Search results

Filters
Close
ADDED DATE
Added date
TOPICS Please select
WATCH / LISTEN / READ TIME
AER Article Spotlight: Obesity Management Before AF Ablation
Author(s): Kyaw Z Win Added: 22 hours ago
In this short interview, Dr Kyaw Zaw Win discusses the importance of his recently published article, “The Management of Obesity Before Catheter Ablation of AF: The Missing Piece?” View more

Cardiovascular Renal Metabolic
Is Obesity Management Crucial for Ablation Success?
Author(s): Kyaw Z Win , Matthew J Armstrong , Richard P Steeds , et al Added: 1 month ago

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
HRS 25: The TRANSFORM-AF Study
Author(s): Varun Sundaram Added: 1 month ago
HRS 25 - TRANSFORM-AF shows patients with atrial fibrillation and obesity treated with a GLP-1 RA experienced a reduction in atrial fibrillation (AF)-related events.We are joined by Dr Varun Sundaram (Case Western Reserve University, US) to discuss the findings from the TRANSFORM-AF Study, which aimed to determine whether GLP-1 RAs could reduce the burden of AF in patients with both AF and… View more

Cardiovascular Renal Metabolic

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Job title: Director of the Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute
Dr Lee Kaplan is Director of the Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute, founding director of the Weight Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr Kaplan's clinical expertise is in the areas of obesity medicine, gastroenterology and liver disease. The author of more than 150 medical and scientific papers, he has a special… View more
Job title: Professor, Obesity and Stress Hormone Research
Prof Liesbeth van Rossum, MD PhD, is internist-endocrinologist and professor in the field of obesity and stress hormone research at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sheis also co-founder of the Obesity Center CGG, an internationally recognised academic centre of obesity management.Prof Van Rossum holds various societal and board positions, amongst the European lead… View more
Job title: Chief Medical Officer
Dr Lydia Alexander is Chief Medical Officer at Enara Health in San Mateo, California. Dr Alexander earned her medical degree at the UC Davis School of Medicine,Sacramento, California; then completed an internal medicine residency at Kaiser Permanente, followed by a chief residency at Kaiser Hospital, both in California. She is trained as a culinary medicine specialist from Tulane University, New… View more
Job title: Advocate for Obesity; EPCO Secretary
Susie Birney lives with a food disorder called ARFID; she understands that there is not only one cause for obesity and not one treatment which will always work. Type 2 Diabetes and other co-morbidities have been health barriers for her since her 30’s. Since 2016, Susie has been a patient representative with the ASOI and an Irish representative with ECPO. This led to the start of creating a… View more
Job title: Medical Director and President
Dr Harold Bays is Medical Director and President of the Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, US. He has served as a Principal Investigator for over 600 clinical trials of metabolic therapeutic interventions.Dr Bays is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and a Diplomate of the American… View more
Job title: Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Dr Fatima Cody Stanford is an obesity medicine physician scientist, educator, and policy maker at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, US. She is a national and international sought after expert in obesity medicine who bridges the intersection of medicine, public health, policy, and disparities. View more
Neha Pagidipati
Job title: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Neha J Pagidipati is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and cardiovascular disease prevention specialist. Since 2011, she has conducted research on cardiometabolic disease prevention, lifestyle modification and weight management. She is currently an NIH K12 scholar in Implementation and Dissemination Science. Dr Pagidipati is building the Duke Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention Program, which… View more