The Gaining Health Podcast
In this podcast, host and obesity medicine specialist Karli Burridge will interview leaders and trailblazers in the field of obesity medicine to discuss how we can get to the root of chronic medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction, and how we can change healthcare to actually help patients be healthier and feel better. Karli will also highlight recent research and discuss how to apply this new science clinically in your practice!
The Gaining Health Podcast
Dr. Scott Butsch: Obesity Medicine Fellowships and more!
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In this week’s episode of The Gaining Health Podcast, host Karli Burridge continues the conversation around obesity education in medical schools, PA schools, and NP schools, as she interviews one of the world’s top leaders in obesity medicine and obesity education, Dr. Scott Butsch.
Dr. Butsch is the Director of Obesity Medicine at the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He is a board certified and fellowship trained physician in obesity medicine and clinical nutrition with expertise in the management and treatment of complex patients with obesity.
Dr. Butsch is an international leader in obesity and nutrition education and has been instrumental in the development and design of competencies and curriculum in obesity for undergraduate medical education and for all inter-professional education. He is the creator and Program Director of the Obesity Medicine Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, the creator and Director of Obesity Medicine Preceptorship at Cleveland Clinic, as well as the creator and Director of the APP fellowship in Obesity Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. Additionally, he is the creator and co-director of ObesityLIVE, a virtual obesity case conference which runs monthly with presenters from around the world on complex obesity cases.
Dr. Butsch is an author and nationally recognized lecturer, and is a Master clinician in obesity medicine with clinical expertise in combination obesity pharmacotherapy, and also in medical and nutritional complications of Bariatric and metabolic surgery.
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Links to CC Fellowships:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/ba
The Gaining Health Podcast will release a new episode monthly, every second or third Wednesday of the month. Episodes including interviews with obesity experts as well as scientific updates and new guidelines for the management of obesity.
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