Obesity Unmasked: Challenging Stigmas, Building Solutions

President’s Lecture Series Spring 2024

Co-sponsored with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32Health company

The increasing prevalence of obesity has become one of the most challenging problems providers and patients face. Even broaching the topic is difficult in and of itself. With so many options for managing this chronic disease, don’t miss this chance to hear from the experts, and renew your knowledge base.

• Contact Hours: Two
• Fee: None

Registration Information: You must preregister by 2 p.m. on March 13, 2024

Speakers and Registration

• The Current State of Obesity in the United States
  Corrine Chomiczewski, PA -C MSHI, Physician Assistant, Newton-Wellesley Hospital Center for Weight Loss Surgery
• The Challenging Treatment Landscape
  Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH, Obesity Medicine Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center; Instructor, Harvard Medical School
• Factors Affecting Patient-Centered Approaches to Treatment and Engagement
  Colleen Johnson, MS RDN LDN, Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Adult Diabetes Educator, Joslin Diabetes Center
• Susan Himes, PhD., Clinical Psychologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, Panelist
• A Patient's Journey
  Donna Smith Williams

Presentations will be posted above prior to the event.

This activity has been submitted to American Nurses Association Massachusetts, for approval to award contact hours. American Nurses Association Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. For more information regarding contact hours, please email: presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu.