Event details:
When: Friday, September 18, 2015
Where: Hamilton Eye Institute Freeman Auditorium 930 Madison Ave. 3rd Floor
Time: 7:30a.m. – 12:30p.m.
RSVP details:
Please email utcme@uthsc.edu or call 901-448-5128 by 9/9/15 to reserve a seat.
Agenda:
7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome Address and Program Introduction: The Obesity Epidemic
Joan C. Han, MD
Director of the Pediatric Obesity Program at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
8:20 am Keynote Address: Obesity Prevention and Treatment
Jack A. Yanovski, MD, PhD
Chief, Section on Growth and Obesity, PDEGEN Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health
9:30 am Interventions for Early Childhood Obesity
Shari L. Barkin, MD, MSHS
William K. Warren Family Foundation Chair in Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics,
Director of the Division of General Pediatrics, and Director of Pediatric Obesity Research at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
10:10 am Break
10:25 am Exercise, Fitness, and Obesity
Kirsten K. Ness, PT, PhD
Associate Member at St. Jude Faculty
11:05 am Motivational Interviewing and Technology Tools for Weight Management
Rebecca A. Krukowski, PhD
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
11: 45 am Panel Discussion – Q&A: All Speakers
Moderator – Joan C. Han, MD
12:30 pm Adjourn
Accreditation The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit The University of Tennessee College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.