazzawi, MD Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Obesity
Endocrine Causes of Obesity		 Kamal Hirbli, MD
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Complications of Obesity and Implications on
Cardiovascular System		 Jocelyne Fares, MD
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Management of Obesity and Guidelines Zelia Francis, MD
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Losing Weight in an Obesogenic Environment Nadine Zeeni, PhD
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Questions and Answers Session
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break and Brunch

Session 2: Moderators

  • Richard Yazbek, MD Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui – UMC
  • Elizabeth Abou Jaoudé, MD Middle East Institute of Health - University Hospital
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Liraglutide 3 mg in the Treatment of Obesity Rita Nemr, MD
12:00 - 12:15 p.m. Bariatric Surgeries Georges El Khoury, MD
12:15 - 12:30 p.m. Emotions and Obesity Myriam Malhame, PhD
12:30 - 12:45 p.m. Obesity Management Program Bassem Safadi, MD
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. Obesity in Practice & Panel Discussion Kamal Hirbli, MD
Rita Nemr, MD
1:45 - 2:00 p.m. Summary and Meeting Closure Notes Kamal Hirbli, MD


An application has been made to the Lebanese Order of Physicians to provide CME credits.

Free Registration is available online & onsite


For more inquiries, please contact:
Ms. Lama Naim
Lead Program Administrator
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Lebanese American University
E: cmeoffice@lau.edu.lb
P: + 961 1 200 800, ext: 5830