Program Description: 

This is a quarterly lecture series to exchange ideas and viewpoints between Clinicians, Researchers (Basic, translational, and population health), and Policymakers and work towards "Decreasing the burden of obesity and metabolic diseases in Wisconsin and Beyond". This speaker series is open all FH and MCW providers and scientists and the community at large to develop a working knowledge and understanding of the current status of treatment and prevention strategies for obesity, where the gaps lie, and engage in a productive dialogue to benefit patients in future. 

Target audience: 

Physicians
Allied Health Care Professionals

Learning objectives: 
    • Appreciate how adaptation of resting metabolic rate during prolonged obesity contributes to maladaptive total energy balance
    • Understand how the control of cardiovascular and metabolic functions are integrated within the hypothalamus
Faculty & credentials: 

Presenter:

Justin L. Grobe, PhD, FAHA

Associate Professor of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Director Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Code, MCW

Course Director: Srividya Kidambi, MD

In accordance with the ACCME®  Standards for Commercial Support Number 6, all in control of content disclosed any relevant financial relationships.  These relationships were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest resolution process and resolved.
All persons in control of content have NO relevant financial relationships to disclose with the exception of the following person(s):

 

Name

Company

Role

Srividya Kidambi

TOPS Club Inc

Medical Adviser

Srividya Kidambi

Novo Nordisk

PI- Drug Study

Srividya Kidambi

Regeneron

PI - Drug Study

Contact

Name: 
Angela Parish
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 955-6724
Email: 
aparish@mcw.edu

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Session date: 
11/18/2020 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm CST
Location: 
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Virtual Event
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
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Add to calendar: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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