Credits Available: 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 4.25 AAFP Prescribed credits

Description: Obesity currently affects more than 2 in 5 adults in the United States and demonstrates significant associations with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes (T2D), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and steatohepatitis (MASH), osteoarthritis, sleep disorders, and reproductive health complications. Obesity care continues to evolve with advancing treatment options, emerging best practices in comorbidity management, and evidence-based guidance on patient-centered approaches, creating new opportunities to improve outcomes for patients living with obesity.

To support clinicians in comprehensive obesity management, this educational initiative will facilitate peer-to-peer learning, case-based discussions, and practical guidance through simulation-based scenarios. Participants will gain enhanced competence in recognizing and managing the relationships between obesity and a range of comorbidities, develop skills in creating individualized treatment plans that integrate evidence-based pharmacological and lifestyle interventions, and strengthen patient-centered communication strategies that support treatment adherence and improved patient outcomes.

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This program is intended for:
Target Professions: DO, MD, Nurse, Pharmacist, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Associate/Assistant, MBBCh, MBBS
Target Specialties: Obstetrics/Gynecology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Geriatrics, Home Care, Hospitalist, Men's Health, Preventive Medicine, Women's Health

Amy Butts

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
Endocrinology Physician Assistant

Amy Butts is a physician assistant who is a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), a certified diabetes care and education specialist, and is board certified in advanced diabetes management. Amy has specialized in endocrinology for 21 years. She currently works as an endocrine physician assistant for WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital where she runs her own outpatient endocrine clinic in Wellsburg, West Virginia. She has served on several volunteer groups for ADA and ADCES. She is on the Editorial board for the ADA’s publication Clinical Diabetes. Amy is the current Vice President for ASEPA (American Society of Endocrine Physician Assistants). Amy has spoken at several AAPA conferences and ADA conferences and does education for various CME organizations. She has been awarded America’s Top Physician Assistant by Point of Care Network (POCN) for two years in a row, 2020 and 2021.