Key sessions on Wednesday,
September 30th:
2010 Initiatives on the Horizon: Recommendations for Adhering to the Updated Fitness and Nutrition Guidelines
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William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (NCCDPHP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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RADM Penelope Slade-Sawyer, PT, MSW, USPHS
Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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A Physician's Perspective: Defining Obesity Medicine as an Independent Specialty
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Robert F. Kushner, MD, FACP
President, The Obesity Society;
Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
President-Elect, American Heart Association;
Medical Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute;
Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center
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Track 1 — Innovative Treatment Models for Co-Morbid Obesity Conditions
Treating Obesity: Fitness and Nutrition Vs. Surgery and Drugs
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Colleen Cook
President
Bariatric Support Centers International
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Jim Fivecoat
Chair, Obesity Action Coalition;
Manager, Retirement Plans, Michelin North America
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Developing a Comprehensive Diabetes-Focused Health Plan
A Case Study by UnitedHealth
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Denise M. Callari, MD
Vice-President, Health Care Strategies
UnitedHealthGroup
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Deneen Vojta, MD
Senior Vice President, Center for Health Reform and Modernization
UnitedHealthGroup
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Track 2 — Best Practices for Effective Value-Based Benefit Designs
A Pay-for-Performance Medicaid Reimbursement Model for Obesity and Diabetes Treatments
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Barbara A. Layne, RN
Director, Wellness and Chronic Disease
Pennsylvania Medical Society
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A Benefit Package Triangle: Results to Date on a Physician, Health Plan and Disease Management Collaboration
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Christina Lewis, RN, BSN, MPH
Administrator
Valley Preferred, Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Organization
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Track 3 — Battling Childhood Obesity: Community and Research Initiatives
Generating Positive Public Health Outcomes: Reversing the Childhood Obesity Epidemics 2015
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Allison Gertel-Rosenberg, MS
Senior Program and Policy Analyst, Policy and Prevention
Nemours
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Dwayne C. Proctor, PhD
Childhood Obesity Team Director and Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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