This course will update internists, family practitioners and pediatricians on current clinical literature and methodologies for diagnosing, preventing, treating, and managing patients with diabetes resulting from obesity.
Pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, drug treatment, management plans, and best practices will be reviewed. At the conclusion of the course, participants will be better able to:
- Diagnose and manage two common and interrelated problems, obesity and diabetes, from a multidisciplinary perspective.
- Refer patients to the appropriate specialists at the correct time
- Recognize the importance of obesity as a major national and international public health issue both among adults and children
- Recognize the impact of diabetes during pregnacy on fetal outcome
- Understand different treatment options for obsesity: dietary, pharmacologic and surgical intervention in both adult and pediatric patients
- Understand current treatment options for type 2 diabetes.
Contact: Rochelle Thomas, Center for Continuing Medical Education, 630 West 168th Street, Unit 39, New York, NY 10032
Telephone: 212-305-3334 Fax: 212-781-6047
Email: cme@columbia.edu
Web site: http://www.columbiacme.org