Module 2: Introductory Scenarios for Obesity Management

This module presents two conversations between patients and their physicians regarding the management of obesity. One involves bringing up the topic with a patient and the other features a patient whose weight loss plan is no longer working.

Gurpreet Padam, MD, FAAFP, DABLM

Chief Medical Officer, Apollo Health Care Center
in affiliation with UCSF Health

Gurpreet Padam, MD, FAAFP, DABLM is a Certified National DPP Lifestyle Coach is a board-certified Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine sub-specialist with a postdoctoral Palliative Medicine Fellowship training from the Interdisciplinary Stanford/VA Palo Alto program and a mini-fellowship in Ethno-Geriatrics from the Stanford Geriatric Education Center.

Dr. Padam’s 20 years of experience includes serving as a Medical Director for Pathways Home Health and Hospice. For over a decade at The Permanente Group/Kaiser Permanente Redwood City in several capacities, including Medical Director of Palliative Care Services, Associate Hospice Medical Director, and Adult Primary Care. Dr. Padam serves in a leadership capacity for several healthcare organizations at the local, county, and state-level advocating for healthcare legislation, bridging health care disparities, and improving access to care for all people.

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Employ evidence-based guidelines to screen for and diagnose the disease of obesity
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Apply patient-centered techniques to engage and create personalized management plans for Patients with Obesity