Obesity Management Symposium for the Endocrinologist - 24-25 September 2009

This is a one and half day interactive symposium that has been specifically designed for specialty registrars and consultants with an interest in the practicalities of obesity management. The symposium will be based around small, practical workshops with some didactic lectures from leaders in the field, including Dr Sadaf Farooqi and Professor John Wilding (who are also the organisers), Dr Nick Finer, Dr Jonathan Pinkney, Dr Andrew Johnson. The symposium will be held at the Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge on 24-25 September 2009, and will cover topics such as:

1. Setting up and running a specialist obesity clinic, an inpatient obesity service and bariatric surgery.

2. History, examination and investigation of the severely obese patient (interactive with patients).

3. Motivational interviewing, dietary and medical approaches to treatment.

The course has been restricted to 40 delegates in order to aid informal interaction between the delegates themselves and between the delegates and members of the faculty. Registration for this meeting will open shortly; in the meantime, please register your interest as soon as possible by emailing [email protected]. Further details of the symposium are available at the link below.

Conference website