Endocrine & NutritionVideo course2026
Harvard Treating Obesity 2026 — the Blackburn Course plus the one-day obesity medicine board review
Harvard Treating Obesity 2026 bundles the Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine (8–11 June 2026) with the full-day Obesity Medicine Board Review held on 7 June, as videos with subtitles and PDF slides. Robert Kushner delivers the Blackburn Lecture, and faculty such as Angela Fitch, Andres Acosta, Barham Abu Dayyeh, Harold Bays and Sadaf Farooqi cover GLP-1-based and combination drugs, diet and exercise, precision care, paediatric obesity, endoscopic and surgical therapy, care models, stigma and obesity-related disease.
- 75sessions
- 5days incl. board review
- ABOMboard review day
- Jun 2026recorded
What you’ll be able to do
- Evaluate and stage the patient with obesity beyond BMI
- Prescribe anti-obesity medication, alone or in combination
- Give evidence-based diet, time-restricted eating and exercise advice
- Select patients for ESG, balloons or bariatric surgery
- Treat children and adolescents with obesity
- Prepare for the ABOM board exam
Inside the course
Board review precourse
A full day on pathophysiology, comorbidities, paediatric and genetic obesity, nutrition and exercise, lifestyle and behavioural therapy, pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery, led by ABOM diplomates.
Harvard Treating Obesity 2026: the four course days
Approach to treatment and pharmacotherapy; diet, individualisation and precision care; care-delivery models, paediatrics and endoscopic or surgical options; then disparities, special considerations and diseases linked to obesity — each block closing with a panel.
Self-paced study
Eighteen extra lectures on staging, genetic syndromes, circadian biology, dietetics, virtual and private-practice care, and equity.
Built for
- Obesity medicine and primary care physiciansFull-spectrum weight management.
- Endocrinologists, gastroenterologists and paediatriciansSpecialist updates in drugs and procedures.
- ABOM candidates, NPs, PAs and dietitiansBoard preparation and practical counselling.
Faculty & programme
Day 1 — Monday, June 8 13 sessions
- Course Directors — Welcome and Introduction
- Robert Kushner — 2026 Blackburn Lecture: State of Obesity in 2026
- Robert Kushner, Steven Heymsfield — Roundtable Discussion
- Ethan Lazarus — Clinical Approach to the Patient with Obesity
- Kimberly Gudzune — Standards of Care for Obesity Treatment
- Grant Tinsley — Body Composition
- Robin Pashby — Obesity and Mental Health: Shared Complexity, Mechanisms and Responsibilities
- Panel — Approach to Treatment
- Leslie Golden — Obesity Pharmacotherapy
- Sreevidya Bodepudi — Combination Treatment for Obesity Management
- Christina Chow — Pharmacodynamics and Medication Dosing in the Patient with Obesity
- Angela Fitch — A Patient’s Perspective
- Panel — Pharmacotherapy
Day 2 — Tuesday, June 9 15 sessions
- John Jakicic — Key Exercise Recommendations for Weight Loss and Maintenance
- Christopher Gardner — Updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Krista Varady — Time-Restricted Eating
- Chika Anekwe — Dietary Strategies for Weight Loss
- Michelle Hauser — Culinary Medicine Programs
- Panel — Dietary Considerations
- Carolynn Francavilla-Brown — The New Fundamentals of Obesity Care
- Jesse Richards — Genetics and the Future of Obesity Treatment
- Lindsay Fourman — Lipodystrophy
- Panel — Individualization of Care
- Andres Acosta — Precision Medical Treatment of Obesity
- Andrew Chan — Precision Lifestyle Treatments for Obesity
- Deborah Horn — The Future State of Obesity Care
- Florence Porterfield — Patient Case Presentations Highlighting Precision Delivery of Care
- Panel — Precision Care
Day 3 — Wednesday, June 10 15 sessions
- Florencia Halperin — Cooperative Integrated and Virtual Care Models
- Shirly (Shalu) Ramchandani — Delivering Effective Obesity Care in Private Practice
- Leigh Perreault — Integrating Primary Care and Obesity Medicine in an Academic Medical Center
- Amanda Powell — Optimizing Outcomes: Success of a Pharmacist-Driven GLP-1 Program
- Jacob Mirsky — Group Visit Models
- Panel — Models of Delivering Care
- Marisa Censani — Assessment of the Pediatric Patient with Obesity
- Vibha Singhal — Anti-Obesity Medications in Pediatric Patients
- Cornelia Griggs — Bariatric Endoscopy and Surgery in Pediatric Patients
- Panel — Pediatric Obesity
- Barham Abu Dayyeh — Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG), POSE & TORe
- Amandeep Singh — Gastric Balloons and Duodenal Resurfacing
- Richard Peterson — Update on Bariatric Surgery
- Angela Fitch — Nonsurgical Management After Bariatric Surgery
- Panel — Surgical Approaches
Day 4 — Thursday, June 11 14 sessions
- Jamy Ard — Addressing Healthcare Disparities in Obesity Treatment
- Sarah Ro — Equal Access to Care: A North Carolina Story
- Joe Nadglowski — Stigma and Bias in Treating Obesity
- Panel — Disparities & Stigma in Obesity Care
- Beverly Tchang — The Unbearable Lightness of Weight and Age
- Christopher Palmer — Metabolic Disease and Mental Health
- Rodney Voisine — Obesity Prior to Procedures & GLP-1 Considerations
- Panel — Considerations in the Patient with Obesity
- Harold Bays — Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
- Jeremy McConnell — Sleep Health and Sleep Apnea
- Justin Brown — Obesity and Cancer
- Nadege Gunn — MASLD/MASH Updates and Treatment Landscape in 2026
- Paul Copeland — Obesity and Diabetes
- Panel — Diseases in the Patient with Obesity
Self-paced study sessions 18 sessions
- Daniel Bessesen — Staging, Assessment and Treatment of Obesity
- Sean Wharton — Patient-Centric Treatment of Obesity
- Sadaf Farooqi — Complex Genetic Obesity Syndromes
- Patient Case Presentations Highlighting Delivery of Care (Parts 1–3)
- Timothy Garvey — Beyond BMI: Obesity Staging and Treatment Guidelines
- Frank Scheer — Circadian Influences and Lifestyle Interventions
- Abeer Bader, RD — A Dietitian’s Approach to a Patient with Obesity
- Ruth Loos — Tailoring Obesity Care Based on Genetic Differences
- Elizabeth Speliotes — Research into Tailoring Obesity Care
- Eran Segal — Using Technology to Deliver Personalized Metabolic Care
- Providing Virtual Obesity Care
- Optimizing Obesity Care in Private Practice
- Advancing Obesity Care in Academic Medicine
- Multi-Disciplinary Weight Center Case Studies
- Implementation Science in Cardiometabolic Health
- Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa — Caring for All Patients
- Wesley Dutton — Equity in Obesity Care
- Kathleen Corey — Diagnosis and Staging of MAFLD/MASH
Before you buy
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Videos + subtitles + PDF slides |
|---|---|
| Contents | Board review day + 75 course sessions |
| Recorded | 7–11 June 2026 |
| Publisher | Harvard Medical School |
| Department | Endocrine & Nutrition |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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