Implementing Pharmacologic Weight Management in Primary Care
Purpose: Building the capacity of primary care clinicians and their team members to provide evidence-based comprehensive care of their eligible patients living with complicated overweight and obesity. This includes education about weight loss efficacy from lifestyle interventions and, when not sufficient, initiating anti-obesity medications, counseling for metabolic-bariatric surgery, referring to subspecialty care for co -management of complicated comorbid conditions, and education around reducing bias and stigma in overweight and obesity.
Audience: Primary care clinicians, dieticians, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral health specialists, and other care team members
Sample topics: Anti-obesity medications; Diet and lifestyle recommendations; Patient conversations, including navigating stigma and bias; Metabolic bariatric surgery and endobariatrics
Schedule: 12 sessions. Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. PT, January 6 - March 31, 2027
Faculty:
Manida Wungjiranirun, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, OHSU
Tracy Severson, RD, LD, CD, Dietician, Center for Preventive Oncology, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, OHSU
Selvi Williams, MD, MPH, Clinician, Educator, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, OHSU
Bettyna Rosales, PsyD, Behavioral Health Provider, Virginia Garcia Memorial Cornelius Health Center Lifeworks Northwest
