Looking at the Past and Future of Obesity Medicine with Dr. Debbie Horn

Join host, Karli Burridge, as she discusses how Dr. Deborah Horn got started in Obesity Medicine, and what she sees coming up in the future of Obesity Medicine practice.  What research is underway to help us understand long-term obesity treatment results and what type of "target" should we be aiming for with patients' care?  What are the positive and negative trends right now around Obesity Medicine practice? 

Bio:
Debbie Horn, DO, MPH
Dr. Horn is the Medical Director of the UT Center of Obesity Medicine and Metabolic
Performance (COMMP), in the Department of Surgery at the McGovern Medical School, where she is also an Associate professor and the Fellowship Program Director of the Clinical Obesity Medicine and Metabolism Fellowship program.  She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, a Founding Member of the Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council, a Co-Lead on the Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative, and a Clinical Faculty and member of the Education Management Task Force, World Obesity Federation, as well as a Past President of the Obesity Medicine Association.  She has won numerous awards for her work in obesity, including Obesity Specialist of the year multiple times!

She graduated college from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed her Master’s of Science in Exercise Physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder and her medical degree at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her Preventive Medicine residency at the University of South Carolina and her Family Medicine residency at the Methodist/Cornell program in Houston. Dr. Horn also holds a Master’s of Public Health and Physical Activity from the University of South Carolina.

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